Ann: IXR awarded grants with LCM, VAC for UK-EU REPM partnership, page-16

Well, well , well, what do we have here?

Is it merely an announcement of 2 grants?

Or, Is it the validation that the UK government believes in continuing to support us,
even after a change in government?

Or, Is it the ongoing confidence shown by LCM, in continuing to partner and move forward with us?

Or, Is it the new partnership and interest shown by a 100 year old German company, with over 4000 employees and represented in over 35 countries in the aerospace, EV mobility, science medicine, and power generation industries?

Well, I guess its...................... all of the above!

The culmination of hard work, negotiations and and the building of trusting relationships with partners who will move forward with us in our future endeavours.

Granted, The funds awarded are more about giving us a greater runway to execute, rather than life changing from a company perspective.

But if that is all you are considering, you are not delving deep enough into what has been achieved here, it is a lot more significant than that.

And although there may be a couple on the forum who will scoff at the funds granted, it will be mostly due to the fact that they choose to ignore the gravity of the inroads that are being made and the relationships forged which will take us into the future.

Make no mistake, this is the beginning of the ex China supply chain, and Ionic is a pioneer in the space. along with its partners LCM and VAC.
With hopefully many more partnerships to come...particularly further afield in the US and continental Europe, who knows where Brett and Tim could take this.

And while assisted by the UK government, we may also now see assistance from the German government, with our involvement with VAC...this is not out of the question.....as well as the EU.

This is the beginning of a new chapter for Ionic.

A leaner, meaner organization, with bigger aspirations than just a pure play miner servicing China.

This decoupling, or short circuit as Brett likes to call it, will position us as a leader in the space whose pioneering tech ticks many boxes and fulfills various roles in the circular economy.

The road ahead is still one which requires time, dedication and hard work, but the foundations have been poured and set.

One in which the boys are showing me, they are making the right moves and tough decisions for the dominoes to fall, and propel
the company forward to commercialisation.

And to announce this on October 1!

The announcement of the infancy of a new ex China supply on the day that China mandates into law, that it has taken full state control of its rare earth industry....it now owns and controls everything!

How ironic.....You couldn't script this any better....