Technological Advancement in the Processing of Black Mass
Technological Advancement in the Processing of Black Mass
-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-
Montréal, October 19, 2021 – St-Georges Eco-Mining Corp. (CSE: SX) (OTCQB: SXOOF) (FSE:
85G1) is pleased to disclose that it has successfully advanced its metallurgical process that now allows an
ecological recovery of all material contained in batteries, either from electric or legacy vehicles that have
any lead components.
St-Georges’ metallurgical team can now safely recy cle all components of lega cy internal comb ustion
engines (ICE) car battery as well as lead-containing and difficult to recycle elements and black mass from
pluggable electric and hybrid car batteries.
The new process will allow EVSX, the Company’s battery recycling unit, to take all sorts of black mass
mix in one metallurgical circuit. All trials confirm that the lead is not leaching with the other metals and
can all be retrieved and segregated.
The black mass material processed was provided b y a company located in the United Kin gdom that
executed a confidential agreement with St-Georges earlier this year. This co mpany could potentially
become a provider of black mass feedstock via sea freight. EVSX’s strategy is to bri dge the expected
increase in EV batteries to be recycled over the next decade by producing lithium from spodumene in one
of its industrial circuits and recovering valuable metals from black mass readily available on the market .
Some of the p otential pro viders of the black mass being sought a re other North Amer ican battery
recycling plants that will only be producing black mass , from which valuab le m etals still must be
recovered, in the first phase of their business plan.
The black mass was re ceived and prepared by St -Georges’ metallurgists and sent to the Company’s
contracted independent laboratories, Coalia, located in Thetford Mines, Qu ébec. Coalia’s independent
tests reproduced the steps established by St-Georges and confirmed that the lead can be safely se gregated
as an initial step of the Company’s selective leaching patent-pending technology.
Other updates
Recovery of lithium from clay
St-Georges’ metallurgical team is preparing its contracted installations to allow a full pilot-plant circuit to
be configured to enable a complete run of its process with the help of independent engineers that will
constitute the last stage of the development effort conducted with Iconic Minerals with its Bonnie Claire
lithium and fertilizer project.
All steps have now been completed in separate efforts and will be run concurrently in an industrial setting
in its pilot plant as soon as the Company receives its custom-made precipitation units expected to arrive in
Canada within the next 15 to 20 days.
Spodumene processing
The Company has commissioned the front end of its spodumene pilot-plant circuit and is ready to process
sizeable amounts of spodumene into lithium carbonate this month. It is expected that the production will
be converted to lithium hydroxide in the ne w year as the Company recei ves delivery of additional
industrial equipment. St-Georges targets a steady rate of prod uction of 3,000 tonnes per year of lithium
carbonate or lithium hydroxide from spodumene concentrate acquired in the market by the e nd of 2022.
Management has received unsolicited offtake offers pertaining to resale market opportuniti es for the
materials to be produced.
Battery Recycling
The Company’s consultants will be working with its contracted pilot plant technicians and researchers to
run a live batt ery recycling circuit in the f irst part of the month of Novem ber, enabling the last step of
data acquisition required to complete its feasibility study.
Trading of the Company Securities in the USA
The Company was informed that it has been approved to be upgraded to trade on the OTCQB on October
20th, 2021.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
“Enrico Di Cesare”
ENRICO DI CESARE
Director & President of St-Georges Metallurgy Corp.
About St-Georges Eco-Mining Corp.
St-Georges develops new technologies to solve some of the most common environmental problems in t he mining sector,
including maximizing metal recovery and full circle EV battery recycling. The Company explores for nickel & PGEs on the Julie
Nickel Project and the Manicougan Palladium Project on Quebec's North Shore and has multiple explor ation projects in Iceland,
including the Thor Gold Proj ect. Headquartered in Montreal, St -Georges' stock is listed on the CSE under the symbol SX and
trades on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol 85G1 and on the OTCQB Venture Market for early stage and
developing U.S. and international companies. Companies are current in their reporting and undergo an annual verification and
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