Exhibit 99.1
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PRESS RELEASE | NASDAQ: IPX | ASX: IPX
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IPERIONX RECEIVES A FURTHER $25M IN U.S. GOVERNMENT FUNDING TO ACCELERATE TITANIUM PRODUCTION SCALE-UP
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U.S. Department of War, through its Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program, has obligated an additional US$25 million under IperionX’s previously announced US$47.1 million award
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IBAS funding supports the build-out of a resilient, fully integrated, and low-cost titanium supply chain - from minerals to metal - strengthening the U.S. defense industrial base
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Funds will be applied to the scale-up of production to 1,400 tpa at IperionX’s Titanium Manufacturing Campus in Virginia
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The $25.0 million obligation, along with the prior US$12.5 million and US$5.0 million, takes total obligations to US$42.5 million, with the remaining US$4.6 million expected to be obligated over the
contract term
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IperionX Limited (NASDAQ: IPX, ASX: IPX) (IperionX) announces that the U.S. Department of War (DoW) through its Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment
(IBAS) program, has obligated an additional US$25 million under IperionX’s previously awarded US$47.1 million award.
The additional obligation will be applied to the scale-up of titanium production and advanced manufacturing capacity at IperionX ‘s Titanium Manufacturing Campus, enabling output of up to
1,400 metric tons per year (tpa).
The IBAS program is designed to reinforce U.S. defense supply chains by fostering a resilient, low-cost, mineral-to-metal titanium platform that reduces reliance on imports and establishes a
secure uninterruptible domestic source of critical materials.
This latest obligation follows prior tranches of US$12.5 million and US$5 million, which funded long-lead items for titanium manufacturing equipment and to advance the Titan Critical Minerals
Project in Tennessee to shovel-ready status. Total obligations now stand at US$42.5 million, with the remaining US$4.6 million expected to be obligated by the DoW over the contract term.
This announcement has been authorized for release by the CEO and Managing Director.
For further information and enquiries please contact:
info@iperionx.com
+1 980 237 8900
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North Carolina
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Tennessee
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Virginia
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129 W Trade Street, Suite 1405
Charlotte, NC 28202
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279 West Main Street
Camden, TN 38320
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1092 Confroy Drive
South Boston, VA 24592
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West Valley City, UT 84119
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About IperionX
IperionX is a leading American titanium metal and critical materials company – using patented metal technologies to produce high performance titanium alloys, from titanium minerals or scrap
titanium, at lower energy, cost and carbon emissions.
Our Titan critical minerals project is the largest JORC-compliant mineral resource of titanium, rare earth and zircon minerals sands in the United States.
IperionX’s titanium metal and critical minerals are essential for advanced U.S. industries including space, aerospace, defense, consumer electronics, hydrogen, automotive and additive
manufacturing.
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