RecycLiCo Achieves Over 99% Lithium Extraction from LFP Battery Cathode Materials
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- American Manganese Inc.
- Ticker
- AMY
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- British Columbia
- Primary commodity
- Lithium
- Secondary commodities
- Nickel, Manganese, Cobalt
- Document categories
- Metallurgy
- Extracted
- 2026-09-07 14:24:10 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
RecycLiCo (American Manganese Inc.) has achieved over 99% lithium recovery from LFP battery cathode materials during bench-scale metallurgical testing. This expands their proven extraction capabilities from NMC, LMO, and LCO chemistries to include the growing LFP market.
Reasoning: Achieving >99% lithium recovery from LFP cathode materials is a significant technical milestone for the company's recycling technology.
Positive factors
- High lithium recovery (>99%)
- Expansion into LFP chemistry
- Bench-scale success
Negative factors
- Bench-scale results may not scale linearly to commercial production
Facts used in scoring: 1
Classification and evidence
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: Lithium recovery achieved is over 99%, which is exceptional for bench-scale testing.
Evidence · text
“achieved over 99% lithium recovery”
Bench Scale Onlynegative
Only preliminary bench tests completed — no locked-cycle or pilot work.
Why it applies: The reported recovery was achieved during bench-scale tests, not pilot or commercial scale.
Evidence · text
“during bench-scale tests”
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: the document describes a mill_cil route ("CIL")
Single Domain Onlynegative
Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established.
Why it applies: only one composite was tested
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (1)
bench scaleRecycLiCo Battery Materials · lithiumRecovery: 99 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- RecycLiCo Battery Materials
- Commodity
- lithium
- Region
- canada_bc
- Reported Region
- British Columbia
- Ticker
- AMY
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- bench scale
- Processing Route
- hydrometallurgical process
- Sample
- LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery cathode materials
Recovery
- Recovery
- 99 %
- Recovery Basis
- actual_test
Lab
- Laboratory
- Kemetco Research Inc.
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2022-08-24T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Recovery exceeds the exceptional threshold for lithium in a bench-scale setting.
Positive factors
- Exceptional recovery rate (>99%)
Negative factors
- Bench-scale testing only
Evidence · text
“achieved over 99% lithium recovery from LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery cathode materials during bench-scale tests”
Tags used in scoring
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: 99% is at or above the exceptional band (80%)
How Atlas produces this analysis
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