Manganese X Energy Corp. reported its High Purity Manganese (HPMSM) sample has met US Battery Leader C4V's Phase 1 commercial level qualification compliance standards for the Electric Vehicle (EV) Battery Cathode, and is moving immediately to the next round of rigorous testing in C4V's Supply Chain Qualification Program. Manganese X's HPMSM Phase 1 testing was conducted in-house at lab scale through C4V's Digital DNA Supply Chain Qualification Program.

The Supply Chain Qualification Program consists of three phases and is an important aspect of the non-binding Memorandum of Understanding the companies signed in early 2024, leading to a potential offtake deal from Manganese X's Battery Hill Manganese mining project in Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada. Battery Hill contains one of the largest manganese carbonate deposits in Canada and the US. To summarize the results of C4V's Phase 1 testing, Manganese X's sample demonstrated that electrodes could be calibrated and that while testing its rate, performance and capacities, these met the standards required.

Capacities and performance of the sample also appeared stable during long cycling. The next Phase to be conducted, Phase 2, will be to validate that Manganese X's sample meets standards for long cycling performance and capacity retention of the cells.