increasing recovery of battery mATERIALS
The global shift to electrification is accelerating, but the world’s ability to recycle the materials that power it has not kept pace. Conventional recycling processes recover only a fraction of critical elements such as cobalt, nickel, and lithium, and remain too inefficient to support the scale required for the global energy transition.
Most current methods, including hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy, are energy-intensive, chemically complex, and frequently result in the loss of graphite, which makes up nearly 95% of a lithium-ion battery’s anode mass. This inefficiency highlights the need for next-generation recycling technologies that can both increase recovery rates and reduce carbon emissions across the battery supply chain.
Battery X Metals is addressing this challenge through the development of innovative, low-impact recycling solutions designed to recover and reuse critical materials at scale, enabling a truly circular and sustainable clean-energy ecosystem.
Typical Recovery Breakdown using Froth Flotation Process
BLACK MASS Recovery
Battery X Metals, in collaboration with a globally recognized Top 20 university, is developing a proprietary, eco-friendly froth flotation technology that recovers battery-grade materials from black mass — the residual material that remains once end-of-life lithium-ion batteries are shredded and their casings removed. Black mass contains high-value critical battery-grade materials such as graphite, nickel, cobalt, manganese, copper, and lithium. When recovered efficiently, these elements can be recycled to produce new lithium-ion batteries, reducing dependence on newly mined resources and supporting the growth of a sustainable circular economy.
In controlled trials, Battery X Metals’ proprietary process has achieved graphite recoveries exceeding 98%, metal-oxide purities up to 96%, graphite concentrate grades of approximately 76%, and overall metal-oxide recoveries of approximately 53% under mild, low-chemical, and low-energy conditions. The preliminary results indicate strong laboratory performance and support continued refinement of the process to enhance oxide recovery and scale the technology for future pilot-level validation.
ADVANCING FROTH FLOTATION TECHNOLOGY
Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Battery X Recycling Technologies Inc., Battery X Metals is advancing the laboratory development of its proprietary froth flotation process through continued research and process refinement.
Current efforts focus on improving graphite grade and metal-oxide purity, optimizing flotation parameters and solvent treatments, and expanding testing to include lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) black-mass chemistries. This work aims to generate the data and process understanding necessary to support future pilot-scale validation once laboratory milestones have been achieved.
Research has confirmed that solvent pre-treatment effectively removes organic binder coatings that hinder material separation. When combined with a two-stage re-flotation process, the approach has consistently achieved graphite recoveries greater than 98% and metal-oxide grades between 95% and 96%, validating the efficiency and reproducibility of the technology.
Battery X Metals’ work with its globally recognized top 20 university partner continues to advance clean, efficient, and scalable recovery methods that demonstrate real-world viability and lay the groundwork for future commercial deployment.
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND LONG-TERM VISION
Battery X Metals’ development model is designed around progressive validation and scale-up, transforming laboratory innovation into practical industrial application. The Company’s objectives are to:
Increase recovery efficiency and material grade performance across diverse battery chemistries.
Expand black-mass validation to encompass multiple cathode and anode types.
Advance from laboratory-scale development to pilot-scale operation, establishing the technical and engineering foundation for commercialization.
In the long term, Battery X Metals aims to become a downstream technology partner to established recyclers with existing infrastructure, serving as a post-recycling processing partner that enhances recovery yields of high-value materials from black mass.
The Company will also pursue technology licensing and joint-venture opportunities to accelerate adoption globally and strengthen the role of sustainable, low-carbon recycling in the broader clean-energy economy.
Battery X Metals ultimately envisions partnering with, or establishing, a state-of-the-art battery recycling facility capable of safely discharging, shredding, and separating end-of-life lithium-ion batteries into plastics, graphite, and black mass. Once processed, this material will be refined using the Company’s proprietary black-mass processing technology, developed in collaboration with a globally recognized Top 20 university.
URBAN MINING
At Battery X Metals, urban mining represents the guiding philosophy behind our work. It focuses on recovering critical materials that already exist within end-of-life lithium-ion batteries rather than extracting them through traditional mining.
This approach drives the Company’s commitment to developing proprietary battery recycling technologies that enable the efficient recovery of high-value elements such as graphite, nickel, cobalt, manganese, copper, and lithium from black mass. By refining these materials for reuse, Battery X Metals is contributing to a circular and sustainable supply chain for the clean-energy transition.
Through the combination of urban mining principles and proprietary recycling innovation, Battery X Metals is helping to redefine how critical minerals are sourced and reused, transforming waste into opportunity and advancing a lower-carbon future.
BATTERY RECYCLING
Battery X Metals is redefining battery recycling through innovation that reflects the principles of urban mining — extracting value from existing materials rather than depleting new resources.
The Company’s proprietary froth flotation process provides a cleaner, more efficient alternative to conventional hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical methods. By operating under low-temperature and low-reagent conditions, the process preserves the integrity of recovered materials, allowing them to be reused directly in new battery manufacturing.
In collaboration with a globally recognized Top 20 university, Battery X Metals has achieved graphite recoveries above 98%, metal-oxide purities up to 96%, and measurable improvements in separation selectivity. These findings indicate promising technical performance and provide a foundation for further optimization and scale-up of the Company’s recycling process.
Battery X Metals remains focused on advancing its laboratory research to generate the technical and engineering data necessary to support future pilot-scale validation. The Company’s long-term goal is to develop a commercially scalable, low-carbon, and circular recycling solution aligned with the global transition to sustainable energy systems.
BLACK MASS PROCESSING
Battery X Metals & a leading Canadian Research institute, are developing a proprietary process that separates black mass into individual components using froth flotation.