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The OWL Patent Applications are for natural brine and for slurries made from pegmatite, clay, volcanic rock and sediment.Additional patents may be filed in the future as a result of the research & development (“R&D”) work to be carried out with MG.
More specifically, MG will conduct and manage the development, testing and, R&D laboratory work associated with the commercialization of the technology and the associated patent applications. This is a major milestone for OWL to be part of these R&D operations related to the OWL Patent Applications, which will be conducted with MG. Accordingly, OWL has agreed to fund a portion of MG’s development to assist in the furtherance of the R&D laboratory work. OWL has also agreed to file for an extension of its
MG states, “The objective is to commercialize the OWL Patent Application technology which seeks to rapidly, economically, and environmentally extract Lithium and to generate Lithium Carbonate directly from a brine while reducing presently common consumables in existing production practices including adsorbents, absorbents, membranes and electrodes, and environmental burdens originating from substantial uses of local fresh water, acids, and solid chemicals.”
BASIC TERMS OF THE DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
Pursuant to the terms of the Definitive Agreement, OWL will acquire the OWL Patent Applications in consideration for:
a 5% gross royalty (theRoyalty”) payable to MG during the pendency of the OWL Patent Applications and for all times before they are issued from all income received by OWL for the removal of any substance, that is, removal of lithium and/or any byproducts utilizing the OWL Patent Applications during the term of the patents issued in connection with the OWL Patent Applications, which Royalty shall increase to 7% following the issuance of at least one of the patents under the OWL Patent Applications;
the issuance of up to 2,000,000 common shares (each, aShare”) in the capital of OWL at a deemed price per common share equal to the greater of (a) the price per Share on thelast trading day before the issuances described below, and (b) the lowest price per Share permitted by the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE”), as follows: 1,000,000 Shares as of the date of the Assignment of the OWL Patent Applications; 500,000 Shares upon receipt by OWL of the first deliverable of a small scale demo unit that will produce lithium carbonate; and 500,000 Shares upon completion of a pilot site demo unit that will produce lithium carbonate from brine and/or slurries;
5% of the net proceeds from the sale of OWL Patent Applications and the technology developed by the project during the pendency of the OWL Patent Applications and for all times before they are issued, which amount shall increase to 7% following the issuance of at least one of the patents under the OWL Patent Applications; and
the payment by OWL of 50% of the legal costs of MG associated with the completion of the Assignment, capped at
US$22,500 .
Following the Assignment, OWL has also agreed to license back to MG perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty bearing worldwide license to use the OWL Patent Applications and any technology or improvements from MG’s lab work (the “License Back”). In consideration for the License Back, MG shall pay OWL a 5% gross royalty back from all income received by MG from the use, sale or license from the License Back during the pendency of the OWL Patent Applications and for all times before they are issued, which amount shall increase to 7% following the issuance of at least one of the patents under the OWL Patent Applications. The License Back may not be used in connection with any activities directly related to the extraction of lithium and it related elements from natural brines and from slurries made from pegmatite, clay, volcanic rock and sediment.
Closing of the Assignment remains subject to a number of conditions, including, among others, receipt of all requisite regulatory, including the CSE, shareholder and third party consents if required, waiver and approvals for the Assignment, as applicable, and other conditions customary for transaction of this nature. There can be no assurance that the Assignment will be completed as proposed or at all.
MatterGreen LLC’s Founder
Dr. Jinichiro Nakano, who specialized in Material Science and Engineering, graduated with a PhD from
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On behalf of the Board of Directors of One World Lithium Inc.
“Douglas Fulcher”
President and Chief Executive Officer
For further information please visitwww.oneworldlithium.comor emailinfo@oneworldlithium.comor call1-604-564-2017 Extension-3.
Forward-Looking Information: This press release may include forward looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information is based on certain key expectations and assumptions made by the management of the OWL, including, but not limited to: (i) the closing of the Assignment and, in connection therewith, the receipt of any necessary third party approvals including, but not limited to, that of the CSE, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) or the
Neither the CSE nor its Market Regulator (as that term is defined inthe policies of the CSE) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.The CSE has not, in any way, passed upon the merits of the Assignment and associated transactions and has not, in any way, approved or disapproved of the contents of this news release.
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