CEO.ca - ValOre Metals Achieves Over 70% Near Surface PGM Extraction With Bioleaching
Published on Apr 6, 2026 | Join the discussion on CEO.ca
In this interview, ValOre Metals CEO Nick Smart explains why the bioleaching and caustic pre-treatment innovative approach, developed in partnership with the University of Cape Town, is a "game changer" for developing the Pedra Branca PGE Project.
Smart discusses how this processing pathway's shortened leaching window - from 60 days to 22 days - improves the potential economics and footprint of the project, and the next steps of the metallurgical testwork program as part of a PEA study, targeted for completion at the end of 2026.
