NMG Advances Toward Additional EV Battery Material Offtakes, Details Capital Strategy For Phase-2 Financing, Reports $88M Cash On Hand
NMG Advances Toward Additional EV Battery Material Offtakes, Details Capital Strategy For Phase-2 Financing, Reports $88M Cash On Hand
NMG在增加電動汽車電池材料承購方面取得進展，詳細說明了第二階段融資的資本戰略，報告了8,800萬美元的手頭現金
- Following multiyear offtakes and strategic investments from Panasonic Energy and GM, reinforced commercial engagement with tier-1 EV and battery manufacturers toward additional offtake agreement(s) for the remainder of NMG's Phase-2 active anode material production.
- Assisted by Société Générale and BMO Capital Markets, continued discussions with multiple governmental agencies and programs, strategic investors, and lenders to refine the targeted capital structure for the Phase-2 project financing.
- Project execution strategy outlined for the construction of Phase-2 facilities with an integrated project team model to ensure greater control over the project's direction as well as reduced project management and engineering costs.
- Active engineering to update production parameters of the Phase-2 Bécancour Battery Material Plant in line with Anchor Customers' specifications.
- Issuance of NMG's 2023 ESG Report demonstrating advancement on climate action, biodiversity management, Indigenous relations, governance, and stakeholder engagement.
- Closing of US$37.5-million private placements by Mitsui and Pallinghurst for the surrender and cancellation of their convertible notes dated November 8, 2022, as amended and restated.
- Tree clearing activities started at the Phase-2 Bécancour Battery Material Plant site in advance of preparatory work.
- Global EV sales continuing to grow – 21% increase quarter-on-quarter over the period (Rho Motion, April 2024) – with more than 1 in 5 cars sold worldwide set to be electric in 2024 (IEA, April 2024).
- NMG's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 27, 2024, via webcast.
- Twelve-month rolling OSHA recordable incident rate of 4.30 and severity rate of 0 at the Company's facilities; and 0 at contractors' work sites. No major environmental incidents.
- Period-end cash position of $88 million.
- 在松下能源和通用汽車進行了多年的收購和戰略投資之後，加強了與一級電動汽車和電池製造商的商業接觸，以就NMG第二階段活性陽極材料剩餘生產達成額外承購協議。
- 在興業銀行和BMO資本市場的協助下，繼續與多個政府機構和計劃、戰略投資者和貸款人進行討論，以完善第二階段項目融資的目標資本結構。
- 概述了第二階段設施建設的項目執行戰略，採用綜合項目團隊模式，以確保更好地控制項目方向，降低項目管理和工程成本。
- 積極進行工程設計，根據Anchor客戶的規格更新二期BeícanCour電池材料廠的生產參數。
- NMG發佈的2023年ESG報告展示了氣候行動、生物多樣性管理、土著關係、治理和利益相關者參與方面的進展。
- 三井和帕林赫斯特於2022年11月8日完成3,750萬美元的私募配售，以交還和註銷其經修訂和重述的可轉換票據。
- 在準備工作之前，在貝坎庫爾電池材料廠第二階段的樹木清理活動開始了。
- 全球電動汽車銷量持續增長——同期同比增長21％（Rho Motion，2024年4月）——全球售出的五分之一以上的汽車將在2024年實現電動化（國際能源署，2024年4月）。
- NMG的年度股東大會定於2024年6月27日通過網絡直播舉行。
- 職業安全與健康管理局十二個月的滾動記錄事故率爲4.30，公司設施的嚴重程度爲0；承包商工作場所的記錄事故率爲0。沒有重大的環境事故。
- 期末現金狀況爲8,800萬美元。