Noram Produces High Purity Lithium Carbonate from Zeus Lithium Project Samples
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- Noram Lithium Corp.
- Ticker
- NRM
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- Nevada
- Primary commodity
- Lithium
- Secondary commodities
- None reported
- Document categories
- Metallurgy
- Extracted
- 2026-09-14 15:32:58 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Noram Lithium Corp. has successfully produced 99.2% pure lithium carbonate from Zeus Lithium Project samples using large-scale laboratory batch leach tests. The results confirm the project's metallurgical flowsheet and support the potential for commercial-scale battery-grade production.
Reasoning: Successful production of high-purity lithium carbonate from laboratory-scale batch leach tests provides technical de-risking for the Zeus project.
Positive factors
- High purity lithium carbonate (99.2%) produced from batch leach tests
- Successful confirmation of metallurgical processing flowsheet
- QP sign-off provided by Greg McCunn, P.Eng
Negative factors
- Small traces of sodium and potassium sulphate remaining in product
Facts used in scoring: 1
Classification and evidence
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: Produced 99.2% pure lithium carbonate, which is high for a laboratory batch leach test.
Evidence · text
“The purity of the lithium carbonate produced was 99.2%.”
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: Testing involved batch leach tests and solution processing.
Evidence · text
“large laboratory scale batch leach tests”
Single Domain Onlynegative
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 leachZeus · lithiumHistorical resultNeeds review: historical_restatementView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Zeus
- Commodity
- lithium
- Region
- usa_nv
- Reported Region
- Nevada
- Ticker
- NRM
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- batch leach
- Processing Route
- batch leach
- Sample
- Zeus drill core, large laboratory scale batch leach tests
Recovery
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
- Conc. Grade
- 99.2
- Conc. Grade Unit
- %
Lab
- Laboratory
- Kemetco Research Inc.
Review
- Needs Review
- Yes
- Review Reason
- historical_restatement
- Historical
- Yes
- Historical Source Date
- 2023-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
Dates
- Event date
- 2023-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: High purity product confirms flowsheet viability.
Positive factors
- 99.2% purity achieved
Negative factors
- traces of sodium and potassium sulphate
Evidence · text
“high purity lithium carbonate was produced from solution generated by large laboratory scale batch leach tests”
How Atlas produces this analysis
Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. Sentiment reflects the extracted narrative and classification rules; it is an interpretation, not a reported measurement. Evidence quotes and context are provided where available. Missing data, low-confidence results, and review flags indicate limitations. Check the original publisher announcement before relying on an interpretation.