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As the only US battery maker, Kore Power wants to build an end to end ev battery supply chain using only North American technology and materials.

So far it has signed an agreement with Novonix for graphite.

As it stands right now, there is only one lithium miner in NA that will be able to supply them the lithium they will need.

I expect that some of the $US850 million D of E loan that they have been conditionally granted will go toward securing the other battery materials they will need.

Novonix being a major shareholder and a customer of Kore, will have some involvement in establishing a secure supply chain for them.

As stated before, they know that Sayona has the lithium to the standard they require.

A fully integrated North American supply chain fits well with supplying Department of Defense, something that @PlainWaayne alluded to in his post.

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/taking-charge-kore-power-ceo-lindsay-gorrill-on-building-a-battery-manufac/610393/