Westwater Resources Expects Kellyton Debt Financing to Close in January 2025
December 23 2024 - 6:50AM
Business Wire
Westwater Resources, Inc. (NYSE American: WWR), an energy
technology and battery-grade natural graphite development company
(“Westwater” or the “Company”), announces that the closing on a
debt financing to fund the remaining construction costs of the
Kellyton Graphite Plant is anticipated in January 2025.
During the fourth quarter, Westwater continued to move through
the diligence and loan documentation processes related to the
transaction. This process included hosting lenders at the Kellyton
site in Alabama, completing technical due diligence using an
independent third-party engineering firm, completing legal and
insurance due diligence, and working with counsel to prepare and
review loan documents.
“Being the first of its kind facility, the diligence performed
regarding our Kellyton Graphite Plant has understandably been
substantial,” said Steve Cates, Westwater’s SVP-Finance and CFO.
“We anticipate closing the loan in January of 2025.”
Westwater notes the closing of the debt transaction is subject
to customary agreement on final terms, final due diligence, and
loan conditions.
About Westwater Resources, Inc.
Westwater Resources, Inc. (NYSE American: WWR), an energy
technology company, is focused on developing battery-grade natural
graphite. The Company’s primary project is the Kellyton Graphite
Plant that is under construction in east-central Alabama. In
addition, the Company’s Coosa Graphite Deposit is the most advanced
natural flake graphite deposit in the contiguous United States and
located across 41,965 acres (~17,000 hectares) in Coosa County,
Alabama. For more information, visit
www.westwaterresources.net.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and
assumptions and are identified by words such as "anticipated,”
“developing,” "expects," and other similar words. Forward-looking
statements include, among other things, statements concerning:
off-take agreements with customers; Westwater’s future sales of
CSPG products to customers, including the amounts, timing, and
types of products included within those sales; possible off-take
agreements with other customers; potential debt financing
arrangements, including the amount and type of debt and the
schedule for closing; the anticipated annual production from Phase
I of Kellyton Graphite Plan; the construction and operation of the
Kellyton Graphite Plant and its qualification line, the Company’s
Coosa Graphite Deposit; and the costs, schedules, production and
economic projections associated with them. The Company cautions
that there are factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from the forward-looking information that has been
provided. The reader is cautioned not to put undue reliance on this
forward-looking information, which is not a guarantee of future
performance and is subject to a number of uncertainties and other
factors, many of which are outside the control of the Company;
accordingly, there can be no assurance that such suggested results
will be realized. Those uncertainties and other factors are
discussed in Westwater’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2023, and subsequent securities filings, and
they could cause actual results to differ materially from
management expectations.
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