Giyani Metals, developer of the K.Hill Battery-Grade Manganese Project in Botswana, has announced that its High Purity Manganese Oxide (HPMO) sample produced from its Demonstration Plant (Demo Plant) in Johannesburg, South Africa, has been qualified by US battery technology leader Charge CCCV LLC’s (C4V) Phase 1 standards, and has proceeded to Phase 2 of C4V’s Digital DNA Supply Chain Qualification Program.
Highlights:
Giyani’s HPMO has successfully met the qualification criteria of C4V’s Qualification Program.
The HPMO used in the Qualification Program was produced at Giyani’s Demo Plant in South Africa, and not laboratory-scale test batches.
Giyani will deliver additional quantities of HPMO from its Demo Plant to allow C4V to undertake Phase 2 and 3 trials.
Nigel Robinson, Interim Executive Chair of the Company, commented: “The results from Phase 1 of C4V’s Qualification Program are an important milestone which has enabled us to demonstrate that our HPMO product not only meets specifications, but also meets the performance criteria through C4V’s coin cell analysis. This is the first step towards determining the viability of our HPMO product through an independent third party and will contribute to the offtake process being continued in parallel. We look forward to continuing to work together with C4V and will keep the market updated as we progress through Phases 2 and 3.”