Largo Inc. (“Largo” or the “Company”) (TSX: LGO) (NASDAQ: LGO) is pleased to announce that Column Capital Corp. (“CPC”) has received conditional approval from the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSXV”) in respect of its qualifying transaction (the “Transaction”) with Largo Physical Vanadium (“LPV”) pursuant to Policy 2.4 – Capital Pool Companies of the TSXV. In connection with the Transaction and pursuant to TSXV requirements, CPC has filed a filing statement dated September 13, 2022 (the “Filing Statement”) on SEDAR.
Once TSXV provides receipt of customary post-closing documentation, the LPV common shares (the “Common Shares”) will commence trading on the TSXV under the symbol “VAND”. The Company expects that the post-closing documentation will be completed by the end of September 2022.Paulo Misk, President and Chief Executive Officer of Largo commented: “Completion of the Qualifying Transaction represents an important milestone for Largo, LPV and the vanadium sector. Leveraging the unique characteristics of vanadium, prospective investors are now provided with a new vehicle to invest in physical vanadium and gain exposure to the long-term fundamentals of the commodity – a key transition metal for greener steel, strategic and energy storage industries.” He continued: “Through the segregation of vanadium, a key cost component of vanadium redox flow batteries (“VRFB”), LPV intends to enhance the adoption of VRFBs by prospective customers in the long duration energy storage market and thus, grow vanadium demand in the future.”LPV aims to provide a secure, convenient and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors interested in having direct exposure to physical vanadium and not speculating with regard to short-term changes in vanadium prices. LPV will offer pure-play exposure to vanadium and will initially hold approximately 200 mt of vanadium pentoxide equivalent contributed by the Company in connection with the Qualifying Transaction (the “Largo Contribution-in-Kind”) and further vanadium to be acquired with the proceeds of its CAD$30,220,000 subscription receipt financing that closed on April 14, 2022 (the “Financing”). LPV will acquire and store vanadium units in commercial forms as well as in electrolyte solutions for VRFB applications due to the unique non-degradation characteristic of the metal.Largo will provide services to LPV pursuant to a safekeeping agreement, supply agreement and technical advisory agreement, each effective on completion of the Qualifying Transaction. In addition to the vanadium contributed pursuant to the Largo Contribution-in-Kind, under the supply agreement Largo has granted LPV a right of first refusal over any non-committed commercial vanadium equivalent products from January to September of each fiscal year. LPV will also benefit from its relationships with Sprott Capital Partners LP and Term Oil Inc. through an advisory services agreement effective on completion of the Qualifying Transaction.About LPVLPV aims to provide a secure, convenient and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors interested in having direct exposure to physical vanadium, which is essential to achieve a greener world in key industries such as steel, aerospace and energy storage. Vanadium is non-degrading and fully recyclable when used as electrolyte in vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) and offers carbon reducing attributes when used in steel alloying applications. LPV’s strategy is not only to achieve appreciation through the acquisition of vanadium, but to own and actively supply vanadium to end users of VRFBs to advance to integration of renewable energy in long duration storage. This strategy is integral to LPV’s business plan, as it necessarily defrays the costs associated with using vanadium in VRFBs through the unique non-degradation characteristics of the metal.About LargoLargo has a long and successful history as one of the world’s preferred vanadium companies through the supply of its VPURE™ and VPURE+™ products, which are sourced from one of the world’s highest-grade vanadium deposits at the Company’s Maracás Menchen Mine in Brazil. Aiming to enhance value creation at Largo, the Company is in the process of implementing a titanium dioxide pigment plant using feedstock sourced from its existing operations in addition to advancing its U.S.-based clean energy division with its VCHARGE vanadium batteries. Largo’s VCHARGE vanadium batteries contain a variety of innovations, enabling an efficient, safe and ESG-aligned long duration solution that is fully recyclable at the end of its 25+ year lifespan. Producing some of the world’s highest quality vanadium, Largo’s strategic business plan is based on two pillars: 1.) vanadium production from its operations in Brazil and 2.) energy storage business in the U.S. to support a low carbon future through its clean energy division.Largo’s common shares trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “LGO”.
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