RecycLiCo Battery Materials Demonstration Plant Testing Achieves Over 99% Leach Extraction of Lithium, Nickel, Cobalt, and Manganese from Lithium-ion Battery Production Scrap
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- American Manganese Inc
- Ticker
- AMY
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- British Columbia
- Primary commodity
- Lithium
- Secondary commodities
- Nickel, Cobalt, Manganese
- Document categories
- Metallurgy, Other
- Extracted
- 2026-09-15 11:32:56 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
RecycLiCo Battery Materials announced that its demonstration plant leach stage testing achieved over 99% extraction of lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese from battery production scrap. The testing investigated various operating parameters to support ongoing commercial plant design.
Reasoning: The demonstration plant achieved exceptionally high leach extraction rates for all target battery metals from production scrap.
Positive factors
- High extraction efficiency (>99%)
- Demonstration plant scale testing
- Multi-metal recovery (Li, Ni, Co, Mn)
Facts used in scoring: 4
Classification and evidence
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: Achieved over 99% extraction for lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese.
Evidence · text
“achieved over 99% extraction of lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese”
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: 4. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (4)
leachRecycLiCo Battery Materials Demonstration Plant · lithiumRecovery: 99 %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
- detailed
- Test Type
- leach
- Processing Route
- leach
- Sample
- lithium-ion battery production scrap
Recovery
- Recovery
- 99 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Lab
- Laboratory
- Kemetco Research Inc.
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Extraction rate exceeds the exceptional threshold for lithium.
Positive factors
- Over 99% extraction achieved
Evidence · text
“achieved over 99% extraction of lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese”
Tags used in scoring
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: 99% is at or above the exceptional band (80%)
leachRecycLiCo Battery Materials Demonstration Plant · nickelRecovery: 99 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- RecycLiCo Battery Materials Demonstration Plant
- Commodity
- nickel
- Region
- canada_bc
- Reported Region
- British Columbia
- Ticker
- AMY
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- leach
- Processing Route
- leach
- Sample
- lithium-ion battery production scrap
Recovery
- Recovery
- 99 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Lab
- Laboratory
- Kemetco Research Inc.
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Extraction rate exceeds the exceptional threshold for nickel.
Positive factors
- Over 99% extraction achieved
Evidence · text
“achieved over 99% extraction of lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese”
Tags used in scoring
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: 99% is at or above the exceptional band (90%)
leachRecycLiCo Battery Materials Demonstration Plant · cobaltRecovery: 99 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- RecycLiCo Battery Materials Demonstration Plant
- Commodity
- cobalt
- Region
- canada_bc
- Reported Region
- British Columbia
- Ticker
- AMY
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- leach
- Processing Route
- leach
- Sample
- lithium-ion battery production scrap
Recovery
- Recovery
- 99 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Lab
- Laboratory
- Kemetco Research Inc.
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Extraction rate exceeds the exceptional threshold for cobalt.
Positive factors
- Over 99% extraction achieved
Evidence · text
“achieved over 99% extraction of lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese”
leachRecycLiCo Battery Materials Demonstration Plant · manganeseRecovery: 99 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- RecycLiCo Battery Materials Demonstration Plant
- Commodity
- manganese
- Region
- canada_bc
- Reported Region
- British Columbia
- Ticker
- AMY
Test Work
- Program Status
- detailed
- Test Type
- leach
- Processing Route
- leach
- Sample
- lithium-ion battery production scrap
Recovery
- Recovery
- 99 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Lab
- Laboratory
- Kemetco Research Inc.
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Extraction rate exceeds the exceptional threshold for manganese.
Positive factors
- Over 99% extraction achieved
Evidence · text
“achieved over 99% extraction of lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese”
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.