# CENTURY LITHIUM ACHIEVES HIGH RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH AND CRITICAL ELEMENTS FROM PRIMARY LEACH SOLUTIONS

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/century-lithium-achieves-high-recovery-of-rare-earth-and-critical-elements-from--e9f0d374-a427-444e-9ade-645143d9a7b1

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/century-lithium-achieves-high-recovery-133000849.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2025-12-02T13:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Century Lithium Corp.

- Ticker: LCE

- Exchange: TSXV

- Region: Nevada

- Primary commodity: Lithium

- Secondary commodities: Rare earth elements

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-08-21 04:07:25 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Century Lithium has reported positive initial metallurgical test results from its Angel Island project in Nevada. The testing demonstrates that rare earth elements can be recovered from primary lithium leach solutions without negatively impacting lithium recovery.

Reasoning: The company reports positive initial test work for REE recovery from lithium leach solutions without compromising lithium yields, though specific numeric recovery values are absent.

- Positive factor: high REE recoveries achieved

- Positive factor: no impact on lithium recovery

- Negative factor: results are from initial testing

- Negative factor: no specific recovery percentages disclosed

Low confidence — this extraction should be reviewed alongside the original source.

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**Bench Scale Only**

Polarity: negative

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

Why it applies: The results are described as 'initial testing' from ongoing test work, suggesting preliminary bench-scale or screening-level results.

Evidence · text

> initial testing indicates that high REE recoveries can be achieved

**Byproduct Commodity**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: The tested commodity is a byproduct rather than the primary economic driver.

Why it applies: Rare earth elements are being recovered from the lithium leach solutions, making them a byproduct of the primary lithium process.

Evidence · text

> recovery of rare earth elements \("REEs"\) from primary lithium leach solutions

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (1)

### leach

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/century-lithium-achieves-high-recovery-of-rare-earth-and-critical-elements-from--e9f0d374-a427-444e-9ade-645143d9a7b1#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Angel Island · rare earth elements

#### Identity

- Project: Angel Island
- Commodity: rare earth elements
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: Nevada
- Ticker: LCE

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: leach
- Sample: primary lithium leach solutions from Angel Island project

#### Recovery

- Recovery Basis: unspecified

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Initial testing indicates high recovery, but lacks quantitative data.

- Positive factor: high REE recoveries achieved

- Negative factor: no specific recovery percentages disclosed

Evidence · text

> high REE recoveries can be achieved without impacting lithium recovery

## 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.