Nano One and Standard Lithium qualify Arkansas lithium carbonate for LFP cathodes

Nano One and Standard Lithium Collaborate to Qualify Lithium Carbonate for LFP Cathodes

• Sourced battery-quality lithium carbonate from Standard Lithium’s South West Arkansas Project to produce One-Pot LFP cathode active material
• The LFP cathode active material was then used to produce in-house battery test cells
• Initial electrochemical test results indicated that the material delivered a performance of approximately 155 mAh/g on first discharge with intended particle morphology
• This round of feedstock testing allows Nano One to further expand sourcing optionality for its prospective licensees and customers

VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nano One^® Materials Corp. (“Nano One” or the “Company”) (TSX: NANO) (OTCQB: NNOMF) (Frankfurt: LBMB), a process technology company specializing in lithium-ion battery cathode active materials, has produced LFP cathode active material (CAM) and in-house battery test cells using battery-quality lithium carbonate supplied by Standard Lithium Ltd. (TSXV: SLI) (NYSE American: SLI) from the pilot plant at its South West Arkansas Project (SWA Project).

Test Results
Nano One processed the supplied lithium carbonate through its patented One-Pot™ process to produce LFP CAM and then proceeded to test battery coin cells assembled in-house at its Innovation Centre in Burnaby, British Columbia. The test material attained the target chemical and physical parameters, while also achieving the intended particle morphology—importantly initial electrochemical test results indicated that the material delivered a performance of approximately 155 mAh/g on first discharge.

Licensing Efforts Supported by Continued Expansion of Feedstock Supply Base
Nano One qualifies battery-grade raw material inputs through a staged testing protocol at increasing scales, from A-sample (lab scale) through C-sample (pilot scale), prior to D-samples in a commercial plant setting. The Company has adopted a strategy of pre-qualifying feedstock, as part of its efforts to de-risk supply chains for prospective licensees—this can in some cases allow for potential acceleration of A through C sample qualification programs by as much as one year, depending on customer requirements.

This recent work program extends a relationship that began in July 2025, when Nano One participated as an inaugural cohort of the Arkansas Lithium Technology Accelerator (ALTA), supported by Standard Lithium alongside other Arkansas-based producers, academic institutions and government partners.

Alex Holmes, CEO of Nano One, said:

We continue qualification work with raw material producers across multiple jurisdictions and we are now pleased to have successfully tested lithium feedstock from Standard Lithium.

”As our feedstock supply base continues to grow, we believe this provides our prospective licensees and customers with greater sourcing optionality. Our customers and licensees are asking for cathode production they can build in their own jurisdiction with inputs they can source easily, and every feedstock we pre-qualify shortens the potential path to production,”

Nano One will be expanding total production capacity at its Candiac Facility to approximately 800 tpa and as at July 2026, detailed engineering of the expansion project is now 85% complete. Commissioning of the expanded Demonstration Line is targeted in the first half of 2027.

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