# Lifezone Locks PGM Recycling Flowsheet After Platinum & Palladium Recovery, Pushes FID to Early 2027

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/lifezone-locks-pgm-recycling-flowsheet-after-platinum-palladium-recovery-pushes--aa351e92-fbd4-49e6-8ed4-d98d22326001

Original source: https://www.cruxinvestor.com/posts/lifezone-locks-pgm-recycling-flowsheet-after-platinum-palladium-recovery-pushes-fid-to-early-2027

Publisher: cruxinvestor

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

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Lifezone Metals Limited

- Ticker: LZM

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: United States

- Primary commodity: Platinum

- Secondary commodities: Palladium, Rhodium

- Document categories: Metallurgy, Agreement transaction

- Extracted: 2026-08-31 19:17:36 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.70 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Lifezone Metals has successfully completed pilot-scale testing for its PGM recycling project, achieving over 99% recovery for platinum and palladium. The company has locked its process flowsheet and is targeting a Final Investment Decision \(FID\) in early 2027, pending DOE funding decisions and site selection.

Reasoning: Successful pilot-scale metallurgical results for PGM recycling de-risk the flowsheet ahead of commercial scale-up and FID.

- Positive factor: High recovery rates \(>99% Pt/Pd\)

- Positive factor: Pilot-scale validation completed

- Positive factor: Flowsheet locked following interim FS

- Positive factor: Strategic partnership with Glencore

- Positive factor: Potential DOE funding of $41.5M

- Negative factor: FID delayed to early 2027

- Negative factor: DOE funding still under review

- Negative factor: Site selection not yet finalized

Facts used in scoring: 3

## Classification and evidence

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

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

Why it applies: Platinum and palladium recovery exceeds 99% in pilot testing.

Evidence · text

> recovering more than 99% platinum and palladium

**Pilot Scale Complete**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Pilot or demonstration plant testing completed under continuous operation.

Why it applies: Lifezone completed pilot-scale testing for its PGM Recycling Project.

Evidence · text

> Lifezone completed pilot-scale testing

## 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/lifezone-locks-pgm-recycling-flowsheet-after-platinum-palladium-recovery-pushes--aa351e92-fbd4-49e6-8ed4-d98d22326001#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

platinum

#### Identity

- Commodity: platinum
- Ticker: LZM

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: pilot plant
- Sample: 1 ton of US-sourced spent automotive catalytic converter \(Autocat\) material

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 99 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

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

Reasoning: Recovery exceeds 99% in pilot-scale testing.

- Positive factor: Exceptional recovery rate

Evidence · text

> recovering more than 99% platinum and palladium

### pilot plant

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/lifezone-locks-pgm-recycling-flowsheet-after-platinum-palladium-recovery-pushes--aa351e92-fbd4-49e6-8ed4-d98d22326001#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

palladium

#### Identity

- Commodity: palladium
- Ticker: LZM

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: pilot plant
- Sample: 1 ton of US-sourced spent automotive catalytic converter \(Autocat\) material

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 99 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

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

Reasoning: Recovery exceeds 99% in pilot-scale testing.

- Positive factor: Exceptional recovery rate

Evidence · text

> recovering more than 99% platinum and palladium

### pilot plant

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/lifezone-locks-pgm-recycling-flowsheet-after-platinum-palladium-recovery-pushes--aa351e92-fbd4-49e6-8ed4-d98d22326001#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

rhodium

#### Identity

- Commodity: rhodium
- Ticker: LZM

#### Test Work

- Program Status: detailed
- Test Type: pilot plant
- Sample: 1 ton of US-sourced spent automotive catalytic converter \(Autocat\) material

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 95 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

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

Reasoning: Targeting >95% recovery for rhodium.

- Positive factor: Strong recovery target

Evidence · text

> targeting more than 95% rhodium recovery

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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