Surge Announces 99.95% Battery-Grade Lithium Carbonate from Nevada North
Original announcement by orestocks on
- Company
- Surge Battery Metals Inc.
- Ticker
- NILI
- Exchange
- Unavailable
- Region
- Nevada
- Primary commodity
- Lithium
- Secondary commodities
- None reported
- Document categories
- Metallurgy
- Extracted
- 2026-09-15 11:24:49 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
Surge Battery Metals has successfully demonstrated a continuous flowsheet from Nevada North ore to a 99.95% battery-grade lithium carbonate product. Metallurgical testing achieved lithium extractions exceeding 93% via sulfuric acid leaching and effective beneficiation, supporting the upcoming Prefeasibility Study.
Reasoning: Successful demonstration of a complete flowsheet producing battery-grade lithium carbonate from ore, significantly de-risking the project ahead of the PFS.
Positive factors
- Battery-grade lithium carbonate (99.95%) achieved
- High lithium extraction (>93% to 98%)
- Effective beneficiation (98.9% recovery)
- Demonstrated continuous flowsheet from ore to refined product
Negative factors
- Bench/small scale testing only
Facts used in scoring: 3
Classification and evidence
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: Lithium extraction exceeded 93% and reached 98% in leaching tests.
Evidence · text
“achieved lithium extractions exceeding 93%”
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: The process uses conventional unit operations including beneficiation and leaching.
Evidence · text
“using conventional unit operations”
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: 3. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (3)
leachingNevada North · lithiumRecovery: 93 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Nevada North
- Commodity
- lithium
- Region
- usa_nv
- Reported Region
- Nevada
- Ticker
- NILI
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- leaching
- Processing Route
- beneficiation, sulfuric acid leaching, solution purification and carbonate precipitation
- Sample
- NNLP Master Composite beneficiation and sulfuric acid leaching
- Leach Time
- 1 hours
Recovery
- Recovery
- 93 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Reagents
- Acid
- 475 kg/t
Lab
- Laboratory
- Kemetco Research Inc.
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Strong lithium extraction achieved with rapid kinetics.
Positive factors
- High extraction rate (>93%)
- Rapid leach kinetics
Evidence · text
“achieved lithium extractions exceeding 93% at an acid addition of 475 kg/t”
Tags used in scoring
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: 93% is at or above the exceptional band (80%)
leachingNevada North · lithiumRecovery: 98 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Nevada North
- Commodity
- lithium
- Region
- usa_nv
- Reported Region
- Nevada
- Ticker
- NILI
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- leaching
- Processing Route
- beneficiation, sulfuric acid leaching, solution purification and carbonate precipitation
- Sample
- NNLP Master Composite beneficiation and sulfuric acid leaching (higher acid)
- Leach Time
- 1 hours
Recovery
- Recovery
- 98 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Lab
- Laboratory
- Kemetco Research Inc.
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Excellent lithium recovery achieved at higher acid additions.
Positive factors
- Very high extraction rate (~98%)
Evidence · text
“increasing to approximately 98% at a higher acid addition”
Tags used in scoring
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: 98% is at or above the exceptional band (80%)
beneficiationNevada North · lithiumRecovery: 98.9 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Nevada North
- Commodity
- lithium
- Region
- usa_nv
- Reported Region
- Nevada
- Ticker
- NILI
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- beneficiation
- Processing Route
- beneficiation
- Sample
- NNLP Master Composite beneficiation
Recovery
- Recovery
- 98.9 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Lab
- Laboratory
- Kemetco Research Inc.
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Beneficiation process effectively concentrates lithium while rejecting impurities.
Positive factors
- High recovery of lithium into fine fraction
- Effective rejection of acid-consuming carbonate
Evidence · text
“recovered 98.9% of the lithium into the fine (-20 µm) fraction”
Tags used in scoring
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: 98.9% is at or above the exceptional band (80%)
How Atlas produces this analysis
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