# CENTURY LITHIUM PRODUCES LITHIUM HYDROXIDE AT DEMONSTRATION PLANT IN NEVADA

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/century-lithium-produces-lithium-hydroxide-at-demonstration-plant-in-nevada--89c2674e-315a-43cb-8e92-0c342a61d315

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/LCE/news/8189602548204400/century-lithium-produces-lithium-hydroxide-at-demonstration-plant-in-nevada

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2025-10-20T12:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Century Lithium Corp.

- Ticker: LCE

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Nevada

- Primary commodity: Lithium

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy, Other

- Extracted: 2026-09-18 07:08:27 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Century Lithium has successfully produced its first samples of high-purity \(+99.5%\) lithium hydroxide at its demonstration plant in Nevada. The production utilized the company's patent-pending alkaline leach and Direct Lithium Extraction \(DLE\) process on lithium carbonate derived from the Angel Island project.

Reasoning: The company successfully demonstrated the ability to produce high-purity \(+99.5%\) lithium hydroxide from its claystone deposit at a demonstration plant, a key technical milestone for product diversification.

- Positive factor: Successful first production of high-purity lithium hydroxide

- Positive factor: Demonstration of product flexibility \(carbonate and hydroxide\)

- Positive factor: Use of patent-pending DLE and alkaline leach process

- Positive factor: QP sign-off on technical information

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: The lithium hydroxide was produced using a batch process involving alkaline leach and DLE at a demonstration plant.

Evidence · text

> treated at the Demonstration Plant using Century Lithium's patent-pending alkaline leach and Direct Lithium Extraction \("DLE"\) process.

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Story-specific tag

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: The release includes a sign-off by a Qualified Person \(Todd Fayram, MMSA-QP\).

Evidence · text

> Qualified Person Todd Fayram, MMSA-QP and Senior Vice President, Metallurgy of Century Lithium is the qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and has approved the technical information in this release.

**Single Domain Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established.

Why it applies: only one composite was tested

## Extracted facts

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

## Metallurgical Results (1)

### batch process

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/century-lithium-produces-lithium-hydroxide-at-demonstration-plant-in-nevada--89c2674e-315a-43cb-8e92-0c342a61d315#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Angel Island · lithium

#### Identity

- Project: Angel Island
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: Nevada
- Ticker: LCE

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: batch process
- Processing Route: alkaline leach and Direct Lithium Extraction \(DLE\) followed by conventional liming conversion with calcium hydroxide
- Sample: lithium hydroxide samples produced from lithium carbonate derived from Angel Island's lithium claystone deposit

#### Recovery

- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Conc. Grade: 99.5
- Conc. Grade Unit: %

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-10-20T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Successful demonstration of high-purity product output from the proprietary process.

- Positive factor: High purity level achieved \(+99.5%\)

Evidence · text

> producing high-purity, +99.5% lithium hydroxide.

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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