Pursuant to Letter Agreements and/or Investment Agreements, Pallinghurst, Mitsui and Investissement Québec will be granted certain rights relating to each party’s investment in NMG
NMG’s leadership team hosts representatives from Panasonic Energy on a tour of the Company’s site for its future Bécancour battery material plant. (Credit: Nouveau Monde Graphite)
Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. (“NMG” or the “Company”), Mitsui & Co., LTD (“Mitsui”) (TYO: 8031) and Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd. (“Panasonic Energy”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Panasonic Holdings Corporation (“Panasonic”) (TYO: 6752), have entered into a Framework Agreement establishing the terms of the commercial relationship between the parties to enable the next development steps of NMG’s ore-to-battery-market integrated graphite project in Québec, Canada. NMG will use the proceeds of the abovementioned investment to work in the upcoming months on optimizing the feasibility study on NMG’s Phase-2 Commercial integrated operations, which is available on SEDAR and EDGAR, based on the memorandum of understanding for the contemplated offtake agreement.
Kazuo Tadanobu, President & CEO of Panasonic Energy, commented: “We are very pleased to be participating in this strategic partnership with NMG, which will allow us to explore the possibility of establishing an environmentally friendly supply chain in North America through a completely new integrated anode production in Canada. As a manufacturer of EV lithium-ion batteries with the largest share of the North American market, given our leading technology and depth of experience, we aim to continue driving the growth of the industry and accelerating toward a decarbonized society.”
Hiroshi Kakiuchi, Managing Officer of Mitsui, added: “We are very excited to be working with NMG and participating in their mission to establish a stable lithium-ion battery supply chain for electric vehicles in North America and contribute to the realization of a low-carbon society. In particular, we are inspired by Eric Desaulniers’ vision to take on the unprecedented challenge of establishing the whole process of anode material production, from mining to manufacturing, which is to be completed in North America in an environmentally friendly way.”
The strategic transaction comprises a non-binding memorandum of understanding on an offtake by Panasonic Energy of a significant portion of NMG’s green active anode material out of the Company’s integrated Phase-2 Commercial production facilities over a multi-year term. While there can be no assurance that a final offtake agreement with Panasonic Energy will be completed, NMG and Panasonic Energy will work together in the upcoming months to establish a definitive offtake agreement.
Source: Company Press Release