EcoGraf Limited announced submission of the Works and Development Approvals proposals for its new EcoGrafTM Battery Anode Material (BAM) Facility in Western Australia. The approvals submissions have been prepared with the support of leading industry experts who have extensive experience in undertaking similar processes in the Kwinana-Rockingham Strategic Industrial Area. The area is located approximately 30km south of Western Australia's capital city Perth and has been designated as a priority zone for the development of a globally leading battery minerals processing centre.

With support from the Federal Government through major Project Status and Lead Agency Support from the West Australian Government, the EcoGrafTM HFfree BAM Facility is set to be the first of its type built outside of China and will provide customers with a reliable alternative, sustainably produced source of high-quality battery anode materials. In addition to adopting a zero-waste operating strategy that includes maximising the recycling and re-purposing of production inputs, eliminating all gaseous emissions and value-adding by-products, the new facility also adopts a low impact visual design that complements its immediate surrounds and advanced manufacturing purpose The new facility will utilise the Company's unique HFfree purification process that's been developed through extensive analysis and optimisation over the last 5 years in Australia and Germany, including the successful testing of global feedstocks and completion of product qualification programs. The assessment process for the West Australian Government Works Approval and the City of Rockingham Development Approval typically takes 3-4 months, during which EcoGraf will finalise major construction contracts, commence procurement of key processing equipment and complete detailed engineering plans.