RecycLiCo and Alaska Energy Metals Begin Eureka Deposit Processing Tests
Testing of concentrate samples from the Eureka deposit is underway at RecycLiCo’s laboratory in Delta, BC, under a protocol approved by Alaska Energy Metals.
RecycLiCo Battery Materials Inc. and Alaska Energy Metals Corp. have started testing metal concentrate samples from the polymetallic Eureka deposit at the Nikolai Nickel Project in Alaska. The work is being conducted at RecycLiCo’s laboratory in Delta, BC, using a protocol prepared by RecycLiCo and approved by AEMC.
#Testing linked to earlier memorandum of understanding
The samples were produced from drill core collected during the 2023-2024 exploration campaigns at Eureka. The programme advances a previously announced memorandum of understanding between Alaska Energy Metals and RecycLiCo’s U.S. subsidiary.
Under the arrangement, the companies are assessing how RecycLiCo’s hydrometallurgical processing technology could be applied to material produced from the deposit. The current work is focused on evaluating possible approaches for refining the bulk concentrate.
According to the announcement, Eureka contains seven U.S. Government-designated Critical Minerals: nickel, cobalt, copper, chromium, platinum, palladium and gold. The deposit also contains iron, described by the company as a non-critical mainstay metal.
Alaska Energy Metals is focused on delineating and developing the Eureka deposit, which it describes as a large-scale, bulk-tonnage polymetallic project. The Nikolai Project is located in Interior Alaska near existing transportation and power infrastructure, according to the company.
The announcement said recently reported locked cycle flotation results showed strong recoveries of metals into a bulk nickel-copper concentrate. AEMC is examining multiple hydrometallurgical testing routes to identify the extraction technique it considers optimal for downstream processing of that concentrate.
Richard Sadowsky, RecycLiCo’s Interim CEO, said the company expects the work to assess its hydrometallurgical solutions for recovering high-value materials and described the testing as part of the companies’ continuing collaboration.
Alaska Energy Metals President and CEO Gregory Beischer said AEMC had been invited to join Minerals for National Automotive Competitiveness, a collaboration involving upstream raw material suppliers, mid-stream metal refiners and end users in the American automotive industry. The group includes RecycLiCo and Lucid, among others, according to the announcement.
RecycLiCo describes its business as focused on hydrometallurgical technologies for processing mined ore and upcycling lithium-ion battery materials. Its stated processes recover lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese from end-of-life batteries and manufacturing scrap.
Alaska Energy Metals is an Alaska-based corporation with offices in Anchorage and Vancouver. In addition to the Nikolai Project, it holds the Angliers - Belleterre project in western Quebec.
RecycLiCo Battery Materials Inc. and Alaska Energy Metals Corp. announced the commencement of testing metal concentrate samples from drill core taken during the 2023-2024 exploration campaigns at the polymetallic Eureka deposit in Alaska. The testing is being conducted at RecycLiCo’s laboratory in Delta, BC, under a protocol prepared by RecycLiCo and approved by AEMC.
The samples were derived from drill core collected during the 2023-2024 exploration campaigns at Alaska Energy Metals Corp.’s Eureka deposit. The announcement was dated October 27, 2026.
The Eureka deposit is located at Alaska Energy Metals Corp.’s Nikolai Nickel Project in Alaska. The testing itself is taking place at RecycLiCo’s laboratory in Delta, BC.
The testing is intended to assess how RecycLiCo’s hydrometallurgical processing technology could be used to refine output from the Eureka deposit. It is being carried out under a previously announced memorandum of understanding between AEMC and RecycLiCo’s U.S. subsidiary.
The Eureka deposit contains seven U.S. Government-designated Critical Minerals: nickel, cobalt, copper, chromium, platinum, palladium and gold. It also contains iron, which the announcement describes as the non-critical mainstay metal.
The announcement says recently reported locked cycle flotation results showed strong recoveries of metals reporting to a bulk nickel-copper concentrate. AEMC is exploring multiple avenues for hydrometallurgical testing to determine the optimum extraction technique for downstream processing of that bulk concentrate.
Richard Sadowsky, Interim CEO of RecycLiCo, said the company expected to demonstrate the benefits of its hydrometallurgical solutions in recovering high-value materials and would continue collaborating as the project moves forward. His comments referred to the potential role of the work in establishing a wholly domestic critical mineral supply chain.
RecycLiCo Battery Materials Inc. describes itself as a critical minerals refining company specialising in advanced hydrometallurgical technologies for processing mined ore and upcycling lithium-ion battery materials. Its stated processes recover battery-ready lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese from end-of-life batteries and manufacturing scrap.
Alaska Energy Metals Corp. is focused on delineating and developing the large-scale, bulk-tonnage, polymetallic Nikolai Project Eureka deposit. The deposit contains nickel, copper, cobalt, chromium, iron, platinum, palladium and gold, according to the company’s description.
RecycLiCo Battery Materials Inc. is identified as trading on TSX.V:AMY, OTCQB:AMYZF and FSE:ID4. Alaska Energy Metals Corp. is identified as trading on TSX.V:AEMC, OTCQB:AKEMF and FRA:V7F.
The announced next step is the testing of metal concentrate samples at RecycLiCo’s laboratory in Delta, BC, using the approved protocol. AEMC is also exploring multiple avenues for hydrometallurgical testing to determine the optimum extraction technique for the bulk nickel-copper concentrate.