Sigma Lithium Corporation ("Sigma Lithium" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SGML, TSXV: SGML, BVMF: S2GM34), a leading global lithium producer dedicated to powering the next generation of electric vehicles with carbon neutral, responsibly sourced chemical grade lithium concentrate, has been featured at various events during COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for its clean technology, pioneering practices in environmental sustainability, and positive social impact for a fourth consecutive COP.
Since 2019, Sigma Lithium has participated at COP to help shape the global dialogue on environmental and social sustainability in industrial and mineral supply chains. The Company has been at the forefront of thought leadership through a series of prestigious speaking events during COP28. More importantly, it has been consistently engaging directly with world leaders in bilateral meetings and closed discussions regarding the development of supply chains that promote a just energy transition by embodying the principles of decarbonization, ecosystem preservation, and social justice.
Key topics to be discussed at COP28 will include supply chain decarbonization, Brazil's initiatives to leverage its natural resources to build industrial capabilities enabling decarbonization, the mining industry's role in enabling the energy transition, as well as discussions led by the First Lady of Brazil, Rosângela Lula da Silva, on women's economic and political empowerment.
"Since inception, Sigma Lithium has focused on supporting a just global energy transition by pioneering new mining practices governed by social and environmental sustainability. Our innovative lithium Greentech industrial operations in Brazil demonstrate the magnitude of what can be achieved when the public and private sectors come together and align, in the spirit of collaboration, to transform and bring prosperity to a region with reverberations across industrial supply chains around the world," said Cabral.
"I am honored to return to COP for a fourth time as a delegate with Sigma and for the fourteenth time as a party, to have the opportunity to share Sigma's impressive sustainability story with this global audience of heads of state and renowned business and community leaders, particularly at such a critical moment for our planet. I am also very proud that the Sigma Lithium team has been part of the largest delegation Brazil has ever brought to COP, a testament to the deep, ongoing commitment of the Brazilian Government and President Lula to taking a leadership position on a just global decarbonization that brings social equity." She concluded.
Sigma Lithium's leadership at COP28 this year builds on its track record of significant contributions to the climate dialogue globally. In addition to its previous COP appearances dating back to COP25 in Madrid, Spain, Cabral recently took the stage at the 7th Edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII7) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to share the Company's vision and strides towards building the most sustainable lithium company in the world. Sigma Lithium has also partnered with the Aspen-Columbia Global Energy Forum, a collaborative effort between The Aspen Institute's Energy & Environment Program and The Center on Global Energy Policy.
SCHEDULE OF SIGMA LITHIUM CEO KEYNOTE ADDRESSE AND SPEAKING EVENTS
Keynote Address
Keynote Address at World Climate Summit – The Investment COP 2023
Topic: Decarbonizing Supply Chains - Accelerating Industry Transitions by Tackling Scope 1, 2, and 3 Emissions.
Date and time: Friday 12.08.2023 from 2:35pm to 3:20pm
Panel Discussions
Panel 1: Energy Transition: The World Can Count on Brazil
Date and time: Wednesday 12.06.2023 from 3:00pm to 4:15pm
Location: Brazil Pavilion - Blue Zone at COP28 in Dubai ExpoCity
Panel 2: How do agribusiness and mining shape the future?
Date and time: Saturday 12.09.2023 from 3:00pm to 5:15pm
Location: Auditorium 1 - Brazil Pavilion - Blue Zone at COP28 in Dubai ExpoCity
Panel 3: McKinsey &Co Challenges and opportunities along the value chain
Date and time: Monday 12.11.2023 from 3:00pm to 3:45pm
Location: McKinsey &Co Pavilion at COP28 in Dubai ExpoCity
USHERING A NEW SUSTAINABILITY STANDARD IN THE BATTERY MATERIALS INDUSTRY
Sigma Lithium began producing battery-grade, carbon neutral, zero hazardous chemicals and zero tailings sustainable lithium ("Triple Zero Green Lithium") in April of this year, in a process that uses 100% renewable energy and recycled water at its Greentech lithium processing plant ("Greentech Plant"). The Company announced a deal to achieve "Zero Tailings" by selling the high-purity, zero hazardous chemicals, approximately 1.3% lithium oxide, ultra-fine tailings generated by the Greentech Plant ("Green By-Products") to be upcycled into battery grade lithium concentrate for use in electric vehicle battery production.
Sigma began delivering shipments of Triple Zero Green Lithium and Green By-Products in July 2023 and last week announced a new 22,000 tonne shipment of Triple Zero Green Lithium concentrate to Glencore at premium pricing, marking its 4th shipment to date. The shipment is part of a commercial distribution and marketing agreement with Glencore that aims to build a low carbon, environmentally and socially sustainable global lithium supply chain for electric vehicles.
Due to the low carbon content of Sigma Lithium's products, as well as its environmentally sustainable production methods, the Company's carbon footprint was offset with carbon credits purchased from Carbonext (its Projects in the Amazon Region of Brazil are verified through Verra Verified Carbon Standard), making the shipment carbon neutral.
SIGMA LITHIUM'S TRIPLE ZERO GREEN LITHIUM: THE FOUNDATION OF A DECARBONIZED AND SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CHAIN FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES
The Company's Triple Zero Green Lithium is produced at its state-of-the-art Greentech lithium plant at its Grota do Cirilo Project in Brazil, the first lithium project in the world without a tailings dam. With 100% dry-stacked tailings and the absence of hazardous chemical products for processing lithium, the Company is preventing water and soil contamination and contributing to the preservation of rivers and forests in the region.
The Company's main achievements towards abating its carbon footprint include:
- Zero tailings: 100% dry stacked tailings, with all by-products eliminated through sales or upcycling to pave roads.
- Zero hazardous chemicals: Utilizes Dense Medium Separation ("DMS") at the Greentech plant, which does not utilize hazardous chemicals.
- Water efficiency: Utilizes 100% sewage water for its plant, fully recirculated.
- Water preservation: Preserves 100% of the Piaui Creek source of drinking water for the communities living around Sigma Lithium.
- Clean renewable energy: Utilizes 100% clean renewable energy for its Greentech Plant via "behind the meter" supply agreements.
- Biodiesel: Utilizes biodiesel fuel in some of its trucking fleet, with plans to increase to up to 50% by 2025.
- Explosives / ANFO: Decreased explosives load with computerized load simulation strategies.
