# Avalon and Engina Successfully Recovered 15 Rare Earth Elements with Breakthrough Processing Technology for Nechalacho Project, NWT Canada

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/avalon-and-engina-successfully-recovered-15-rare-earth-elements-with-breakthroug--f54d73bc-aff2-4e5f-b40b-00f2a08748c6

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/avalon-engina-successfully-recovered-15-120000706.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2025-11-24T12:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-09-21T06:22:41.761Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-09-21T06:22:41.761Z

- Company: Avalon Advanced Materials Inc.

- Ticker: AVL

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Northwest Territories, Canada

- Primary commodity: Rare earth elements

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy, Other

- Extracted: 2026-09-21 06:22:42 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Avalon Advanced Materials and Engina Corporation have confirmed the success of Engina's proprietary Hybrid Supercritical Refining \(HSR\) process. The technology achieved over 90% recoveries for 15 rare earth elements at the Nechalacho Project in Canada.

Reasoning: The announcement details a successful joint assessment of a proprietary next-generation processing technology that achieves high recoveries for rare earth elements.

- Positive factor: Breakthrough processing technology \(HSR\)

- Positive factor: High recovery rates \(>90%\)

- Positive factor: Environmentally friendly closed-loop system

- Positive factor: Low-impact and low-cost design

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

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

Why it applies: The HSR process delivers >90% recoveries for rare earth elements.

Evidence · text

> delivers >90% recoveries

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: The technology is described as a refining process for rare earth elements.

Evidence · text

> Hybrid Supercritical Refining \(HSR\) process

**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: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (1)

### Hybrid Supercritical Refining

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Nechalacho Project · rare earth elements

#### Identity

- Project: Nechalacho Project
- Commodity: rare earth elements
- Region: canada
- Reported Region: Northwest Territories, Canada
- Ticker: AVL

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: Hybrid Supercritical Refining
- Processing Route: Hybrid Supercritical Refining \(HSR\)
- Sample: Engina's proprietary Hybrid Supercritical Refining \(HSR\) process

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 90 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Lab

- Consultant: Engina Corporation

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-11-24T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Reported recovery of >90% using a proprietary new process.

- Positive factor: High recovery \(>90%\)

- Positive factor: Proprietary next-generation technology

Evidence · text

> Engina's proprietary Hybrid Supercritical Refining process delivers >90% recoveries

## How Atlas produces this analysis

Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. Sentiment reflects the extracted narrative and classification rules; it is an interpretation, not a reported measurement. Evidence quotes and context are provided where available. Missing data, low-confidence results, and review flags indicate limitations. Check the original publisher announcement before relying on an interpretation.