# Locksley Resources Announces Breakthrough Antimony Recovery Results from Rice University Collaboration

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/locksley-resources-announces-breakthrough-antimony-recovery-results-from-rice-un--84a5b832-e49a-48c0-8ae6-70b1825b4e8f

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/energy/articles/locksley-resources-announces-breakthrough-antimony-140000098.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2026-07-09T14:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Locksley Resources Limited

- Ticker: LKY

- Exchange: ASX

- Region: Unavailable

- Primary commodity: Antimony

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-08-20 20:52:08 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Locksley Resources has announced successful laboratory results using DeepSolv™ technology, developed in collaboration with Rice University. The process successfully upgraded raw antimony ore containing 9-12% Sb into a recovered product with 89% antimony content.

Reasoning: Successful upgrade of raw ore \(9-12% Sb\) to a high-grade recovered product \(89% Sb\) using proprietary technology.

- Positive factor: high recovery grade

- Positive factor: novel technology collaboration

Facts used in scoring: 1

## 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 process upgrades ore from ~10% to 89% Sb, representing a highly efficient concentration.

Evidence · text

> successfully upgraded to an 89% Sb-containing recovered product

**Bench Scale Only**

Polarity: negative

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

Why it applies: Results are described as 'laboratory work' rather than pilot or continuous plant testing.

Evidence · text

> in the most recent laboratory work

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (1)

### laboratory work

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/locksley-resources-announces-breakthrough-antimony-recovery-results-from-rice-un--84a5b832-e49a-48c0-8ae6-70b1825b4e8f#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

antimony

#### Identity

- Commodity: antimony
- Ticker: LKY

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: laboratory work
- Processing Route: DeepSolv™ technology
- Sample: raw ore containing 9-12% antimony

#### Recovery

- Head Grade: 10.5
- Head Grade Unit: %
- Conc. Grade: 89
- Conc. Grade Unit: %

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Upgraded 9-12% Sb ore to 89% Sb product.

- Positive factor: significant upgrade from feed to concentrate

Evidence · text

> raw ore containing 9-12% antimony was successfully upgraded to an 89% Sb-containing recovered product

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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