Euro Manganese Submits Application for Strategic Project Status under EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act
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Euro Manganese Submits Application for Strategic Project Status
under EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act
HIGHLIGHTS
• Submitted application to designate Chvaletice Manganese Project as a Strategic Project under
the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA)
• CRMA is designed to sustainably ensure availability of essential raw materials for Europe’s
economy and green transition
• Benefits of gaining Strategic Project status include potential access to financing from numerous
private and public sources as well as ensuring permitting processes proceed
• European Commission is expected to announce first list of Strategic Projects in December 2024
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (August 28, 2024 ) - Euro Manganese Inc. (TSX-V and ASX: EMN; OTCQ B:
EUMNF; Frankfurt: E06) (the "Company" or "EMN") today announced that the Company ha s submitted
an application to designate the Chvaletice Manganese Project (the "Chvaletice Project" or the "Project")
as a Strategic Project under the European Union’s Critical Raw Materials Act (“CRMA”).
The CRMA, which took effect in May 2024, is designed to sustainably ensure the availability of raw
materials that are essential and strategic for Europe's economy and green transition. The CRMA lists more
than 30 raw materials and defines high-purity manganese (battery grade) as a strategic raw material, and
manganese as a critical raw material. The European Commission is expected to announce the first list of
Strategic Projects in December 2024.
The benefits of gaining Strategic Project status include potential access to financing from numerous
private and public sources such as national banks, EU institutions, regional and national funding
authorities, and private financial institutions. Additionally, Strategic Project status ensures that permitting
processes proceed according to the deadlines set in the CRMA, decreasing the scheduling risk related to
permitting.
Dr. Matthew James, President & CEO of Euro Manganese, commented:
“Submitting our application for Strategic Project status under the CRMA for the Chvaletice Project is a
significant milestone for Euro Manganese. Achieving Strategic Project designation would strengthen our
role in the EU’s raw materials value chain, enab le access to government-backed funding, facilitate
collaboration with EU institutions, and accelerate permitting. Today’s announcement underscores our
commitment to becoming the only integrated European producer of high-purity manganese for the battery
supply chain.”
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About Euro Manganese
Euro Manganese is a battery materials company focused on becoming a leading producer of high -purity
manganese for the electric vehicle industry. The Company is advancing development of the Chvaletice
Manganese Project in the Czech Republic and exploring an early -stage opportunity to produce battery -
grade manganese products in Bécancour, Québec.
The Chvaletice Project is a unique waste -to-value recycling and remediation opportunity involving
reprocessing old tailings from a decommissioned mine. It is also the only sizable resource of manganese
in the European Union, strategically positioning the Company to provide battery supply chains with critical
raw materials to support the global shift to a circular, low-carbon economy.
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information” within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such statements and information involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance
or achievements of the Company, its Chvaletice Manganese Project, its other growth strategies, or
industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements
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Company’s intentions regarding the development of the Chvaletice Project in the Czech Republic, the
ability and timing to obtain strategic project status under the CRMA and any associated benefits including
to strengthen the Company’s role in the EU’s raw materials value chain, enable access to government -
backed funding, facilitate collaboration with EU institutions, and accelerate permitting.
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materially from current expectations include, among other things: insufficient working capital; the
inability to raise additional capital; inability to obtain grants, subsidies, or funding from government or
other programs; developments in the EV markets and chemistries; and changes in laws or regulations by
various governmental agencies.
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