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WATCH: Critical Minerals Institute interviews Rowena Smith

Posted on by Ian Donabie

ASM is proud to be a member of the Critical Minerals Institute (CMI), an international organisation of companies and professionals focused on battery materials, technology metals, defense metals, ESG technologies and practices, the electric vehicle market, and the use of critical minerals for energy and alternative energy production.

ASM CEO Rowena Smith recently sat down with CMI Co-Chair Jack Lifton and took a deep dive into the Company’s unique positioning in the rare earths industry.

Watch the full interview below, via the team at InvestorNews.

ASM appoints Chief Operating Officer

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Australian Strategic Materials (ASM) is pleased to advise the appointment of Mr Chris Jordaan as Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective 24 August 2023.

Mr Jordaan joins ASM with 31 years in operational and corporate leadership roles in the petrochemical, processing and mining industries in South Africa, Australia and Papua New Guinea. Prior to accepting the COO role, he was President and CEO of Superior Gold, a gold mining company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. He has also held senior leadership roles within Newcrest Mining, BHP and several South Africa-based companies.

“With Stage 1 of our EPC Definition work for our Dubbo Project now complete, and early establishment activities for the project underway, Chris is joining us at a crucial and exciting time in ASM’s operational development.

Chris has a substantial depth of experience and the leadership qualities required to progress our Dubbo Project, lead the ramp-up of ASM’s Korean Metals Plant and advance our metallisation technologies, particularly our innovative LK Process.

His skills and experience are perfectly suited to further develop and execute ASM’s mine to metals strategy.“

Rowena Smith, ASM CEO & Managing Director

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ASM awards Bechtel NPI study work to progress Dubbo Project

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Australian Strategic Materials (ASM) is pleased to announce the award of a consultancy services agreement to Bechtel Australia Pty Ltd (Bechtel) for the provision of engineering services for non-process infrastructure (NPI) study work to support advancing the Company’s Dubbo Project.

This work will contribute to developing capital and operating costs estimates key to ASM making its final investment decision (FID) on the Dubbo Project.

The Dubbo Project site

“We are pleased to confirm this agreement with Bechtel – a trusted partner with extensive experience in this area of work. With federal funding confirmed [for this work] in May, we have progressed in line with our project plan to put the contract in place, commence this important aspect of our early establishment activities and keep us on track for FID by the end of 2024.”

Rowena Smith, ASM Managing Director

Bechtel will commence work immediately, with the term of the contract running until 31 December 2024.

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WATCH: Diggers & Dealers 2023 Presentation

Posted on by Ian Donabie

The Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum is done for another year. Once again, Australian Strategic Materials was in the spotlight, with our Managing Director & CEO Rowena Smith taking to the stage to present ASM’s ‘mine to metals’ strategy.

It’s a strategy we’re already delivering on…ASM is building an alternative, integrated supply chain for rare earths and critical minerals. We are producing critical metals from our Korean Metals Plant. And our Dubbo Project – a globally significant rare earths, zirconia, niobium and hafnium deposit – is construction ready, with all major approvals in place.

Learn more about the story by watching Rowena’s Diggers & Dealers presentation below:

WATCH: Proactive Investor interview with Rowena Smith

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Australian Strategic Materials (ASM) Managing Director and CEO Rowena Smith, spoke to Proactive Investor’s Andrew Scott following the Company’s release of its latest Quarterly Report plus exciting news of a long-term binding sales agreement with US Rare Earth.

“This is the second alloy customer that we’ve announced in recent months for our Korean Metals Plant – both of them going into the USA. But this one is a five-year binding agreement where we will be supplying 60% of their raw material requirements for their magnet production facility in Oklahoma.”

Watch the full interview below…

ASM signs long-term metal sales and tolling framework agreement with USA Rare Earth

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We are pleased to announce the signing of a five-year binding sales and tolling framework agreement (Framework Agreement) with USA Rare Earth, LLC (USARE) for the supply of neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) alloy.

The ASM and USA Rare Earth teams at the Korean Metals Plant.

The Framework Agreement enhances ASM’s growing customer portfolio and strengthens the Company’s strategic supply relationships with the US magnet production industry, via its Korean Metals Plant (KMP). The KMP will supply NdFeB alloy used to support USARE’s production ramp-up of high-performance rare earth magnets.

USA Rare Earth’s magnet manufacturing capability and approach to market makes them a perfect customer and partner for ASM. As we continue to increase our metal production output from our Korean Metals Plant, this long-term supply agreement demonstrates the growing demand and positive trajectory of the US rare earth magnet market.

Rowena Smith, ASM Managing Director

The supply of NdFeB alloy is expected to commence in 2024.

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