# CNQ: CNQ's ATA & MBIX Adopted in Aura Energy's Tiris Uranium BFS

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/cnq-cnq-s-ata-mbix-adopted-in-aura-energy-s-tiris-uranium-bfs--81919fad-a621-4882-b11d-52372addccd7

Original source: https://www.asx.com.au/asx/v2/statistics/displayAnnouncement.do?display=pdf&idsId=03153469

Publisher: asx

Original announcement: 2026-10-16T04:53:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-10-16T05:04:09.010Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-10-16T05:04:09.010Z

- Company: Clean TeQ Water Limited

- Ticker: CNQ

- Exchange: ASX

- Region: Mauritania

- Primary commodity: Uranium

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy, Other

- Extracted: 2026-10-16 05:04:09 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Clean TeQ Water's ATA® and MBIX technologies have been adopted in Aura Energy's Bankable Feasibility Study for the Tiris Uranium Project in Mauritania. The company has been contracted to deliver its scope for an upcoming pilot plant program in late 2026.

Reasoning: The adoption of proprietary technologies in a BFS for a major uranium project is a significant commercial milestone for a technology provider, despite the lack of current binding supply contracts.

- Positive factor: Technology adoption in a Bankable Feasibility Study \(BFS\)

- Positive factor: High bench-scale uranium recovery \(97.8%\)

- Positive factor: Improved dewatering efficiency \(up to 79% solids\)

- Positive factor: Pilot plant contract secured

- Negative factor: No binding commercial arrangements for supply or licensing yet

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: 97.8% uranium recovery in bench-scale tests is exceptional.

Evidence · text

> recovered up to 97.8% of the soluble uranium

**Bench Scale Only**

Polarity: negative

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

Why it applies: The reported high recovery is based on bench-scale wash tests rather than pilot or commercial scale.

Evidence · text

> Bench-scale counter-current wash tests recovered up to 97.8%

**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)

### counter-current wash

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/cnq-cnq-s-ata-mbix-adopted-in-aura-energy-s-tiris-uranium-bfs--81919fad-a621-4882-b11d-52372addccd7#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Tiris Uranium Project · uranium

#### Identity

- Project: Tiris Uranium Project
- Commodity: uranium
- Region: mauritania
- Reported Region: Mauritania
- Ticker: CNQ

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: counter-current wash
- Sample: bench-scale counter-current wash tests

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 97.8 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 97.8% recovery is an exceptional result for bench-scale washing tests.

- Positive factor: High recovery rate

Evidence · text

> Bench-scale counter-current wash tests recovered up to 97.8% of the soluble uranium

### dewatering

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/cnq-cnq-s-ata-mbix-adopted-in-aura-energy-s-tiris-uranium-bfs--81919fad-a621-4882-b11d-52372addccd7#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Tiris Uranium Project · uranium

#### Identity

- Project: Tiris Uranium Project
- Commodity: uranium
- Region: mauritania
- Reported Region: Mauritania
- Ticker: CNQ

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: dewatering
- Sample: residue from ATA® dewatering

#### Reagents

- Reagent Notes: residue reporting at approximately 67% solids, rising to 78 to 79% with vibration-assisted dewatering

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Achieving up to 79% solids is a strong dewatering result for clay-rich uranium ores.

- Positive factor: High solids content achieved

Evidence · text

> residue reporting at approximately 67% solids, rising to 78 to 79% with vibration-assisted dewatering

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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