Metallium Secures $1 Million USD U.S. Department of War (DoW) Phase II Award
KEY HIGHLIGHTS:
▪Awarded Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with the U.S. Department of War through the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
▪Up to US$1 million in funding to support pilot-scale development and scale- up of Flash Joule Heating (FJH) technology
▪Follows successful completion of Phase I, delivered in six months with all technical milestones achieved
▪Phase II focuses on extraction of gallium and germanium from electronic waste streams
▪Gallium is a defence-critical material used in radar, semiconductors and advanced communications systems
▪The U.S. is 100% dependent on imports for gallium supply, with China responsible for approximately 100% of global primary gallium production
▪Metallium’s technology provides a pathway to recover gallium from alternative sources, supporting
development of secure domestic supply chains for critical materials
▪Work to be conducted at the Company’s Gator Point Technology Campus in Texas
▪Strengthens positioning for commercial deployment and continued U.S. government engagement
▪Compliments Metallium’s recently announced collaboration with Indium Corporation, a major U.S. refiner of Gallium, Germanium and other critical metals used in electronics, AI and defense