LibertyStream Reports Three Months of Consistent Battery-Grade Lithium Carbonate Production

LibertyStream Infrastructure Partners Inc. (LIB) reported on August 24, 2026, that its Freedom Launchpad facility has produced approximately three tonnes of lithium carbonate since the battery-grade configuration began on May 14, 2026. Every full certificate of analysis issued through August 14, 2026, reported lithium carbonate purity at or above 99.7%, exceeding the 99.5% minimum commonly specified for battery-grade material. The release highlights nine consecutive certificates of analysis above the 99.5% battery-grade reference between May 20 and August 14, 2026.

Product was produced across three specifications: battery-grade, technical-grade, and customer-specific material. One tonne was delivered under the company’s initial industrial trial order. Samples have been delivered to four customer organizations since early July 2026, and material has been produced to specifications supplied by three additional prospective customers. Total customer work spans seven organizations.

The release reiterates the company’s first definitive offtake agreement for 600 tonnes per year beginning in 2027, originally announced July 9, 2026. The operational update is focused on Freedom Launchpad, the production, customer-qualification, and training platform. Freedom 1 remains the planned 1,000-tonne-per-year commercial facility. No new financing, offtake, pricing, production guidance, or Freedom 1 capital-cost update was included.

Libertystream Infrastructure Partners Inc. (LIB) issued an operating update providing incremental validation of product quality and repeatability, though the key commercial milestones had already been disclosed. The company announced its first definitive offtake agreement on July 9, 2026, followed by the automated Gen 6 commissioning on July 6, 2026, and the first tonne delivery on June 3, 2026.

The release highlights three months of consistent 99.7% battery-grade purity, a metric positive for customer qualification. However, total production over this period amounted to roughly three tonnes, which is very small relative to Freedom 1’s 1,000-tonne-per-year design basis. Consequently, the release does not demonstrate commercial-scale throughput.

Customer engagement has increased from four sample recipients to seven organizations. This update does not yet include additional definitive offtake agreements or volume commitments beyond the previously disclosed 600 tonnes per year.

Prior-period context, not disclosed in today’s release, indicates that Q1 2026 financials showed cash of $7.15 million, negative operating cash flow of $4.76 million, and a going-concern warning. Freedom 1 was estimated in the MD&A at approximately $37 million in total capital investment.

The release is company-authored and promotional in tone, but the underlying facts are consistent with prior disclosures. It confirms the plan is progressing, but it does not materially change the company’s near-term funding requirement or commercial scale question. In the context of the full historical news progression, this release is an expected follow-up rather than a market-moving event.

LibertyStream Infrastructure Partners Inc. is a pre-revenue lithium development and technology company aiming to produce lithium carbonate from oilfield brine using direct lithium extraction. The company completed redomiciliation to Texas on April 17, 2026, and is pursuing a future U.S. exchange listing.

Its near-term operating platform is Freedom Launchpad, located at Select Water Solutions’ site in Howard County, Texas. Freedom Launchpad uses the company’s fully automated Gen 6 DLE system and integrated refining equipment for production, customer qualification, and training. The flagship commercial development is Freedom 1, a planned 1,000-tonne-per-year lithium carbonate facility at the same Select Water Solutions site. Freedom 1 is targeted for commissioning by the end of December 2026. Stage 2 is targeted on or before June 2027, with Stage 3 adding at least two more facilities beginning July 2027.

The company has a definitive offtake agreement for 600 tonnes per year beginning in 2027, representing about 60% of Freedom 1’s planned 1,000-tonne-per-year design basis. Management previously estimated all-in operating costs of approximately $6,200 per tonne at steady state for a 1,000-tonne-per-year facility, including royalties to Select Water Solutions. The asset is royalty-bearing: Select Water Solutions receives a royalty on lithium carbonate production under the definitive agreement.

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