Why Black Rock Mining (ASX:BKT) shares are up 25% today

September 08, 2022 09:03 PM PDT | By Khushboo Joshi
 Why Black Rock Mining (ASX:BKT) shares are up 25% today
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Highlights:

  • Black Rock Mining has struck a deal with US-based Urbix.
  • Urbix is focused on manufacturing lithium-ion battery anode materials.
  • Black Rock initially signed an MOU with Urbix on 1 July 2021 to explore working together.

Shares of Tanzanian graphite developer Black Rock Mining Limited (ASX:BKT) were spotted trading 25.862% higher at AU$0.182 apiece at 1:15 PM AEST on ASX on Friday (9 September 2022).

The company shared that its 84% owned Tanzanian subsidiary, Faru Graphite Corporation Limited, has signed an agreement with US-based Urbix, Inc. The conditional deal is for material from Module 2 of the Mahenge Graphite Project.

 

Key highlights from the deal announcement

  • As per the deal, both firms will come together in forming a new supply chain to fulfil the demands of the US and European battery industries.
  • Now Black Rock Mining can start construction of Module 2 simultaneously with Module 1. Urbix will be facilitating Black Rock with a considerable prepayment and/or equity support for exclusivity of offtake of 100 natural flake graphite fines from Module 2.
  • The deal underlines the strength of underlying demand for Mahenge’s high-quality graphite concentrates.
  • The agreement also suggests that Black Rock’s board is quite methodical in increasing the shareholder value around the establishment of alternative supply chains suitable for American and European battery makers.
  • As per the deal, Black Rock has given Urbix trade exclusivity for Module 2 fines for 150 days.

Meanwhile, Urbix processing technology will deliver some vital benefits to Black Rock and its customers. These include:

  • Materially lower energy consumption;
  • Elimination of hydrofluoric acid use;
  • Higher product yield;
  • Ability to incorporate at the particle level appropriate levels of synthetic graphite material to produce a blended anode material as a drop-in product for cell manufacturers;
  • Extensive third-party assessment confirming Urbix’s anode electrochemical performance.


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