RecycLiCo Battery Materials Demonstration Plant Testing Achieves 163% of Designed Leach Processing Capacity
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- American Manganese Inc
- Ticker
- AMY
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- British Columbia
- Primary commodity
- Lithium
- Secondary commodities
- Cobalt, Nickel, Manganese
- Document categories
- Metallurgy, Other
- Extracted
- 2026-09-15 11:33:52 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
American Manganese Inc's RecycLiCo demonstration plant achieved 163% of its designed 500 kg/day leaching capacity for lithium-ion battery cathode scraps. This successful testing of the patented hydrometallurgical process provides critical data for the design of a future commercial-scale plant.
Reasoning: The demonstration plant's leaching stage significantly outperformed its design capacity, providing a strong de-risking signal for the commercialization of their battery recycling technology.
Positive factors
- Exceeded designed processing capacity (163%)
- Demonstrates scalability of patented hydrometallurgical process
- Optimized parameters provide data for commercial plant design
Facts used in scoring: 1
Classification and evidence
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: The process is described as a hydrometallurgical leaching process.
Evidence · text
“patented, closed-loop hydrometallurgical process”
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)
leachRecycLiCo Battery Materials Demonstration Plant · lithiumRecovery: 100 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- RecycLiCo Battery Materials Demonstration Plant
- Commodity
- lithium
- Region
- canada_bc
- Reported Region
- British Columbia
- Ticker
- AMY
Test Work
- Program Status
- optimization
- Test Type
- leach
- Processing Route
- hydrometallurgical process
- Sample
- leach section of RecycLiCo demonstration plant testing
Recovery
- Recovery
- 100 %
- Recovery Basis
- unspecified
Lab
- Laboratory
- Kemetco Research Inc.
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: The company claims up to 100% extraction of lithium via their patented process.
Positive factors
- Up to 100% extraction stated for lithium
Evidence · text
“up to 100% extraction of lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese”
Tags used in scoring
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: 100% is at or above the exceptional band (80%)
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.