# American Lithium's Falchani Pilot Plant Fully Commissioned and Operating

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/american-lithium-s-falchani-pilot-plant-fully-commissioned-and-operating--4038d413-99c7-4fba-a7a7-97264a643a5a

Original source: https://orestocks.com/company/LI.V/press-releases/4966030736112867

Publisher: orestocks

Original announcement: 2026-09-16T11:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-09-16T11:59:32.952Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-09-16T11:59:32.952Z

- Company: American Lithium Corp.

- Ticker: LI.V

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: Peru

- Primary commodity: Lithium

- Secondary commodities: Cesium

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-09-16 11:59:33 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

American Lithium has fully commissioned its Falchani Lithium Project pilot plant in Peru. Recent bench-scale testing using pilot plant equipment achieved an average lithium recovery of 88.7%, surpassing the 80.0% recovery rate used in the project's February 2024 PEA.

Reasoning: Successful commissioning of the pilot plant and lithium recovery results \(88.7%\) that exceed the previously reported PEA baseline \(80.0%\) represent significant de-risking for the Falchani project.

- Positive factor: Recovery improvement vs PEA

- Positive factor: Pilot plant commissioning milestone

- Positive factor: Consistent bench-scale results

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: 88.7% lithium recovery is strong for a pilot-scale process.

Evidence · text

> achieved average lithium extraction of 88.7%

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Processing via mill or concentrator \(CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation\).

Why it applies: The process involves crystallizers, evaporators, and centrifugal separation.

Evidence · text

> mainly crystallizers and evaporator

**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)

### semi-continuous

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/american-lithium-s-falchani-pilot-plant-fully-commissioned-and-operating--4038d413-99c7-4fba-a7a7-97264a643a5a#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Falchani Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Project: Falchani Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: peru
- Reported Region: Peru
- Ticker: LI.V

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Test Type: semi-continuous
- Processing Route: crystallizers and evaporator
- Sample: semi-continuous process using pilot plant equipment

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 88.7 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Lab

- Laboratory: TECMMINE
- Consultant: TECMMINE

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 88.7% recovery is significantly higher than the 80.0% recovery assumed in the PEA.

- Positive factor: Exceeds PEA recovery rate

Evidence · text

> achieved average lithium extraction of 88.7% \(range: 88.0%–89.9%\), well above the 80.0% recovery utilized in the February 2024 PEA

#### 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: 88.7% is at or above the exceptional band \(80%\)

### Fact 2

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/american-lithium-s-falchani-pilot-plant-fully-commissioned-and-operating--4038d413-99c7-4fba-a7a7-97264a643a5a#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Falchani Lithium Project · lithium

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Project: Falchani Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: peru
- Reported Region: Peru
- Ticker: LI.V

#### Test Work

- Program Status: scoping
- Sample: PEA baseline recovery

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 80 %
- Recovery Basis: theoretical

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2024-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical baseline for comparison.

Evidence · text

> well above the 80.0% recovery utilized in the February 2024 PEA

#### Tags used in scoring

**Theoretical Recovery Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Only theoretical or liberation-derived recovery reported, with no actual test result.

Why it applies: recovery\_basis is theoretical

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.

Why it applies: 80% is at or above the exceptional band \(80%\)

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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