AE Fuels Achieves 95-99% Manganese Recovery and Produces Battery-Grade HPMSM Crystals from Continuous Mini-Pilot Testing
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- AE Fuels Corporation
- Ticker
- AEF
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- Western Australia
- Primary commodity
- Manganese
- Secondary commodities
- None reported
- Document categories
- Metallurgy
- Extracted
- 2026-08-20 21:37:38 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
AE Fuels has successfully completed mini-pilot testing conducted by CSIRO, achieving manganese recoveries of 95-99%. The program demonstrated continuous purification and the production of battery-grade high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate (HPMSM) crystals.
Reasoning: The mini-pilot testing successfully demonstrated high manganese recovery and the production of battery-grade crystals under continuous operating conditions, representing a significant technical de-risking milestone.
Positive factors
- High manganese recovery (95-99%)
- Successful production of battery-grade HPMSM crystals
- Continuous mini-pilot testing demonstrated scalability
- Strong impurity control (calcium, magnesium)
Facts used in scoring: 1
Classification and evidence
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: Manganese recovery of 95-99% is exceptional for this processing route.
Evidence · text
“manganese recoveries ranging from 95% to 99%”
Free Millingpositive
Simple, clean ore amenable to standard processing without oxidation.
Why it applies: The release describes successful purification and crystallization of manganese sulphate liquor without mentioning refractory issues.
Evidence · text
“The purification circuit demonstrated strong impurity control”
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: The process involves a continuous purification circuit and crystallization.
Evidence · text
“continuous purification performance”
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (1)
mini-pilotmanganeseRecovery: 97 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- manganese
- Ticker
- AEF
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- mini-pilot
- Processing Route
- continuous purification and batch crystallization
- Sample
- continuous mini-pilot testing using synthetic manganese sulphate feed liquor
Recovery
- Recovery
- 97 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Lab
- Laboratory
- CSIRO
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Achieved 95-99% recovery in a continuous mini-pilot setting.
Positive factors
- 95-99% recovery range is exceptional for manganese purification
Evidence · text
“manganese recoveries ranging from 95% to 99%”
How Atlas produces this analysis
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