International Battery Metals IBATF

INTERNATIONAL BATTERY METALS is an advanced technology and manufacturing company focused on exploiting its proprietary and patented technology used in modular direct lithium extraction plants to assist owners of lithium brine deposits to extract lithium chloride at sufficient concentration and purity to economically facilitate the production of lithium carbonate an integral component in the manufacture of batteries. The company’s modular direct lithium extraction plant is designed to be deployed and then redeployed at a different brine deposit when the resource is spent and the component driven system can be configured to customize valves pumps proprietary columns media and many other pieces to match a customer’s requirements. The plant is scalable so multiple units can be linked together based on the characteristics of the resource location. The proprietary absorption extraction process is intended to be an environmentally responsible low cost method of producing high quality commercial grade lithium products. The company believes its plants can be used on a variety of brine deposits including salar or salt lake brine deposits such as those found in the Lithium Triangle of Argentina Chile and Bolivia brine reservoirs in the United States and Canada including the states of North Dakota Wyoming Oklahoma Pennsylvania Arkansas and Texas and any other naturally occurring lithium brine deposits around the world. In addition the company plans to market its technology to industrial customers that have lithium rich by products from their operations.

INTERNATIONAL BATTERY METALS has not yet delivered its modular direct lithium extraction plants to customers nor licensed its technology and is therefore a pre revenue company. The company anticipates that revenue will be generated from the deployment of its plants under various commercial arrangements including outright sales lease agreements with option to purchase royalty based licensing models and joint venture partnerships with brine resource owners. In addition the company expects to receive payments from offtake agreements for the lithium carbonate produced from the extracted lithium chloride. The company also plans to monetize its intellectual property portfolio through licensing agreements that allow third parties to use its proprietary columns media and processes in their own facilities. While the timing and amount of future revenue remain uncertain the company’s business model is built around providing a turnkey solution from brine to lithium carbonate that can be sold to battery manufacturers and other industrial users.

INTERNATIONAL BATTERY METALS positions itself as a pioneer in the direct lithium extraction sector by having developed and deployed one of the first commercial scale modular direct lithium extraction plants in the United States. The company emphasizes that its plant is the only modular DLE system currently available which gives it a distinct edge over competitors that rely on fixed site constructions. Competitors in the DLE space include emerging firms that use ion exchange membrane solvent extraction or adsorption technologies as well as established lithium producers that continue to depend on hard rock mining and solar evaporation ponds. The company’s competitive advantages stem from its demonstrated ability to produce lithium chloride with over ninety nine percent purity from a 2024 demonstration run. Its proprietary absorption media is highly selective for lithium ions which reduces the need for multiple processing cycles and minimizes chemical usage. The process also conserves water by re injecting the treated brine back into the aquifer and eliminates the use of hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide that are common in competing extraction methods. The modular design of the plant allows customers to tailor the system to specific site conditions and to scale up capacity by adding modules without major disruption which lowers both capital and operating expenditures. Furthermore the company’s portfolio of issued patents and pending applications along with its trade secrets provides legal protection that helps to maintain its technological lead in a rapidly evolving market.

INTERNATIONAL BATTERY METALS targets owners of naturally occurring lithium brine deposits as its primary customer base. This includes operators of salar or salt lake brine deposits in the Lithium Triangle of Argentina Chile and Bolivia as well as holders of brine reservoirs in the United States and Canada particularly those located in the states of North Dakota Wyoming Oklahoma Pennsylvania Arkansas and Texas including the Smackover geological formation. The company also seeks to serve industrial customers that generate lithium rich by products from their own manufacturing or extraction operations and that are looking for a sustainable method to recover lithium value. While the company has engaged in preliminary brine testing with several operators in the Smackover play of East Texas and with parties in Argentina and Chile it has not yet disclosed the names of any definitive customers or signed commercial contracts. Therefore the customer base is described in terms of the types of entities it aims to serve rather than specific named partners.