Rock Tech Lithium joins the European Battery Alliance
Rock Tech Lithium joins the European Battery
Alliance
VANCOUVER, BC
,
May 11, 2022
/CNW/ - Rock Tech Lithium Inc (the "Company" or "Rock Tech") is pleased to
announce it is joining the European Battery Alliance (the "
EBA
"). Maroš Šefčovič, Vice President of the European
Commission, launched the interest group in 2017 to make
Europe
a global leader in sustainable battery
production and use. The EBA is comprised of around 700 private companies and government institutions.
Members include Albemarle, an American lithium producer, BASF, a German producer of cathodes for
rechargeable batteries, and the Fraunhofer Institute, among others.
The EBA's goal is to ensure clean, non-polluting traffic in
Europe
with environmentally friendly vehicles and more
sustainable technological solutions. This goal is to be achieved by creating a competitive and sustainable value
chain for battery cell manufacturing in
Europe
. The EBA expects the corresponding market to grow to a volume
of €250 billion by 2025.
Commenting on Rock Tech Lithium joining the EBA,
Dirk Harbecke
, Chairman of the Company, said, "For us, the
EBA represents a fantastic platform to further expand our network of companies in the battery value chain,
academics and policy makers. We look forward to exchanging ideas with the other members."
About Rock Tech Lithium Inc.
Rock Tech Lithium (TSX-V: RCK) (OTCQX: RCKTF) (FWB: RJIB) (WKN: A1XF0V) is a cleantech company with
operations in
Canada
and
Germany
that aims to supply the automotive industry with high-quality, "made in
Germany
" lithium hydroxide. As early as 2024, Rock Tech intends to commission
Europe's
first lithium converter
with a production capacity of 24,000 tonnes per year. This is equivalent to the volume needed to equip around
500,000 electric cars with lithium-ion batteries.
Rock Tech owns the Georgia Lake Project in
Ontario, Canada
. The company has set itself the goal of creating
the world's first closed-loop for lithium, thus closing the raw material gap on the road to clean mobility. As early
as 2030, around 50 percent of the raw materials used are expected to come from the recycling of batteries.
Rock Tech Lithium - The super fuel for the battery age
www.rocktechlithium.com
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Dirk Harbecke
Chairman
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Information
The following cautionary statements are in addition to all other cautionary statements and disclaimers contained
elsewhere in, or referenced by, this press release.
Certain information set forth in this press release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking
statements" (collectively, "forward-looking information") within the meaning of applicable securities laws, which
are based on Rock Tech's current expectations, estimates, and assumptions in light of its experience and is
perception of historical trends. All statements other than statements of historical facts may constitute forward-
looking information. Often, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words or phrases such as
"estimate", "project", "anticipate", "expect", "intend", "believe", "hope", "may" and similar expressions, as well as
"will", "shall" and all other indications of future tense. All forward-looking information set forth in this press release
is expressly qualified in its entirety by the cautionary statements referred to in this section.
In particular, this new release contains forward-looking information pertaining to: the features and location of the
proposed Converter, including the costs and benefits thereof; statements regarding future plans, estimates, and
schedules relating to the Company's Converter strategy; statements regarding future activities undertaken in
connection with the MoU; anticipated production of lithium hydroxide and related processing methods; statements
and expectations regarding the electric vehicle industry; Rock Tech's planning, approval and decision-making
process, including relevant factors taken into consideration by the Company; Rock Tech's opinions, beliefs and
expectations regarding the Company's business strategy, development and exploration opportunities and
projects, and plans and objectives of management for the Company's operations and properties.
Forward-looking information contained in this press release is based on certain assumptions, estimates,
expectations, analysis and opinions of the Company and in certain cases, third party experts, that are believed
by management of Rock Tech to be reasonable at the time they were made. Such assumptions, estimates and
other factors include, among other things: the supply and demand for, deliveries of, and the level and volatility of
prices of, feedstock and intermediate and final lithium products, expected growth, performance and business
operations, future commodity prices and exchange rates, prospects, growth opportunities and financing available
to the Company, general business and economic conditions, results of development and exploration, Rock Tech's
ability to procure supplies and other equipment necessary for its business. The foregoing list is not exhaustive of
all assumptions which may have been used in developing the forward-looking information. While Rock Tech
considers these assumptions, estimates and factors to be reasonable based on information currently available,
they may prove to be incorrect. Forward-looking information should not be read as a guarantee of future
performance or results.
In addition, forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors,
many of which are beyond Rock Tech's control, that may cause Rock Tech's actual events, results, performance
and/or achievements to be materially different from that which is expressed or implied by such forward-looking
information. Risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results, performance and/or achievements to
vary materially include the Company's ability to access funding required to invest in available opportunities and
projects (including the proposed Converter) and on satisfactory terms, the current and potential adverse impacts
of the COVID-19 pandemic and recent geopolitical hostilities, the anticipated benefits of MoU may not be
realized; the risk that Rock Tech will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due, changes in
commodity and other prices, Rock Tech's ability to attract and retain skilled staff and to secure feedstock from
third party suppliers, unanticipated events and other difficulties related to construction, development and
operation of the proposed Converter, the cost of compliance with current and future environmental and other
laws and regulations, title defects, competition from existing and new competitors, changes in currency,
exchange rates and market prices of Rock Tech's securities, Rock Tech's history of losses, impacts of climate
change and other risks and uncertainties described from time to time in Rock Tech's public disclosure documents
available on the Company's SEDAR profile at
www.sedar.com
, including those discussed under the heading
"Financial Instruments and Other Risks" in Rock Tech's most recently filed Management Discussion and Analysis.
Such risks and uncertainties do not represent an exhaustive list of all risk factors that could cause actual events,
results, performance and/or achievements to vary materially from the forward-looking information.
We cannot assure you that actual events, results, performance and/or achievements will be consistent with the
forward-looking information and management's assumptions may prove to be incorrect. Forward-looking
information reflects Rock Tech management's views as at the date the information is created. Except as may be
required by law, Rock Tech undertakes no obligation and expressly disclaims any responsibility, obligation or
undertaking to update or to revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise, to reflect any change in Rock Tech's expectations or any change in events, conditions or
circumstances on which any such information is based.
Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to rely on the forward-looking information set forth in this
press release.
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Wolfgang Böhm, Press and Public Relations, Rock Tech Lithium Inc., 777 Hornby
Street, Suite 600, Vancouver, B.C., V6Z 1S4, Telephone: +49 30 44 33 61 - 33, Facsimile: (604) 670-0033,
Email: [email protected].
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