Facility

COALIA Thetford Spodumene Demonstration

Primary-source record for COALIA Thetford Spodumene Demonstration. The qualifying line is modeled at the physical grain supported by the cited source, with spodumene-concentrate as input and enriched-lithium-process-solution as output. Current state was rechecked for the Phase 2 launch-date sweep on 2026-08-18.

Facts on this page last re-verified Aug 18, 2026 — the oldest verification date among its current claims. How we verify.

Location: Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada

Lithium recovery

COALIA Thetford Spodumene Demonstration qualifying line

Operating

Nitric-acid extraction and purification of lithium from spodumene concentrate

Material flow

Spodumene Concentrate → Enriched Lithium Process Solution

Capacity

No capacity claim. Absence of a figure means no source publishes one.

Qualification

No qualification claim. Status does not imply qualified output.

Sources

Natural Resources Canada · published May 4, 2026 · retrieved Aug 18, 2026 · archive