# Surge Battery Metals Reports Optimization of Flowsheet Parameters and Extraction Successes at Nevada North

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/surge-battery-metals-reports-optimization-of-flowsheet-parameters-and-extraction--4710da25-5628-44ba-9059-78c495bac329

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/NILI/news/4905689508778120/surge-battery-metals-reports-optimization-of-flowsheet-parameters-and-extraction

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-05-26T12:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Surge Battery Metals Inc.

- Ticker: NILI

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Nevada

- Primary commodity: Lithium

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-09-14 14:50:41 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.70 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Surge Battery Metals reports successful metallurgical testing at the Nevada North Lithium Project, including lithium extraction rates exceeding 93% at Kemetco. The company has also demonstrated effective beneficiation and is progressing to scaled-up solid-liquid separation studies to support its upcoming Pre-Feasibility Study.

Reasoning: Successful bench-scale lithium extraction \(>93%\) and beneficiation results provide positive technical de-risking for the upcoming PFS.

- Positive factor: high lithium extraction rates

- Positive factor: successful beneficiation

- Positive factor: de-risking of solid-liquid separation

- Negative factor: technically challenging clay rheology

Facts used in scoring: 2

## 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 rates exceeding 93% are strong for preliminary leach testing.

Evidence · text

> achieved lithium extraction rates exceeding 93%

**Bench Scale Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Only preliminary bench tests completed — no locked-cycle or pilot work.

Why it applies: Testing is described as optimization and preliminary work to support a PFS, not yet at pilot scale.

Evidence · text

> update on the metallurgical testing program currently underway to support the Pre-Feasibility Study \(PFS\)

**Multi-Domain Tested**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Variability across ore domains \(oxide, transition, fresh\) has been addressed.

Why it applies: 2 distinct composites were tested

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (2)

### leach

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/surge-battery-metals-reports-optimization-of-flowsheet-parameters-and-extraction--4710da25-5628-44ba-9059-78c495bac329#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Nevada North Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Project: Nevada North Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: Nevada
- Ticker: NILI

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: leach
- Processing Route: leaching
- Sample: Master Composite and variability samples, leach circuit optimization at Kemetco

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 93 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Kemetco Research Inc.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-05-26T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 93% extraction rate is a strong preliminary result for lithium leaching.

- Positive factor: extraction rate exceeding 93%

Evidence · text

> achieved lithium extraction rates exceeding 93% under optimized leaching conditions

#### 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 \(80%\)

### beneficiation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/surge-battery-metals-reports-optimization-of-flowsheet-parameters-and-extraction--4710da25-5628-44ba-9059-78c495bac329#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Nevada North Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Project: Nevada North Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: Nevada
- Ticker: NILI

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: beneficiation
- Processing Route: beneficiation
- Sample: beneficiated material

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Sepro Mineral Systems Corp.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-05-26T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Successful beneficiation demonstrates early-stage efficiency in upgrading material.

- Positive factor: effective upgrading of run-of-mine material

Evidence · text

> Beneficiation work... with Sepro has yielded positive results, demonstrating that run-of-mine material can be effectively upgraded early in the flowsheet.

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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