# Phenom Files U.S. Provisional Application to Protect New Vanadium-Nickel Flowsheet

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/phenom-files-u-s-provisional-application-to-protect-new-vanadium-nickel-flowshee--027ab041-1c1b-439a-ac4c-e661ce98582c

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/PHNM/news/7563789859755621/phenom-files-u-s-provisional-application-to-protect-new-vanadium-nickel-flowshee

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-07-23T13:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Phenom Resources Corp.

- Ticker: PHNM

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Nevada

- Primary commodity: Vanadium

- Secondary commodities: Nickel

- Document categories: Metallurgy, Other

- Extracted: 2026-09-12 18:28:47 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Phenom Resources Corp. has filed a U.S. provisional patent application for a new vanadium-nickel metallurgical flowsheet. Testwork conducted at SGS Canada demonstrated approximately 80% vanadium and 75% nickel recovery from a high-grade offshore source.

Reasoning: The announcement of a patent filing for a new flowsheet and reported recovery results represents a significant technical milestone for the company's midstream potential.

- Positive factor: Successful development of a proprietary metallurgical flowsheet

- Positive factor: Patent application filed to protect intellectual property

- Positive factor: Reported recoveries of 80% V and 75% Ni

- Positive factor: Strategic alignment with US critical minerals policy

- Negative factor: Recoveries are based on 'high-grade offshore source' rather than the company's primary Nevada projects

Facts used in scoring: 2

## Classification and evidence

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: The company describes a hydrometallurgical flowsheet and processing plant.

Evidence · text

> metallurgical flowsheet it has developed

**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: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (2)

### hydrometallurgical processing

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/phenom-files-u-s-provisional-application-to-protect-new-vanadium-nickel-flowshee--027ab041-1c1b-439a-ac4c-e661ce98582c#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

High-Grade Vanadium-Nickel Opportunity · vanadium

#### Identity

- Project: High-Grade Vanadium-Nickel Opportunity
- Commodity: vanadium
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: Nevada
- Ticker: PHNM

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: hydrometallurgical processing
- Sample: high-grade offshore source

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 80 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Lab

- Laboratory: SGS Canada

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 80% vanadium recovery reported via hydrometallurgical methods.

- Positive factor: 80% recovery is a strong result for hydrometallurgical processing

- Negative factor: Results are from an offshore source, not the company's Carlin project

Evidence · text

> achieve approximately 80% recovery of vanadium

### hydrometallurgical processing

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/phenom-files-u-s-provisional-application-to-protect-new-vanadium-nickel-flowshee--027ab041-1c1b-439a-ac4c-e661ce98582c#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

High-Grade Vanadium-Nickel Opportunity · nickel

#### Identity

- Project: High-Grade Vanadium-Nickel Opportunity
- Commodity: nickel
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: Nevada
- Ticker: PHNM

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: hydrometallurgical processing
- Sample: high-grade offshore source

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 75 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Lab

- Laboratory: SGS Canada

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 75% nickel recovery reported via hydrometallurgical methods.

- Positive factor: 75% nickel recovery is a solid result for this flowsheet

- Negative factor: Results are from an offshore source, not the company's Carlin project

Evidence · text

> 75% recovery of nickel

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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