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Integrated Battery Material Facility

Kwinana, Western Australia

We have partnered with IGO Limited to jointly evaluate the technical, commercial and economic feasibility of developing Australia’s first downstream nickel processing facility in Kwinana, Western Australia. By developing additional downstream processing capability domestically, this partnership will make Western Australia an increasingly relevant jurisdiction in the global battery supply chain.

Together with IGO, we have secured 30 hectares of land in the Kwinana-Rockingham Strategic Industrial Area to integrate a downstream nickel refinery with a plant producing high-value nickel dominant precursor cathode active material (PCAM) for the battery supply chain.

The project will combine IGO’s disruptive nickel refining technology with PCAM production expertise via a low-cost and low-carbon process and will represent the first commercial production of PCAM in Australia.

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Downstream Battery Materials Processing Facility

Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

We have partnered with the City of Greater Sudbury and the communities of Atikameksheng Anishnawbek and Wahnapitae First Nations to secure a parcel of land to build a downstream battery materials processing facility. The new facility will fill a critical gap in Canada’s electric vehicle battery supply chain by establishing the country’s first mine-to-precursor cathode active material integrated solution.

With the global demand for electric vehicles and other clean technologies, Canada has invested tens of billions of dollars to date to establish the country as a global hub for the electric vehicle industry.

This has exposed a significant gap in the North American electric vehicle supply chain, specifically, the conversion of ore to battery chemicals.

Our proposed facility in Sudbury would provide the missing piece in Canada’s aspirations to develop a domestic electric battery supply chain, by producing low-carbon nickel sulphate and nickel-dominant precursor cathode active material, key ingredients for electric vehicle batteries.

Nickel for the facility will be supplied by our proposed Eagle’s Nest mine, as well as other sources of third-party nickel-bearing feed and recycled battery materials.

Wyloo is currently completing a Scoping Study for the project, leveraging our experience in Australia to build the first downstream battery materials processing facility in Canada.

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