Fulcrum Metals PLC Announces New Critical Mineral Recoveries Expand Potential
Key Highlights
- ➤74.5% strontium, 52.5% rubidium and 47.8% scandium extracted preliminarily
- ➤62.4% gold, 85.4% silver and 91.1% tellurium recovered at approximately P80 60 µm
- ➤Standalone pilot fit-out and commissioning targeted by end-Q1 2027
- ➤Teck-Hughes piloting targeted for Q2 2027
- ➤Copper, cobalt, manganese and nickel also showed material extraction rates
Expert Statements
Ryan Mee, Chief Executive Officer of Fulcrum Metals plc
“These results represent a significant milestone for Fulcrum, demonstrating the potential to recover three additional critical minerals from the same Teck-Hughes material previously tested for gold, silver and tellurium.”
Ryan Mee, Chief Executive Officer of Fulcrum Metals plc
“Importantly, these results were achieved without optimisation, while maintaining comparable precious-metal performance.”
Ryan Mee, Chief Executive Officer of Fulcrum Metals plc
“This gives us a compelling opportunity to build on our earlier optimisation work and unlock additional value from a much broader metal basket.”
Ryan Mee, Chief Executive Officer of Fulcrum Metals plc
“This is exactly why we are establishing our standalone pilot plant - to optimise and validate this expanded recovery opportunity at Teck-Hughes and accelerate its potential application across Sylvanite and our wider platform.”
William Florman, President of Extrakt Process Solutions
“The critical mineral focussed testing has delivered encouraging results, which will inform the next stages of laboratory optimisation and pilot testing for Teck-Hughes, as well as the evaluation of wider applications through Fulcrum's standalone pilot facility.”
William Florman, President of Extrakt Process Solutions
“Further testing and analysis will be important in determining the potential for commercial deployment.”
Edward (Ed) Slowey, Technical advisor to Fulcrum Metals Plc
“Mr Slowey consents to the inclusion in the announcement of the matters based on their information in the form and context in which it appears.”
BROMSGROVE, UNITED KINGDOM / ACCESS Newswire / November 11, 2026 / Fulcrum Metals plc (AIM:FMET)(OTCQB:FULMF), which is developing a scalable platform to recover precious and critical metals from mine waste using Extrakt Process Solutions' ("Extrakt") cyanide-free technology, announces significant new laboratory results demonstrating the preliminary extraction of three additional critical and strategic minerals, namely rubidium, strontium and scandium, at its Teck-Hughes Tailings Project ("Teck-Hughes") in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The successful extraction of three additional critical and strategic minerals extends the range of metals extracted in testing at Teck-Hughes to six, including gold, silver and tellurium.
The non-optimised critical mineral focused testing maintained comparable precious-metal recoveries while demonstrating strong extraction of additional metals including copper, cobalt, nickel and manganese, further highlighting the wider capabilities of Extrakt's technology and broadening the potential applications of Fulcrum's standalone pilot platform across multiple projects.
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