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First Lithium Chloride produced from Optimisation Plant
Start of production of lithium chloride from a local resource in Europe
Important step for European battery supply chain security
Vulcan Energy Resources Limited (Vulcan, ASX: VUL, FSE: VUL, the Company) is pleased to announce the
Start of Production (SOP) of the first Lithium Chloride (LiCl) product at Vulcan’s Lithium Extraction
Optimisation Plant (LEOP) in Landau, Germany.
Highlights
• First LiCl produced from LEOP, heralding the first lithium chemicals domestically produced from a local
source in Europe, for Europe.
• LEOP is showing strong early results with consistently over 90% (up to 95%) lithium extraction efficiency
from its Adsorption-type Direct Lithium Extraction (A-DLE) unit, replicating what Vulcan has seen in its
lab and pilot plant operations, and in line with its commercial plant expectations and Vulcan’s financing
model.
• The SOP follows over three years and more than 10,000 hours of successful in-house A-DLE piloting by
Vulcan, showing high lithium recoveries and thousands of cycles of adsorbent life with no material
degradation.
• Representing a more than €40m investment by Vulcan, LEOP is an optimisation, operational training
and product qualification testing facility, to enable operational readiness for when the Phase One
commercial facility is completed.