Clean battery grade nickel from low-cost nature based technology
Our story
Brokkr is pioneering nature-based technologies to produce low-cost, battery grade nickel and cobalt with minimal environmental impact. Our proprietary bioleach and metal purification processes target the limonite horizon in laterites, the most abundant, yet to date the least sustainable, source of nickel and cobalt.
Real-world impact
Demand for battery grade nickel will outstrip supply
Markets are expecting a 600kt per annum deficit in battery grade nickel supply by 2030. Low grade nickel laterite deposits will need to be mined to meet this demand, with vast economic and environmental costs. Brokkr is commercializing breakthrough biotechnologies to unlock these resources through an environmentally benign process, while simultaneously alleviating the capital investment required to meet demand.
Our proprietary platform harnesses electrogenic bacteria and metal-binding chemistries to unlock ore bodies that are currently hard to address environmentally and economically
Our advantages:
Ultra-low capex unlocking a wide range of deposits
No hazardous tailings and 99% less CO2 emissions
Battery grade nickel sulphates from laterites
Separation of nickel, cobalt, manganese and REEs
“The nature-based Brokkr process is remarkable in that it both reduces environmental impacts and costs. Our groundbreaking biotechnology is the culmination of more than 20 years of research - its commercialization solves real-world mineral processing challenges with unprecedented efficiencies.”
-Sean Crowe, Brokkr Co-founder
