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Sigma Lithium Honored to Celebrate World Environment Day at Palacio Do Planalto with President Lula and Environmental Minister Silva
VANCOUVER, BC, June 5, 2023 /CNW/ -- SIGMA Lithium Corporation ("Sigma Lithium" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SGML, TSXV: SGML), dedicated to powering the next gen
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, BC, June 5, 2023 /CNW/ -- SIGMA Lithium Corporation (\"Sigma Lithium\" or the \"Company\") (NASDAQ: SGML, TSXV: SGML), dedicated to powering the next generation of electric vehicles with environmentally sustainable and high-purity lithium, is pleased to announce that CEO and Co-Chairperson Ana Cabral-Gardner is attending a commemorative ceremony with the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the Environment and Climate Change Minister, Marina Silva, at the presidential Palácio do Planalto in Brasília, on Monday afternoon. Sigma Lithium CEO Ana Cabral-Gardner was invited together with other business leaders, distinguished environmentalists and representatives of civil society, congressmen, and senior members of the federal government to participate in a high-level dialogue to discuss the most pressing environmental topics that affect Brazil today and in the future. Sigma Lithium executives also attending the commemorative ceremony include: Ligia Pinto (Institutional Relations Director), Marina Bernardini (Chief Marketing Officer) and Vicente Lobo (Co-Chair of the Technical Committee). CEO and Co-Chairperson Ana Cabral-Gardner said the following about this important event: \"On this World Environment Day, we are honored to join this ceremony to celebrate \"Green Brazil\" with the Brazilian Federal Government, alongside other business leaders and prominent environmentalists. Sigma Lithium's contribution to environmental sustainability has been widely recognized as placing Brazil on a unique trajectory in the lithium industry: Sigma Lithium is the only \"Zero Tailings\" global producer. That, added to our efficient water usage, low carbon and zero chemicals, drive the competitive advantage of the Company as a supplier of \"Green Lithium\" and \"Green Tailings\", as we contribute to enable the \"Green Battery\" to support electric vehicles.\" Sigma Lithium recently began producing high purity 5.5% battery grade sustainable lithium (\"Green Lithium\") in April of this year, in a process that uses 100% renewable energy and recycled water at its Greentech lithium processing plant (\"Greentech Plant\"). More recently, Sigma Lithium announced a pioneering deal to move towards \"Zero Tailings\" by selling its high-purity, zero chemicals, approximately 1.3% lithium oxide, ul...