# Quantum Announces 93% Gallium Recovery

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/quantum-announces-93-gallium-recovery--b99fe57d-e8c0-45d6-ab7d-79113798746e

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/LEAP/news/7123898750804421/quantum-announces-93-gallium-recovery

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2025-11-13T14:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Quantum Critical Metals Corp.

- Ticker: LEAP

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Québec

- Primary commodity: Gallium

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-09-18 07:04:52 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Quantum Critical Metals Corp. has reported a 93% gallium recovery from preliminary bench-scale metallurgical testing on mica samples at its NMX East Project in Québec. This result demonstrates the potential for direct gallium extraction from mica, an unconventional source, supporting the company's goal of developing a domestic North American supply chain.

Reasoning: The announcement reports a high gallium recovery from unconventional mica samples, representing a significant technical milestone for the company's NMX East Project.

- Positive factor: High recovery rate \(93%\)

- Positive factor: Unconventional source \(mica\) demonstrates potential

- Positive factor: Strategic importance for domestic supply chain

- Negative factor: Preliminary bench-scale testwork only

- Negative factor: Process validation at scale required

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: 93% gallium recovery exceeds the exceptional band for gallium.

Evidence · text

> 93% gallium recovery

**Bench Scale Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Only preliminary bench tests completed — no locked-cycle or pilot work.

Why it applies: Results are from preliminary bench-scale metallurgical test work.

Evidence · text

> preliminary bench-scale metallurgical test work

**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)

### bench-scale

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/quantum-announces-93-gallium-recovery--b99fe57d-e8c0-45d6-ab7d-79113798746e#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

NMX East Project · gallium

#### Identity

- Project: NMX East Project
- Commodity: gallium
- Region: canada\_qc
- Reported Region: Québec
- Ticker: LEAP

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: bench-scale
- Sample: mica samples

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 93 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-11-13T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High recovery reported from preliminary testing.

- Positive factor: 93% recovery is very high

- Negative factor: Bench-scale only

Evidence · text

> 93% gallium recovery from preliminary bench-scale metallurgical test work on mica samples

#### Tags used in scoring

**Byproduct Commodity**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: The tested commodity is a byproduct rather than the primary economic driver.

Why it applies: the release describes a byproduct credit

## 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.