With a view to ensuring that LIB recycling aligns with the advances in electrode chemistry, this work examines upcycling of a low value component of a 1 st generation EV battery into higher value new cathode materials. The work examines recovering material from a LIB which contains a mixture of LMO and a Ni-rich layered oxide (LO). In contrast to many previous studies which focus on "model" systems, this work uses material that is recovered from an end-of-life EV (Gen 1 Nissan Leaf, 2011 model, 40,000 miles). Citric acid is employed as a dual reagent to selectively leach LMO into solution whilst also delaminating the remaining LO from the Al current collector. As LMO is low value and not widely employed in new EV batteries, this recovered LMO is then upcycled to synthesise new cathode materials.