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Sigma Lithium Celebrated 1,010 Days Without Accidents and Zero Fatalities; Operations on Track to Reach 240ktpy Lithium Oxide; Categorically Responds to Inaccurate Media Reports
HIGHLIGHTS Sigma Lithium proudly celebrated 1,010 days without accidents with lost time injury, one of the top employee safety records globally in the battery m
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[{"type":"text","content":" HIGHLIGHTS Sigma Lithium proudly celebrated 1,010 days without accidents with lost time injury, one of the top employee safety records globally in the battery materials industry. The Company continued to celebrate having zero fatalities since it started activities 14 years ago. The Company successfully concluded the production ramp up of mining operations, delivering high grade materials to its offtake clients at cadence. On track to reach production guidance of 240,000tpy of lithium oxide concentrate. Sigma Lithium vehemently denies as \"fake news\" inaccurate media reports that incorrectly denominate its waste piles as \"banned\" by the Ministry of Labor and Employment. As previously stated by the Company, Brazil's mining regulator, Agencia Nacional de Mineracao, issued an official technical statement about Sigma Lithium's waste piles, directly attesting their safety. Sigma Lithium generates approximately 20,000 direct and indirect employment positions at Vale do Jequitinhonha: created 600 new jobs at the mine, totalling over 1,000 direct jobs, including those at the Greentech Industrial Plant. São Paulo, Brazil--(Newsfile Corp. - May 12, 2026) - Sigma Lithium Corporation (TSXV: SGML) (NASDAQ: SGML) (BVMF: S2GM34), (\"Sigma Lithium\" or \"the Company\"), a leading global lithium producer dedicated to powering the next generation of electric batteries with socially and environmentally sustainable lithium concentrate, celebrated 1,010 days without accidents and continued having zero fatalities since it started activities 14 years ago. MINING OPERATIONS ON TRACK TO ACHIEVE GUIDANCE The Company successfully concluded a full ramp up of mining operations and is on track to achieve its production guidance 240,000 tonnes per year of lithium oxide concentrate. The large mining trucks of up to 60-tonne capacity and large excavators of 75-tonne capacity have been fully mobilized in four shifts, resulting in the creation of approximately 600 new jobs, driving total direct employment to over 1,000 jobs. Sigma Lithium's cleantech industrial dense media separation technology has been globally recognized as an innovative sustainable solution in lithium processing and separation: without the use of drinking water or toxic chemicals and 100% powered by renewable energy. The Greentech Industrial Plant does not require a mud tailings dam and the...