3R Circuits is a next generation mineral processing company focused on recovering the critical minerals required for the transition to an electrified, low carbon economy. 3R Circuits develops bio-organic reagents that are able to recover lithium, nickel and gold from deposits that are either too difficult or to expensive to recover with traditional methods.

3R Circuits offers customized binding peptides suitable for metal extraction in lithium brines, nickel laterite deposits, and the gold extraction process. Based on proof of concepts, the products will have excellent extraction yields (>90%), a cost advantage through ease of scaling for industrial operations, and be environmentally friendly with a low adoption barrier.

Investment opportunity

• Safe, sustainable, non-toxic recovery of strategic metals (lithium, nickel, gold, vanadium)
• Potentially, joint ventures with existing title holders to recover metals from non-producing sites

Unmet need:

• Non-toxic, sustainable extraction of metals for batteries, renewable hydrogen and wide-scale electrification

Market opportunity:

• Mineral processing reagents
  ($32B)
• Battery materials ($80.5B)

Key risks:

• Reagent scale-up manufacturing
• Competitive environment