# RecycLiCo Battery Materials Demonstration Plant Testing Achieves 163% of Designed Leach Processing Capacity

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/recyclico-battery-materials-demonstration-plant-testing-achieves-163-of-designed--54ee21fc-7586-4d10-ac0a-082457412a1e

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/AMY/news/8790601345604137/recyclico-battery-materials-demonstration-plant-testing-achieves-163-of-designed

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2022-08-16T08:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- 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

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas 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 factor: Exceeded designed processing capacity \(163%\)

- Positive factor: Demonstrates scalability of patented hydrometallurgical process

- Positive factor: Optimized parameters provide data for commercial plant design

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 process is described as a hydrometallurgical leaching process.

Evidence · text

> patented, closed-loop hydrometallurgical process

**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)

### leach

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/recyclico-battery-materials-demonstration-plant-testing-achieves-163-of-designed--54ee21fc-7586-4d10-ac0a-082457412a1e#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

RecycLiCo Battery Materials Demonstration Plant · lithium

#### 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 factor: Up to 100% extraction stated for lithium

Evidence · text

> up to 100% extraction of lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese

#### Tags used in scoring

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

Definition: 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

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