# Avalon and Engina Successfully Recovered 15 Rare Earth Elements with Breakthrough Processing Technology for Nechalacho Project, NWT Canada

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/avalon-and-engina-successfully-recovered-15-rare-earth-elements-with-breakthroug--3a7a5c9f-4a0f-46f1-8438-74a4082b271d

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/avalon-engina-successfully-recovered-15-120000706.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2025-11-24T12:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Avalon Advanced Materials Inc.

- Ticker: AVL

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Northwest Territories, Canada

- Primary commodity: Rare earth elements

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-09-21 06:24:31 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Avalon Advanced Materials and Engina Corporation have confirmed the success of Engina's proprietary Hybrid Supercritical Refining \(HSR\) process at the Nechalacho project. The technology achieved recoveries of over 90% for 15 rare earth elements using an environmentally friendly, low-cost, closed-loop system.

Reasoning: The announcement reports successful metallurgical test results using a proprietary new process, which is a significant technical milestone for the Nechalacho project.

- Positive factor: High recovery rates \(>90%\) reported

- Positive factor: Proprietary breakthrough technology \(HSR\)

- Positive factor: Environmentally friendly closed-loop design

- Positive factor: Low-cost potential

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.

Why it applies: The HSR process delivers >90% recoveries for rare earth elements.

Evidence · text

> delivers >90% recoveries

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Processing via mill or concentrator \(CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation\).

Why it applies: The HSR process is described as a refining/processing technology.

Evidence · text

> Hybrid Supercritical Refining \(HSR\) process

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (1)

### Hybrid Supercritical Refining \(HSR\)

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/avalon-and-engina-successfully-recovered-15-rare-earth-elements-with-breakthroug--3a7a5c9f-4a0f-46f1-8438-74a4082b271d#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Nechalacho · rare earth elements

#### Identity

- Project: Nechalacho
- Commodity: rare earth elements
- Region: canada
- Reported Region: Northwest Territories, Canada
- Ticker: AVL

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: Hybrid Supercritical Refining \(HSR\)
- Processing Route: Hybrid Supercritical Refining \(HSR\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 90 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-11-24T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Reported recovery is high for the commodity type.

- Positive factor: Recovery exceeds 90%

Evidence · text

> delivers >90% recoveries

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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