St-Georges Metallurgy (or SXM) is a subsidiary of St-Georges Eco-Mining.

The first known direct reference to St-Georges Metallurgy dates back to August of 2020.¹⁾

Altair holds a non-exclusive license to SXM's lithium extraction technology.²⁾

On February 12, SXM announced that they have licensed their lithium extraction technology to Altair, in exchange for a royalty agreement whereby SX receives a 5% net revenue royalty on metals and minerals extracted or processed using SX technology.³⁾

lithium hydroxide crystals growing in water⁴⁾

SXM initiated a small production of lithium hydroxide in July. The company suggested that the early results “hint(ed) at a major breakthrough concerning the cost-effectiveness of the method and indicate(d) a barely noticeable carbon footprint.” They also announced that their process for producing high purity alumina has been finalized.⁵⁾

In October, SXM disclosed that the manufacturing of their custom-spec industrial electrolysis unit was completed. This equipment has implications for both hard-rock lithium extraction and the recycling of lithium batteries by EVSX.⁶⁾

In March, SX announced that they had filed a provisional patent covering a new breakthrough related to spodumene processing and lithium hydroxide production. They also noted that they had initiated a study of a hypothesized lithium production plant with WSP Engineering.⁷⁾

In May, SX reported that “WSP Engineering has completed the metallurgical modeling and mass balances for the lithium process.”⁸⁾

Later in May, SX reported that they had made a significant improvement to their spodumene processing technology, whereby they could produce aluminum nitrate nonahydrate at grades exceeding 99.9%.⁹⁾

In June, SX announced that SXM had entered into an agreement with an industrial farming group to process the first two years of blackmass generated by EVSX, with the aim that the joint venture would be able to “sell its high-value micronutrient and soil regenerator blends to big box stores.” They also disclosed the fact that they had entered into an exclusive agreement with LiOH Corp., a newly-created corporation with SX officer Frank Dumas as President and other (unnamed) SX insiders and shareholders as initial shareholders.¹⁰⁾