Workflow
How it works
hydrometallurgical.com is a matching service built around one idea: most projects stall because the problem was never described precisely enough. Here is the full path from material question to supplier conversations.
01
Prepare the brief
The Project Brief Builder walks you through feedstock, target product, stage and scale, tests and services, and logistics. It flags anything important you have left out — but it never invents answers for you. The result is a document you can edit, copy, print, or email.
02
Scoped supplier research
With your brief in hand, we research which categories of expertise genuinely fit: a laboratory for characterization, a pilot facility for continuous campaigns, a process developer for flowsheet work, an engineer for design packages, or an equipment supplier for hardware. Research is scoped to your feedstock, stage, and geography.
03
Shortlist & RFQ support
You receive a shortlist with the reasoning behind each name, plus suggested questions to ask and what a good quotation should specify. If you want, we help you shape requests for quotation so responses are comparable.
04
Direct engagement, you in control
You contact suppliers directly. Samples, data, and contracts never pass through us. We are available to help interpret responses, but the relationship — and the decisions — are yours.
Proposed pilot
The C$750 scoped research pilot
A defined first engagement — not a subscription and not an open-ended consultancy.
- Your brief reviewed for clarity, completeness, and internal consistency
- Supplier research scoped to your feedstock, stage, and geography
- A shortlist of the kinds of providers that fit, with reasoning
- Suggested RFQ questions and comparison criteria
To begin, email info@exergist.com with your brief or a short description. There is no online payment or checkout on this site.
Trust boundaries
What we do not do
Stated plainly, because a matching service is only useful if you know where it ends.
- No testwork, piloting, or handling of your materials.
- No custody of your samples, data, or commercial terms.
- No invented recoveries, economics, or performance claims in any deliverable.
- No stored form submissions — everything happens by email.
- A clear, complete brief you fully own and can reuse anywhere.
- Research and shortlists scoped to your actual feedstock and stage.