The American Antimony Dream edges closer to reality thanks to Locksley Resources

• Locksley enters MoU with Hazen Research to deliver American sourced and manufactured antimony products
• The agreement creates pathway to secure immediate processing capacity
• And advances key studies including pilot plant design, commercial analysis and toll processing

Special report: Locksley Resources is charging ahead on its mission to bring US sourced antimony production back to life, signing a memorandum of understanding with metallurgical and defence materials processor Hazen Research.

The new partnership enables immediate access to U.S. processing capacity while Locksley continues to advance the design and development of its own pilot plant, fast-tracking Locksley’s (ASX:LKY) mine-to-metal supply chain from its Desert antimony mine in California’s Mojave Desert.

Coming off the back of its recent breakthrough casting of a fully American-made antimony ingot, the agreement marks another major milestone for Locksley’s goal of restoring a domestic supply chain for one of the US’s most critical and industrial metals.

Locksley and Hazen will collaborate across several key workstreams from validating process performance and recovery efficiency, to generating representative product samples for qualification with US offtakers.

The program will also deliver vital technical data to guide the design and economics of future pilot/starter and commercial-scale operations.

It positions Locksley squarely in line with White House and US Department of Defense priorities to rebuild critical minerals processing capacity on American soil.

Supported by Rice University’s research and the US EXIM Bank, the company is steadily building what could become a fully integrated, American-made antimony supply chain, capable of underpinning the nation’s defence and clean energy sectors.

De-risking ore processing strategy

LKY COO Danny George said the company is pleased to formalise the MoU with Hazen Research after its recent collaboration casting a 100% American-made ingot.

“This MoU represents an important step in de-risking our ore processing strategy and accelerating the path to revenue,” he said.

“By securing toll processing capacity in the United States, we can begin generating operational data and product while our pilot and commercial-scale plant development continues in parallel.

“This approach allows us to maintain project momentum, optimise metallurgical performance, and provide early market supply, positioning the company to deliver value to shareholders efficiently and safely.”

Locksley is now looking to carry out concurrent workstreams toward production, including toll processing, starter plant and commercial plant development.

Both companies will advance negotiations to finalise a binding toll processing agreement, aiming to begin operations in accordance with project timelines.

This article was developed in collaboration with Locksley Resources, a Stockhead advertiser at the time of publishing.

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