St-Georges Eco-Mining (CSE:SX) has entered into a joint venture with re-generative energy company Voltrinov to jointly evaluate end-of-life electric vehicle and micromobility batteries for repurposing or for processing and recycling.
Voltrinox will provide technical expertise to assess batteries for repurposing and will discharge and dismantle end-of-life batteries at the St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec facility.
Meanwhile, St-Georges wholly owned subsidiary EVSX Corp will process end-of-life batteries at the Thorold, Ontario facility, thereby producing black mass through shredding and material separation, enabling the recovery and resale of components back into the supply chain in Ontario and Québec.
The black mass will be processed at Voltrinov’s hydrometallurgical refining facility in Québec to produce battery-grade minerals, which will subsequently be reintroduced into the battery manufacturing supply chain, supporting a closed-loop circular economy model.
St-Georges says the joint venture is anticipated to create new full-time positions in Québec, expand repurposing evaluation and processing capacity and strengthen participation in Québec’s battery ecosystem.
The contribution of technical expertise by St-Georges Metallurgy allows for continued research and innovation with access to government support programs aimed at advancing circular battery value chains and critical minerals recovery.
EVSX Chief Executive Ian Peres says the battery recycling market has seen a recent reduction in processing capacity serving Québec and Eastern Canada.
“This joint venture combined the processing strength of EVSX with the solid technical expertise of Voltrinov in the evaluation of repurposing and second-life deployment opportunities and ultimate processing of end-of-life batteries,” Peres says.
Voltrinov President Jean Jacques Le Roy says the joint venture is a concrete step to strengthen Québec’s circular economy in battery processing.
“By combining Voltrinov’s expertise with EVSX’s processing capacity, we can keep more end-of-life batteries managed locally and responsibly, while supporting Québec objectives, with volumes continually growing,” Jacques Le Roy says.
The joint venture addresses regional capacity constraints following the withdrawal of recent battery processors serving Québec and Eastern Canada. This shift creates an opportunity for specialised operators to jointly manage the increasing volumes of EV and micromobility batteries to be repurposed and end-of-life processing, while maintaining regional processing capacity and advancing Québec’s circular economy objectives.
EVSX operates a multi chemistry battery processing line, with a capacity of ten thousand metric tonnes per year, that efficiently sorts and fully recovers critical battery metals, aluminium, steel, copper and other materials used in batteries and repurposes the materials downstream back into the supply chain with nothing to landfill.
Voltrinov is a Québec-based company that operates a 16,000 square-feet facility in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville.
St-Georges Eco-Mining develops new technologies and holds a diversified portfolio of assets and patent-pending intellectual property within several highly prospective subsidiaries.
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