# Elevate Uranium Reports Strong U-pgrade™ Pilot Plant Results at Marenica

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/elevate-uranium-reports-strong-u-pgradetm-pilot-plant-results-at-marenica--d8deaf6f-2286-4f40-a1f0-eb336d5ef61b

Original source: https://www.theassay.com/news/development/elevate-uranium-reports-strong-u-pgrade-tm-pilot-plant-results-at-marenica/

Publisher: assay

Original announcement: 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Elevate Uranium Ltd

- Ticker: EL8

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: Namibia

- Primary commodity: Uranium

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-08-31 14:48:48 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Elevate Uranium has reported successful pilot plant results for its U-pgrade™ process at the Marenica project in Namibia. The process demonstrated an 88% mass rejection and a 7x upgrade of uranium from 89ppm to 590ppm, while successfully removing calcite to simplify future acid leaching.

Reasoning: Successful pilot plant demonstration of beneficiation process showing high mass rejection and successful removal of acid-consuming calcite, significantly de-risking future processing economics.

- Positive factor: significant mass rejection \(88%\)

- Positive factor: successful calcite removal reducing acid consumption

- Positive factor: pilot plant scale validation of bench-scale results

- Positive factor: high upgrade ratio \(7x\)

- Negative factor: uranium recovery \(79%\) is moderate compared to potential maximums

- Negative factor: final stage results still pending

Facts used in scoring: 3

## Classification and evidence

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: The process involves a multi-stage beneficiation and flotation circuit.

Evidence · text

> uranium flotation

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

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

Why it applies: 79% recovery in a pilot plant for a beneficiation stage is strong, though not exceptional for final leach.

Evidence · text

> 79% uranium recovery

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 3. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (3)

### pilot plant

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/elevate-uranium-reports-strong-u-pgradetm-pilot-plant-results-at-marenica--d8deaf6f-2286-4f40-a1f0-eb336d5ef61b#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

uranium

#### Identity

- Commodity: uranium
- Ticker: EL8

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: pilot plant
- Processing Route: U-pgrade™ beneficiation \(Stages 1-4\)
- Sample: Marenica ore, Stages 1 to 4 pilot plant

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 79 %
- Head Grade: 89
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Pilot plant recovery of 79% validates the beneficiation process at scale.

- Positive factor: demonstrates scalability from bench to pilot

- Negative factor: 79% recovery is moderate

Evidence · text

> 79% uranium recovery

### pilot plant

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/elevate-uranium-reports-strong-u-pgradetm-pilot-plant-results-at-marenica--d8deaf6f-2286-4f40-a1f0-eb336d5ef61b#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

uranium

#### Identity

- Commodity: uranium
- Ticker: EL8

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: pilot plant
- Processing Route: U-pgrade™ beneficiation \(Stages 1-4\)
- Sample: Marenica ore, Stages 1 to 4 pilot plant \(upgraded\)

#### Recovery

- Head Grade: 590
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Significant grade uplift from 89ppm to 590ppm via mass rejection.

- Positive factor: 7x upgrade ratio

Evidence · text

> Ore upgraded from 89ppm uranium to 590ppm uranium

### bench-scale

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/elevate-uranium-reports-strong-u-pgradetm-pilot-plant-results-at-marenica--d8deaf6f-2286-4f40-a1f0-eb336d5ef61b#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

uranium

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Commodity: uranium
- Ticker: EL8

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: bench-scale
- Sample: Historical bench-scale testwork, Stage 5 completion

#### Recovery

- Head Grade: 5000
- Head Grade Unit: ppm U3O8

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Historical benchmark for Stage 5 performance.

- Positive factor: high concentrate grade

Evidence · text

> equivalent to 5,000ppm U3O8, following completion of Stage 5

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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