acid leach solution combining the indium and gallium containing starting material including other metal values and the oxidizing acid leach solution so as to form a combined solution oxidizing and solubilizing the indium and gallium values in the combined solution adjusting the ph adding a first volume of an organic extractant to the combined solution so as to form indium loaded organic compounds separating the indium organic phase from the combined solution so as to yield a substantially indium devoid solution adjusting the ph of the indium devoid solution and adding a second volume of the organic extractant to the indium devoid solution so as to form a gallium loaded organic separating the gallium loaded organic from the indium devoid solution stripping the indium loaded organic compound with an acid so as to recover substantially pure indium salt and yield a first stripped organic extractant and stripping the gallium loaded organic compound with a base so as to recover substantially pure gallium salt and yield a second stripped organic extractant as noted the process of the disclosure is applicable not only to recovery of indium and gallium from recycled and scrap solar panel materials but also to the recovery of indium and gallium from naturally occurring ores the disclosure is further described for illustrative purposes in the following specific non limiting examples samples of various scrap material containing both indium and gallium were crushed and.