First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt Produces High Grade Alloy Concentrate Up to 71.9% Nickel and 1.76% Cobalt from Its Pipestone XL Nickel-Cobalt Alloy Project, Using Its First-Ever ONSHORE MAX (Magnetic Alloy eXtraction) Recovery & Concentration Process, Unveiled at the Fastmarkets Lithium Supply & Battery Raw Materials Conference, Las Vegas, USA
Original announcement by yahoo_press on
- Company
- First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt Corp.
- Ticker
- FAN
- Exchange
- TSXV
- Region
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Primary commodity
- Nickel
- Secondary commodities
- Cobalt
- Document categories
- Metallurgy
- Extracted
- 2026-08-20 21:36:34 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt reported preliminary results from its proprietary ONSHORE MAX recovery process. The process produced a high-grade alloy concentrate averaging 67.4% nickel and 1.76% cobalt from rock samples at the Pipestone XL project.
Reasoning: The company reported successful preliminary metallurgical results using a proprietary new process, producing high-grade nickel and cobalt concentrate.
Positive factors
- high grade concentrate
- proprietary novel process
Facts used in scoring: 2
Classification and evidence
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: The process involves recovery and concentration of ore into an alloy concentrate.
Evidence · text
“recovery and concentration process”
Bench Scale Onlynegative
Only preliminary bench tests completed — no locked-cycle or pilot work.
Why it applies: Results are described as preliminary results from a proprietary process on rock samples.
Evidence · text
“report preliminary results from its proprietary ONSHORE MAX™”
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (2)
Magnetic Alloy eXtractionnickelView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- nickel
- Ticker
- FAN
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- Magnetic Alloy eXtraction
- Processing Route
- ONSHORE MAX (Magnetic Alloy eXtraction)
- Sample
- rock samples from the RPM Zone of its wholly owned Pipestone XL Nickel-Cobalt Alloy Project
Recovery
- Conc. Grade
- 67.4
- Conc. Grade Unit
- %
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Reported concentrate grade of 67.4% Ni is very high for a preliminary metallurgical result.
Positive factors
- high grade concentrate
Evidence · text
“upgraded rock samples from the RPM Zone... into a high grade alloy concentrate averaging 67.4% nickel”
Magnetic Alloy eXtractioncobaltView all detailsHide details
Identity
- Commodity
- cobalt
- Ticker
- FAN
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- Magnetic Alloy eXtraction
- Processing Route
- ONSHORE MAX (Magnetic Alloy eXtraction)
- Sample
- rock samples from the RPM Zone of its wholly owned Pipestone XL Nickel-Cobalt Alloy Project
Recovery
- Conc. Grade
- 1.76
- Conc. Grade Unit
- %
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Reported concentrate grade of 1.76% Co is significant for a byproduct in this context.
Positive factors
- high grade concentrate
Evidence · text
“high grade alloy concentrate averaging 67.4% nickel a”
How Atlas produces this analysis
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