EV Batteries Recovery Tests Results: Lithium.
EV Batteries Recovery Tests Results: Lithium.
-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-
Montréal, March 18, 2021 – St-Georges Eco-Mining Corp. (CSE: SX) (OTC: SXOOF) (FSE: 85G1)
is pleased to provide an update on the initial testing phase of an array of electric vehicles batteries it received
at its testing installations in Québec.
The Company has completed EV battery characterization for the following car makers: Tesla, General
Motors (GM), Ford, Toyota, and Nissan. The batteries were sourced from indust ry aggregators. The
Company’s chemists and metallurgists created synthetic powder clones of the metal’s components allowing
the testing’s acceleration.
99.99% of the lithium leached in solution after 5 minutes at low temperature and without applying
pressure.
This is in line with the results obtained previously by the Company’s metallurgical team that was able to
leach more than 99% of the cobalt and the nickel contained in the batteries. Furthermore, the aluminium
foil used to hold the different metals in the batteries’ core remains intact and can be recycled.
The Company expects to confirm these results via a series of pilot tests as it now is in possession of car
makers’ specific testing protocols. Testing will be documented and independe ntly confirmed. The
Company expects to initiate the next phase, metals purification, in April. The Company hopes to be able
to reduce processing time and increase acid re-usage.
EVSX and St-Georges have also identified some of the key equipment required from industrial equipment
manufacturers. They expect to be able to receive the electrolysis equipment during the month of May ,
allowing the manufacture of lithium hydroxide.
The Company had already disclosed on February 22, 2021, that additional tests to optimize the process of
recovery of critical elements w ere to be conducted using synthetic compounds to move the development
along faster. Work is ongoing at multiple locations, speeding up delivery and further protecting intellectual
property.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
"Enrico Di Cesare"
ENRICO DI CESARE
President & CEO of St-Georges Metallurgy & Director & VP R&D St-Georges Eco-Mining
About St-Georges
St-Georges is developing new technologies to solve some of the most common environmental problems in the
mining industry. The Company controls all the active mineral tenures in Iceland. It also explores for nickel & PGEs
on the Julie Nickel Project and the Manicougan Palladium Project on the Québec’s North Shore. Headquart ered in
Montreal, St-Georges’ stock is listed on the CSE under the symbol SX, on the US OTC under the Symbol SXOOF
and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol 85G1.
The Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the
adequacy or the accuracy of the contents of this release.