# Surge Announces 99.95% Battery-Grade Lithium Carbonate from Nevada North

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/surge-announces-99-95-battery-grade-lithium-carbonate-from-nevada-north--824dff25-9af6-45f4-ba1f-a33f79521c17

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/NILI/news/8393935532581012/surge-announces-99-95-battery-grade-lithium-carbonate-from-nevada-north

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-09-15T11:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: 2026-09-22T10:23:40.074Z

Atlas analysis updated: 2026-09-22T10:23:40.074Z

- Company: Surge Battery Metals Inc.

- Ticker: NILI

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Nevada

- Primary commodity: Lithium

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-09-22 10:23:40 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Surge Battery Metals has successfully demonstrated a continuous flowsheet from Nevada North ore to 99.95% battery-grade lithium carbonate. Metallurgical testing achieved lithium extractions of up to 98% and effective beneficiation, supporting the project's upcoming Prefeasibility Study.

Reasoning: The announcement of successful bench-scale production of 99.95% battery-grade lithium carbonate from project ore is a major technical de-risking milestone for the PFS.

- Positive factor: Demonstrated complete ore-to-battery-grade flowsheet

- Positive factor: High lithium extraction \(>93% to 98%\)

- Positive factor: Successful beneficiation rejecting 75% acid-consuming carbonate

- Positive factor: Achieved 99.95% battery-grade lithium carbonate

- Negative factor: Bench and small scale testing only

- Negative factor: Pilot-scale work still pending

Facts used in scoring: 5

## Classification and evidence

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

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

Why it applies: The process involves beneficiation, leaching, and purification using conventional unit operations.

Evidence · text

> using conventional unit operations

**Multi-Domain Tested**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Variability across ore domains \(oxide, transition, fresh\) has been addressed.

Why it applies: 3 distinct composites were tested

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 5. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (5)

### bench scale

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/surge-announces-99-95-battery-grade-lithium-carbonate-from-nevada-north--824dff25-9af6-45f4-ba1f-a33f79521c17#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Nevada North Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Project: Nevada North Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: Nevada
- Ticker: NILI

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: bench scale
- Processing Route: beneficiation, sulfuric acid leaching, solution purification and carbonate precipitation
- Sample: NNLP Master Composite via beneficiation, sulfuric acid leaching, solution purification and carbonate precipitation

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 99 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Conc. Grade: 99
- Conc. Grade Unit: % Li2CO3

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Kemetco Research Inc.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Successful production of 99% crude carbonate from the master composite.

- Positive factor: High purity crude carbonate \(99%\)

Evidence · text

> Kemetco Research Inc. \("Kemetco"\) produced a crude lithium carbonate assaying 99% Li2CO3 directly from the NNLP Master Composite

#### Tags used in scoring

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

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

Why it applies: 99% is at or above the exceptional band \(80%\)

### bench scale

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/surge-announces-99-95-battery-grade-lithium-carbonate-from-nevada-north--824dff25-9af6-45f4-ba1f-a33f79521c17#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

Nevada North Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Project: Nevada North Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: Nevada
- Ticker: NILI

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: bench scale
- Processing Route: refining
- Sample: refined lithium carbonate from Kemetco crude product

#### Recovery

- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Conc. Grade: 99.95
- Conc. Grade Unit: % Li2CO3

#### Lab

- Laboratory: Chemshift Technologies Inc.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Demonstrates the ability to reach final battery-grade product from project material.

- Positive factor: Achieved battery-grade specification \(99.95%\)

Evidence · text

> refined lithium carbonate produced from NNL ore to a battery-grade product reported at 99.95% Li2CO3

### leaching

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/surge-announces-99-95-battery-grade-lithium-carbonate-from-nevada-north--824dff25-9af6-45f4-ba1f-a33f79521c17#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

Nevada North Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Project: Nevada North Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: Nevada
- Ticker: NILI

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: leaching
- Processing Route: sulfuric acid leaching
- Sample: beneficiated Project material
- Leach Time: 1 hours

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 93 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Reagents

- Acid: 475 kg/t

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Strong initial extraction results at 475 kg/t acid addition.

- Positive factor: Lithium extraction exceeding 93%

Evidence · text

> Sulfuric acid leaching of beneficiated Project material achieved lithium extractions exceeding 93% at an acid addition of 475 kg/t

#### Tags used in scoring

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

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

Why it applies: 93% is at or above the exceptional band \(80%\)

### leaching

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/surge-announces-99-95-battery-grade-lithium-carbonate-from-nevada-north--824dff25-9af6-45f4-ba1f-a33f79521c17#fact-metallurgical-facts-3)

Nevada North Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Project: Nevada North Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: Nevada
- Ticker: NILI

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: leaching
- Processing Route: sulfuric acid leaching
- Sample: beneficiated Project material
- Leach Time: 1 hours

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 98 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Higher acid addition improves recovery significantly to 98%.

- Positive factor: Lithium extraction increasing to approximately 98%

Evidence · text

> increasing to approximately 98% at a higher acid addition

#### Tags used in scoring

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

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

Why it applies: 98% is at or above the exceptional band \(80%\)

### beneficiation

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/surge-announces-99-95-battery-grade-lithium-carbonate-from-nevada-north--824dff25-9af6-45f4-ba1f-a33f79521c17#fact-metallurgical-facts-4)

Nevada North Lithium Project · lithium

#### Identity

- Project: Nevada North Lithium Project
- Commodity: lithium
- Region: usa\_nv
- Reported Region: Nevada
- Ticker: NILI

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: beneficiation
- Processing Route: beneficiation \(attrition and screening\)
- Sample: beneficiated Project material \(fine -20 µm fraction\)

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 98.9 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Effective beneficiation concentrates lithium while removing impurities.

- Positive factor: High recovery of lithium into fine fraction \(98.9%\)

- Positive factor: Effective rejection of acid-consuming carbonate \(75%\)

Evidence · text

> Mild attrition followed by screening recovered 98.9% of the lithium into the fine \(-20 µm\) fraction while rejecting approximately 75% of the acid-consuming carbonate

#### Tags used in scoring

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

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

Why it applies: 98.9% is at or above the exceptional band \(80%\)

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