OUR TECHNOLOGY
Recovery and refining, one closed loop
Enabling a Circular Economy for Precious Metals
ONE PLATFORM
From Feedstock To Fine Gold
XNOVO AND XORO
By The Numbers
PERFORMANCE
CYCLE TIME
FEEDSTOCKS
REPLACES
BENEFITS
Valuable Metal Recovery
90-95%
metal recovery
Minutes
E-waste
Plated gold and scap
Catalysts
Smelting
Cyanidation
Aqua regia
Greater margin capture
Lower GHG
Gold Refining
4N-5N
99.99% to 99.999% purity
Hours
Doré
Electrorefining
Less gold lock-up
Jewellery
Concentrates
Chlorination
Lower opex
Aqua Regia
No NOx
Proven With The Royal Mint
XNOVO IN OPERATION
The Royal Mint's Reformation Metals facility in South Wales uses Excir's patented chemistry to recover gold from the circuit boards in discarded electronics.
Strategic partner and investor
Recovering precious metals from electronic waste with xnovo
Operating facility in Wales
G7 Recognition
Advancing global critical minerals resilience
XORO IN OPERATION
Proven in Swiss Refining
We have partnered with a leading Swiss refiner to deploy xoro, our patented single-step gold refining technology.
Licensed xoro refining partner
Refining gold to 99.99%+ purity in a single stage
Full process replacement
xoro replaced the refinery's incumbent refining process
Significant ESG benefits
Over 50% reduction in CO2 emissions observed
BEHIND THE TECHNOLOGY
Built To Develop and Scale
70+
Patents filed
Across 50+ jurisdictions with 11 granted, giving partners freedom to operate where they work.
Partners in three countries
Canada, UK, Switzerland and growing.
100%
Owned IP
Unmatched precision in selective metal recovery from complex and low-grade feedstocks.
Two R&D facilities
Totalling 2,500 square metres.
32
Full-time employees
Chemists, engineers and operators across our two R&D facilities.
Certified
ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and R2v3