Piedmont Lithium Sells Portion of Atlantic Shares to Assore.
Piedmont Lithium (“Piedmont” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: PLL; ASX: PLL), a leading global supplier of lithium resources critical to the U.S. electric vehicle supply chain, today announced an agreement to sell a portion of shares it holds in Atlantic Lithium (“Atlantic”) (AIM: ALL; ASX: A11) to Atlantic’s largest shareholder, Assore International Holdings (“Assore”).
The Company has agreed to sell 24.3 million shares of Atlantic for GBP0.25 per share, representing a premium to the prevailing market price. The shares to be sold represent approximately 3.9% of Atlantic’s outstanding shares and will result in approximately US$7.8 million in proceeds for Piedmont. Following the transaction, Assore will own approximately 28.4% of Atlantic. Piedmont will retain 32.7 million Atlantic shares, representing approximately 5.2% ownership in Atlantic. The sale of these shares has no impact on Piedmont’s joint venture, earn-in, or offtake position with Atlantic or the Ewoyaa project.
Keith Phillips, President and CEO of Piedmont Lithium, said:
We finished 2023 in a strong position with approximately US$72 million in cash and US$47.4 million in marketable securities as of market close on January 17.
“We have always viewed our Atlantic shares as a potential source of capital and are pleased to further bolster our cash balance through this agreement,”
“We remain confident about the potential of Ewoyaa as a logistically advantaged, low-cost producer of spodumene concentrate, but are taking a disciplined approach to deploying capital in the current lithium price environment and positioning ourselves for the recovery we anticipate in the lithium market.”
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