EnviroGold Delivers Strong 2025 Execution and Establishes a Clear Path to Commercial Growth in 2026
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EnviroGold Global Limited (CSE: NVRO | OTCQB: ESGLF | FSE: YGK) (“EnviroGold” or the “Company”) reported a year of disciplined execution in 2025, advancing its proprietary NVRO Process™ from optimization into engineering readiness, while materially strengthening its balance sheet and positioning the business for commercial licensing and recurring revenue growth.
During 2025, EnviroGold focused on converting technology development into commercial capability by validating performance at industrial scale, materially improving project economics, strengthening intellectual property, retiring legacy debt, and aligning leadership and strategic partnerships to support global deployment. As a result, the Company enters 2026 positioned to transition toward long-term commercial licensing and value accretion.
2025 Highlights
Industrial-Scale Capability Established
The Company acquired and commissioned a fully owned, industrial-scale demonstration plant in Perth, Australia, which became operational in early 2025. The facility supports customer test campaigns, process validation, and optimization work, providing a critical bridge between laboratory results and commercial deployment.
Rapid Deployment Pathway Launched
The Company’s Rapid Deployment Pathway is a structured, stage-gated framework designed to shorten timelines, reduce upfront capital requirements, and lower commercial risk for customers progressing from initial engagement to commercial licensing and commissioning.
Under this framework, feasibility timelines are targeted to be reduced to under 12 months, enabling customers to evaluate NVRO Process™ deployment with greater speed and capital efficiency.
In May 2025, the Company signed a Services Agreement with a leading North American mining company, marking its second commercial client under the Rapid Deployment Pathway and validating demand for an accelerated route to commercialization.
Optimization Program Delivered Step-Change Economics
The Company completed its 2025 Optimization Program, delivering validated improvements to the NVRO Process™.
Laboratory test work demonstrated:
- materially improved recovery performance,
- stronger scalability and process robustness, and
- a greater than two-fold increase in NPV and IRR in a representative U.S. client scenario, based on internal modelling assumptions.
These improvements significantly strengthened the commercial case for NVRO Process™ deployment and are further enhanced under prevailing metal price conditions.
Engineering and Technology Partnerships Secured
To support commercialization, the Company appointed ANDRITZ Group to deliver advanced, AI-driven simulation and modelling services aimed at optimizing metal recovery, process yield, and financial outcomes.
The Company also appointed Hatch Pty Ltd. to support engineering readiness and commercialization planning.
Intellectual Property Strengthened
EnviroGold filed a new patent application covering an enhanced method for extracting metals from refractory and complex sulphide materials, strengthening protection of the NVRO Process™ and further developing the Company’s intellectual-property moat.
Strategic Alliances and Capital Markets Capability Enhanced
The Company executed a strategic alliance MOU with Fraser Alexander to pursue global mine-waste reprocessing opportunities. The alliance is developing well with two active customer engagements being advanced.
EnviroGold also retained Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation as financial advisor to support capital markets strategy, strategic partnerships, and licensing initiatives.
Balance Sheet Strengthened and Financial Risk Reduced
During 2025, EnviroGold made significant progress in strengthening its balance sheet, retiring a substantial portion of legacy debt incurred during the early technology development phase of the Company.
This deliberate focus on debt reduction materially improved EnviroGold’s financial flexibility and reduced execution and financing risk as the Company transitions into a commercial growth phase.
As a result, EnviroGold enters 2026 with:
- a materially strengthened balance sheet,
- reduced financing risk,
- improved alignment with institutional investment criteria, and
- greater capacity to fund engineering, customer programs, and commercialization initiatives.
Management believes this balance-sheet discipline is a critical enabler of long-term shareholder value, allowing capital to be directed toward high-return activities rather than servicing legacy obligations.
“Strengthening the balance sheet was a deliberate priority in 2025,” said Grant Freeman, Chief Executive Officer. “By retiring legacy debt and improving financial flexibility, we have materially reduced risk and positioned EnviroGold to execute from a position of strength. As we move into 2026, our focus is on converting a growing commercial pipeline into licensing agreements and recurring revenue, supported by disciplined capital allocation and a much stronger financial foundation.”
This financial discipline complements EnviroGold’s capital-light business model, under which future growth is expected to be driven primarily through licensing, royalties, and partner-funded deployment, rather than balance-sheet-intensive project ownership.
Value-Creating Technical Outcomes
The 2025 Optimization Program delivered meaningful technical and environmental improvements, including:
- consistently high precious-metal recoveries,
- significant reduction in pyrite content, improving environmental remediation outcomes,
- expanded applicability across a wider range of sulphide hosted tailings, and
- enhanced recovery potential for copper, nickel, and other strategic and critical minerals.
These outcomes are now embedded in the Company’s engineered basis of design, improving confidence in scale-up, operating costs, and capital requirements.
Leadership Structure Aligned for Commercial Growth
As EnviroGold enters its commercialization phase, the Company implemented a leadership structure designed to support execution, governance, and global scale:
- Grant Freeman was appointed Chief Executive Officer, responsible for day-to-day execution, customer delivery, engineering, and commercialization of the NVRO Process™, government and industry partnerships, and long-term value creation.
- David Cam, transitioned to Executive Chair, focusing on strategy and capital markets.
This structure provides clear operational accountability while maintaining strong strategic oversight as the Company scales.
2026 Commercial Milestones and Outlook
Following integration of optimization outcomes into the engineered flowsheet, EnviroGold deliberately re-sequenced certain activities to maximize value and reduce commercial risk. Key milestones include:
- completion of the Hatch Engineering Study targeted for H1 2026, incorporating validated process optimization results;
- targeting the Company’s first commercial license agreement following completion of engineering studies and detailed capital and operating cost analysis; and
- continued demonstration-plant enhancements and customer campaigns, with micro-plant readiness targeted for Q1 2026 and multiple customer engagements expected throughout the year.
Management believes this disciplined re-baselining strengthens the durability and quality of future long term recurring revenue.
Positioned for Value Accretion
EnviroGold enters 2026 with:
- industrial-scale validation,
- a growing commercial pipeline,
- strengthened intellectual property and engineering foundations, and
- a clear pathway to recurring, high-margin licensing revenue.
The Company is focused on converting its 2025 execution into measurable shareholder value through disciplined commercialization and selective growth.
About EnviroGold Global
EnviroGold Global is a clean-technology company enabling the mining industry to recover high-value precious, base, and critical metals from mine waste and tailings using its proprietary NVRO Process™. By converting environmental liabilities into economic assets, EnviroGold delivers scalable, lower-impact metal recovery solutions aligned with global ESG frameworks and critical-minerals strategies.
Additional information, including the Company’s latest investor presentation and corporate profile, is available at www.envirogoldglobal.com.
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Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements regarding: the Company’s ability to accelerate the commercial rollout and deployment of the NVRO Process™; the expected timing, scope, and success of commercial deployments, licensing and recurring-revenue programs; the Company’s ability to deliver multiple customer projects in the U.S., Australia, Europe, and other jurisdictions; anticipated growth in customer demand and international project opportunities; the Company’s ability to scale global operations and execution capability; the size and growth prospects of the tailings-to-metals market; the Company’s transition into a high-growth, revenue-generating clean-technology enterprise; and the expected benefits of the Board and leadership enhancements on governance, operational efficiency, commercialization, and shareholder value.
Forward-looking information is based on management’s current expectations and assumptions, including assumptions regarding: continued customer interest and demand for the NVRO Process™; the Company’s ability to negotiate and execute commercial agreements and project schedules on terms acceptable to the Company; availability of capital, personnel, and other resources required to support commercialization and scale-up; access to suitable project sites and ongoing cooperation from customers and partners; the technical performance of the NVRO Process™ at commercial scale; stable supply-chain conditions and logistics; receipt of required permits and regulatory approvals where applicable; and general economic, market, and geopolitical conditions.
Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: risks related to commercialization and execution; the Company’s ability to secure, maintain, and expand customer projects and commercial arrangements; delays or cost overruns in project delivery; technical, operational, and engineering risks associated with scaling deployment of the NVRO Process™; variability in tailings composition and metallurgical performance across sites; permitting, regulatory, or logistical delays; changes in critical-minerals policies or ESG-related frameworks; fluctuations in metals prices and broader market conditions; the availability of financing on acceptable terms or at all; and other risks described in the Company’s continuous disclosure filings available under its profile on SEDAR+.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except as required by applicable securities laws.
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