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Sigma Lithium upsizes its placement by 60% to C$136.7M with investment from BlackRock
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(Kitco News) -Sigma Lithium (TSXV: SGML) said today that funds and accounts managed by BlackRock will make an additional total investment in the company of approximately C$64.2 million.
In a statement, the company noted that this additional investment further increases the size of its previously announced non-brokered private placement of common shares by 60% to approximately C$136.7 million.
Sigma Lithium added it expects to use the net proceeds of the offering for the construction and development of its wholly owned Grota do Cirilo project and for general corporate purposes, at the sole discretion of the company.
The company pointed out it is developing the largest hard rock lithium deposit in the Americas, located in its wholly owned Grota do Cirilo project in Brazil with the goal of participating in the rapidly expanding global supply chain of electric vehicles.
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Based on the Feasibility Study report, the company indicated its plans to produce 220,000 tonnes annually of battery grade lithium concentrate lithium (33,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent ("LCE")) in Production Phase 1 and expects to be amongst the world's lowest-cost producers.
In Production Phase 2, if warranted after ongoing feasibility study, production would be increased to 440,000 tonnes (65,000 tonnes of LCE) annually.
Previously, the company announced that it is on track to begin production in the fourth quarter of 2022
