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Electric Metals Launches Preliminary Economic Assessment for North Star Manganese Project Downstream HPMSM and EMM Processing Facilities
WILMINGTON, DE / ACCESS Newswire / May 12, 2026 / Electric Metals (USA) Limited (TSXV:EML) (OTCQB:EMUS) ("Electric Metals" or the "Company") is pleased to
About this update from Electric Metals Usa Limited
[{"type":"text","content":" WILMINGTON, DE / ACCESS Newswire / May 12, 2026 / Electric Metals (USA) Limited (TSXV:EML) (OTCQB:EMUS) (\"Electric Metals\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce the formal kickoff of the Preliminary Economic Assessment engineering study (\"PEA\") for the planned HPMSM and EMM processing facilities (the \"Processing Plant PEA\") that form the downstream processing platform of the Company's North Star Manganese Project, a strategy focused on establishing a fully domestic U.S. manganese supply chain and building foundational industrial infrastructure for America's critical minerals and advanced manufacturing sectors. The Processing Plant PEA is being led by Hargrove Engineers & Constructors, a leading U.S. Engineering and EPC firm ranked the #1 firm in the Chemicals sector by Engineering News-Record (ENR) in 2025 and among the leading firms in industrial process engineering. High-Purity Manganese Sulfate Monohydrate (\"HPMSM\") is a critical raw material used in lithium-ion battery cathodes for electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and other advanced battery applications, while Electrolytic Manganese Metal (\"EMM\") is used in specialty steel, aluminum alloys, defense systems, and advanced technologies. Manganese is increasingly important in next-generation battery chemistries due to its ability to improve performance, safety, and cost competitiveness. The United States currently has no domestic production of manganese ore, HPMSM, or EMM and remains heavily dependent on foreign-controlled supply chains, particularly China, which controls approximately 96% of global HPMSM production and 98% of global EMM production. As a result, establishing a domestic manganese supply chain is increasingly viewed as a strategic national priority critical to defense readiness, industrial resiliency, advanced manufacturing, and the electrification of everything. The North Star Manganese Project is designed to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign entities of concern for manganese refining and chemical processing while supporting the reshoring of critical mineral processing capacity to the United States. Electric Metals believes the North Star Manganese Project represents more than a mining project - it is strategic industrial infrastructure designed to support long-term U.S. critical mineral independence through an integrated domestic mi...