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NEO Battery Enters into LOI for Operational Battery Component Manufacturing Facility Lease and Announces Non-Brokered Private Placement Offering
TORONTO, Sept. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NEO Battery Materials Ltd. (“NEO” or th...
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[{"type":"text","content":"NEO Battery Enters into LOI for Operational Battery Component Manufacturing Facility Lease and Announces Non-Brokered Private Placement Offering\n\n\n\n TORONTO, Sept. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NEO Battery Materials Ltd. (“NEO” or the “Company”) (\n \n T\n \n\n S\n \n\n X\n \n\n V\n \n\n :\n \n\n NBM\n \n ) (\n \n OTC: NBMFF\n \n ), a low-cost, silicon-enhanced battery developer that enables longer-running, rapid-charging batteries for drones, robotics, and electronics, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Letter of Intent (“\n \n LOI\n \n ”) with a South Korean battery company to lease an operational, revenue-generating battery components manufacturing facility to initiate customized, high-performance battery production for the drone, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), robotics, electronics, automotive, and energy storage sectors. In connection, the Company intends to undertake a non-brokered private placement.\n \n\n\n Operational Battery Component Facility Lease Arrangement\n \n\n\n Under the terms of the LOI, NEO intends to enter into a long-term lease arrangement that will provide immediate access to established battery component production capabilities. The commercial facility has been operational and revenue-generating for the past two years, producing battery electrodes primarily for major automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and global battery cell manufacturers. Electrodes or cathode/anode sheets are the fundamental battery components that enable the storage and release of energy, determining the overall battery energy density, charging rates, and cycle lifespan.\n \n\n With the facility lease, NEO aims to produce electrodes for existing automotive and battery cell manufacturers and to adapt production to supply customized battery solutions for its drone, UAV, robotics, electronics, and energy storage clients and pipeline. The Company will further incorporate its proprietary silicon battery materials, NBMSiDE\n \n ®\n \n , into the electrode production lines, establishing a manufacturing platform to fast-track the commercialization of high-performance, silicon-enhanced batteries.\n \n\n Completion of the facility lease transaction is contingent upon the negotiation of the definitive lease agreement, the due diligence of the facility, equipment, and...