# Surge Announces 99.95% Battery-Grade Lithium Carbonate from Nevada North

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/surge-announces-99-95-battery-grade-lithium-carbonate-from-nevada-north--714a19e5-fc13-487b-a33d-5713cc26786a

Original source: https://orestocks.com/company/NILI.V/press-releases/8393935532581012

Publisher: orestocks

Original announcement: 2026-09-15T11:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- 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

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas 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 factor: Battery-grade lithium carbonate \(99.95%\) achieved

- Positive factor: High lithium extraction \(>93% to 98%\)

- Positive factor: Effective beneficiation \(98.9% recovery\)

- Positive factor: Demonstrated continuous flowsheet from ore to refined product

- Negative factor: Bench/small scale testing only

Facts used in scoring: 3

## Classification and evidence

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

Definition: 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 Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: 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 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: 3. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (3)

### leaching

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/surge-announces-99-95-battery-grade-lithium-carbonate-from-nevada-north--714a19e5-fc13-487b-a33d-5713cc26786a#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Nevada North · lithium

#### 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 factor: High extraction rate \(>93%\)

- Positive factor: Rapid leach kinetics

Evidence · text

> achieved lithium extractions exceeding 93% at an acid addition of 475 kg/t

#### 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: 93% is at or above the exceptional band \(80%\)

### leaching

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/surge-announces-99-95-battery-grade-lithium-carbonate-from-nevada-north--714a19e5-fc13-487b-a33d-5713cc26786a#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Nevada North · lithium

#### 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 factor: Very high extraction rate \(~98%\)

Evidence · text

> increasing to approximately 98% at a higher acid addition

#### 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: 98% is at or above the exceptional band \(80%\)

### beneficiation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/surge-announces-99-95-battery-grade-lithium-carbonate-from-nevada-north--714a19e5-fc13-487b-a33d-5713cc26786a#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

Nevada North · lithium

#### 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 factor: High recovery of lithium into fine fraction

- Positive factor: 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 Recovery**

Polarity: positive

Definition: 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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