日本企業、ブラジルで36案件合意　三井物産はリチウム

岸田文雄首相のブラジル訪問に合わせ日本の企業や大学などが計36件の協力案件の覚書を公表する。重要鉱物やエネルギー、農業、金融、宇宙など幅広い分野でビジネスを加速させる。

ブラジルには36社・機関が同行した。3日から訪れるパラグアイだけ帯同するケースを含めて計50ほどの企業や大学、政府機関の幹部170人が経済ミッションをつくった。3日の首脳会談や4日のビジネスフォーラムで案件を発表する。

重要鉱物は柱のひとつだ。三井物産は同国最大規模のリチウム鉱区を持つ米アトラスリチウムへの出資を決めた。2024年10月以降に生産を始めるネベス鉱山から供給を受け、年間生産量は30万トンを見込む。

　

Atlas Lithium Secures US$ 30,000,000 Strategic Investment and Offtake Agreement from Mitsui

Atlas Lithium Corporation, a lithium exploration and development company, is pleased to announce that it has signed definitive investment and offtake agreements with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. which the Company considers as strong validation of its project and team. Mitsui is purchasing US$ 30,000,000 in common shares of Atlas Lithium at a 10% premium to the 5-day VWAP (the "Strategic Investment") and at the same time entering into an Offtake Agreement (the "Offtake") for the future purchase of 15,000 tons of lithium concentrate from Phase 1 and 60,000 tons per year for five years from Phase 2 of Atlas Lithium’s soon to be producing Neves Project in Brazil’s Lithium Valley. The Strategic Investment provides Atlas Lithium with immediately available funds to continue its rapid development towards revenue generation with the production and sale of high-quality, low cost, environmentally sustainable lithium concentrate.

Mitsui and Atlas Lithium entered a Memorandum of Understanding as announced in January 2023 and the two companies have since developed a close rapport which has included multiple due diligence visits by Mitsui executives and technical experts to the Company’s project, and visits by Atlas Lithium’s management to several of Mitsui’s offices in Brazil, the United States, Canada, and Japan. The Strategic Investment is a culmination of the mutual interest in growing Atlas Lithium. It delivers additional financing to allow Atlas Lithium to continue to aggressively advance its development towards operation of an open pit lithium mine and spodumene concentrating facility by the fourth quarter of 2024. Mitsui has a strong presence in Brazil dating from 1960 and a long history of profitable mining investments in the country.

"Today marks a significant milestone for Atlas Lithium as we progress towards our goal of becoming a key lithium supplier to the global EV battery materials supply chain. Mitsui’s investment reflects confidence in our team, assets, and business model," stated Marc Fogassa, CEO and Chairman of Atlas Lithium. "I am honored and humbled to be here in Tokyo signing this historical agreement for Atlas Lithium that will undoubtedly result in great value creation for our shareholders. I have watched the relationship of our companies grow and I believe that this partnership with Mitsui strengthens Atlas Lithium substantially."

About Atlas Lithium Corporation

Atlas Lithium Corporation (NASDAQ: ATLX) is focused on advancing and developing its 100%-owned hard-rock lithium project in Brazil’s Lithium Valley, a well-known lithium district in the state of Minas Gerais. In addition, Atlas Lithium has 100% ownership of mineral rights for other battery and critical metals including nickel, rare earths, titanium, graphite, and copper. The Company also owns equity stakes in Apollo Resources Corp. (private company; iron) and Jupiter Gold Corp. (OTCQB: JUPGF) (gold and quartzite).

　

Our Minas Gerais Lithium Project encompasses 85 mineral rights totaling approximately 468 km2 which include seven main clusters of prospective mineralization: Neves (currently being explored by drilling campaign and referred to as the “Neves Project”), Coronel Murta, Eastern Properties, Itinga, Salinas, Santa Clara, and Tesouras.

Several of our mineral rights are located adjacent to or near mineral rights that belong to a large publicly traded competitor company which has demonstrated through extensive drilling the presence of lithium deposits totaling over 100 million tons, according to its publicly available filings.