# FRB: FRB Produces 99.999% Ultra-High-Purity Manganese Sulphate

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/frb-frb-produces-99-999-ultra-high-purity-manganese-sulphate--75f7d90d-48bc-4d8d-a798-872199469d33

Original source: https://www.asx.com.au/asx/v2/statistics/displayAnnouncement.do?display=pdf&idsId=03153922

Publisher: asx

Original announcement: 2026-10-18T22:49:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-10-18T23:06:26.347Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-10-18T23:06:26.347Z

- Company: Firebird Metals Limited

- Ticker: FRB

- Exchange: ASX

- Region: Western Australia

- Primary commodity: Manganese

- Secondary commodities: Iron ore, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Cadmium, Chromium, Potassium, Sodium, Calcium, Magnesium, Nickel, Cobalt, Aluminium

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-10-18 23:06:27 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.90 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Firebird Metals has successfully produced its first 99.999% \(5N\) ultra-high-purity manganese sulphate at its Hunan Pilot Plant. This milestone demonstrates the capability of their proprietary fluoride-free technology and paves the way for the commissioning of their Australian Demonstration Plant in 2027.

Reasoning: The achievement of 5N purity represents a major technical milestone for the company's battery materials value chain and offers significant commercial upside via price premiums.

- Positive factor: Successful production of 5N \(99.999%\) ultra-high-purity manganese sulphate

- Positive factor: Significant price premium \(33%\) over standard high-purity grades

- Positive factor: Proprietary fluoride-free process offering feedstock flexibility

- Positive factor: Positioned as a sole Western company with this capability

Facts used in scoring: 14

## 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 production of 99.999% purity manganese sulphate demonstrates highly efficient extraction and purification capability.

Evidence · text

> successfully produced a 99.999% ultra-high-purity manganese sulphate

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: the document describes a flotation route \("concentrate"\)

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

## Metallurgical Results (14)

### in-line impurity extractant process

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/frb-frb-produces-99-999-ultra-high-purity-manganese-sulphate--75f7d90d-48bc-4d8d-a798-872199469d33#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Oakover Manganese Project · manganese

#### Identity

- Project: Oakover Manganese Project
- Commodity: manganese
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: FRB

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: in-line impurity extractant process
- Processing Route: in-line impurity extractant process
- Sample: Firebird Ultra-High-Purity manganese sulphate \(MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery Basis: unspecified
- Head Grade: 32.18
- Head Grade Unit: Wt.%

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: The manganese content in the produced sulphate is 32.18 Wt.%, meeting the high-purity requirements.

- Positive factor: Achieved 5N \(99.999%\) purity level

Evidence · table

> 32.18

Context: MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%

### in-line impurity extractant process

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/frb-frb-produces-99-999-ultra-high-purity-manganese-sulphate--75f7d90d-48bc-4d8d-a798-872199469d33#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Oakover Manganese Project · iron\_ore

#### Identity

- Project: Oakover Manganese Project
- Commodity: iron\_ore
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: FRB

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: in-line impurity extractant process
- Processing Route: in-line impurity extractant process
- Sample: Firebird Ultra-High-Purity manganese sulphate \(MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery Basis: unspecified
- Head Grade: 1
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Iron impurity level is extremely low at 1 ppm.

- Positive factor: Iron impurity is below 1 ppm, meeting high-purity standards

Evidence · table

> 1

Context: MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%

### in-line impurity extractant process

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/frb-frb-produces-99-999-ultra-high-purity-manganese-sulphate--75f7d90d-48bc-4d8d-a798-872199469d33#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

Oakover Manganese Project · zinc

#### Identity

- Project: Oakover Manganese Project
- Commodity: zinc
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: FRB

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: in-line impurity extractant process
- Processing Route: in-line impurity extractant process
- Sample: Firebird Ultra-High-Purity manganese sulphate \(MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery Basis: unspecified
- Head Grade: 1
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Zinc impurity level is extremely low at 1 ppm.

- Positive factor: Zinc impurity is below 1 ppm

Evidence · table

> 1

Context: MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%

### in-line impurity extractant process

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/frb-frb-produces-99-999-ultra-high-purity-manganese-sulphate--75f7d90d-48bc-4d8d-a798-872199469d33#fact-metallurgical-facts-3)

Oakover Manganese Project · copper

#### Identity

- Project: Oakover Manganese Project
- Commodity: copper
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: FRB

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: in-line impurity extractant process
- Processing Route: in-line impurity extractant process
- Sample: Firebird Ultra-High-Purity manganese sulphate \(MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery Basis: unspecified
- Head Grade: 1
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Copper impurity level is extremely low at 1 ppm.

- Positive factor: Copper impurity is below 1 ppm

Evidence · table

> 1

Context: MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%

### in-line impurity extractant process

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/frb-frb-produces-99-999-ultra-high-purity-manganese-sulphate--75f7d90d-48bc-4d8d-a798-872199469d33#fact-metallurgical-facts-4)

Oakover Manganese Project · lead

#### Identity

- Project: Oakover Manganese Project
- Commodity: lead
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: FRB

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: in-line impurity extractant process
- Processing Route: in-line impurity extractant process
- Sample: Firebird Ultra-High-Purity manganese sulphate \(MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery Basis: unspecified
- Head Grade: 1
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Lead impurity level is extremely low at 1 ppm.

- Positive factor: Lead impurity is below 1 ppm

Evidence · table

> 1

Context: MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%

### in-line impurity extractant process

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/frb-frb-produces-99-999-ultra-high-purity-manganese-sulphate--75f7d90d-48bc-4d8d-a798-872199469d33#fact-metallurgical-facts-5)

Oakover Manganese Project · cadmium

#### Identity

- Project: Oakover Manganese Project
- Commodity: cadmium
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: FRB

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: in-line impurity extractant process
- Processing Route: in-line impurity extractant process
- Sample: Firebird Ultra-High-Purity manganese sulphate \(MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery Basis: unspecified
- Head Grade: 1
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Cadmium impurity level is extremely low at 1 ppm.

- Positive factor: Cadmium impurity is below 1 ppm

Evidence · table

> 1

Context: MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%

### in-line impurity extractant process

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/frb-frb-produces-99-999-ultra-high-purity-manganese-sulphate--75f7d90d-48bc-4d8d-a798-872199469d33#fact-metallurgical-facts-6)

Oakover Manganese Project · chromium

#### Identity

- Project: Oakover Manganese Project
- Commodity: chromium
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: FRB

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: in-line impurity extractant process
- Processing Route: in-line impurity extractant process
- Sample: Firebird Ultra-High-Purity manganese sulphate \(MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery Basis: unspecified
- Head Grade: 1
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Chromium impurity level is extremely low at 1 ppm.

- Positive factor: Chromium impurity is below 1 ppm

Evidence · table

> 1

Context: MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%

### in-line impurity extractant process

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/frb-frb-produces-99-999-ultra-high-purity-manganese-sulphate--75f7d90d-48bc-4d8d-a798-872199469d33#fact-metallurgical-facts-7)

Oakover Manganese Project · potassium

#### Identity

- Project: Oakover Manganese Project
- Commodity: potassium
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: FRB

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: in-line impurity extractant process
- Processing Route: in-line impurity extractant process
- Sample: Firebird Ultra-High-Purity manganese sulphate \(MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery Basis: unspecified
- Head Grade: 1
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Potassium impurity level is extremely low at 1 ppm.

- Positive factor: Potassium impurity is below 1 ppm

Evidence · table

> 1

Context: MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%

### in-line impurity extractant process

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/frb-frb-produces-99-999-ultra-high-purity-manganese-sulphate--75f7d90d-48bc-4d8d-a798-872199469d33#fact-metallurgical-facts-8)

Oakover Manganese Project · sodium

#### Identity

- Project: Oakover Manganese Project
- Commodity: sodium
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: FRB

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: in-line impurity extractant process
- Processing Route: in-line impurity extractant process
- Sample: Firebird Ultra-High-Purity manganese sulphate \(MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery Basis: unspecified
- Head Grade: 1
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Sodium impurity level is extremely low at 1 ppm.

- Positive factor: Sodium impurity is below 1 ppm

Evidence · table

> 1

Context: MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%

### in-line impurity extractant process

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/frb-frb-produces-99-999-ultra-high-purity-manganese-sulphate--75f7d90d-48bc-4d8d-a798-872199469d33#fact-metallurgical-facts-9)

Oakover Manganese Project · calcium

#### Identity

- Project: Oakover Manganese Project
- Commodity: calcium
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: FRB

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: in-line impurity extractant process
- Processing Route: in-line impurity extractant process
- Sample: Firebird Ultra-High-Purity manganese sulphate \(MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery Basis: unspecified
- Head Grade: 1
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Calcium impurity level is extremely low at 1 ppm.

- Positive factor: Calcium impurity is below 1 ppm

Evidence · table

> 1

Context: MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%

### in-line impurity extractant process

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/frb-frb-produces-99-999-ultra-high-purity-manganese-sulphate--75f7d90d-48bc-4d8d-a798-872199469d33#fact-metallurgical-facts-10)

Oakover Manganese Project · magnesium

#### Identity

- Project: Oakover Manganese Project
- Commodity: magnesium
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: FRB

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: in-line impurity extractant process
- Processing Route: in-line impurity extractant process
- Sample: Firebird Ultra-High-Purity manganese sulphate \(MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery Basis: unspecified
- Head Grade: 1
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Magnesium impurity level is extremely low at 1 ppm.

- Positive factor: Magnesium impurity is below 1 ppm

Evidence · table

> 1

Context: MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%

### in-line impurity extractant process

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/frb-frb-produces-99-999-ultra-high-purity-manganese-sulphate--75f7d90d-48bc-4d8d-a798-872199469d33#fact-metallurgical-facts-11)

Oakover Manganese Project · nickel

#### Identity

- Project: Oakover Manganese Project
- Commodity: nickel
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: FRB

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: in-line impurity extractant process
- Processing Route: in-line impurity extractant process
- Sample: Firebird Ultra-High-Purity manganese sulphate \(MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery Basis: unspecified
- Head Grade: 1
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Nickel impurity level is extremely low at 1 ppm.

- Positive factor: Nickel impurity is below 1 ppm

Evidence · table

> 1

Context: MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%

### in-line impurity extractant process

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/frb-frb-produces-99-999-ultra-high-purity-manganese-sulphate--75f7d90d-48bc-4d8d-a798-872199469d33#fact-metallurgical-facts-12)

Oakover Manganese Project · cobalt

#### Identity

- Project: Oakover Manganese Project
- Commodity: cobalt
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: FRB

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: in-line impurity extractant process
- Processing Route: in-line impurity extractant process
- Sample: Firebird Ultra-High-Purity manganese sulphate \(MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery Basis: unspecified
- Head Grade: 1
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Cobalt impurity level is extremely low at 1 ppm.

- Positive factor: Cobalt impurity is below 1 ppm

Evidence · table

> 1

Context: MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%

### in-line impurity extractant process

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/frb-frb-produces-99-999-ultra-high-purity-manganese-sulphate--75f7d90d-48bc-4d8d-a798-872199469d33#fact-metallurgical-facts-13)

Oakover Manganese Project · aluminium

#### Identity

- Project: Oakover Manganese Project
- Commodity: aluminium
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: FRB

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: in-line impurity extractant process
- Processing Route: in-line impurity extractant process
- Sample: Firebird Ultra-High-Purity manganese sulphate \(MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery Basis: unspecified
- Head Grade: 1
- Head Grade Unit: ppm

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Aluminium impurity level is extremely low at 1 ppm.

- Positive factor: Aluminium impurity is below 1 ppm

Evidence · table

> 1

Context: MnSO4 99.999 Wt.%

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