20 October 2025 – Vancouver, Canada | ASX- and TSX-V-listed battery materials company, Euro Manganese Limited (ASX: EMN; TSX-V: EMN), has announced the launch of a new optimisation program that seeks to enhance the economics and efficiency of its Chvaletice Manganese Project located in the Czech Republic. This announced initiative aligns with increasing global demand for high-purity manganese (HPM) for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, energy storage systems, and applications in defence.
With its Demonstration Plant having validated product quality and processing design, Euro Manganese is now undertaking a strategic program to reduce capital and operating costs, improve recoveries, and optimise plant design in preparation for commercial development. The Company is positioning itself as Europe’s only near-term producer of high-purity manganese feedstocks.
Strategic Context and Market Drivers
High-purity manganese demand has been accelerating as battery chemistries shift towards high-manganese cathodes in both lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery technologies. Independent forecasts point to global supply deficits beyond the year 2027, highlighting the urgency for secure, low-carbon supply chains independent of China.
Euro Manganese’s Chvaletice Project, which is able to recycle historic mine tailings, provides a unique European solution. The project’s circular, low-carbon production model aligns with the decarbonisation and critical materials strategies of the EU, offering feedstock to the battery, energy storage, defence, and specialty alloy sectors.
Comment from CEO Martina Blahova:
“With our Demonstration Plant having validated the Chvaletice process and product quality, our focus has shifted to translating these learnings into commercial-scale efficiencies. Our focus on recovery and costs aims to achieve meaningful improvements in unit operating costs and capital intensities. We see sustained demand for high-purity manganese across both lithium-ion and sodium-ion chemistries, and Euro Manganese is working to respond to this critical need.”
Comment from Chairman Rick Anthon:
“Euro Manganese’s strategic advantage lies in its combination of strong project fundamentals, proven flowsheet, and alignment with Europe’s decarbonisation and economic security goals. The optimization program aims to ensure we maintain our competitive edge and build on our first mover advantage in Europe with a goal of reducing costs and maximising value for shareholders, while delivering a sustainable source of high-purity manganese for the battery market and other strategic sectors.”
Optimisation Focus Areas
The Company has engaged a large external engineering firm and other specialists to drive best-practice plant design enhancements. The optimisation workstreams include:
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Improved metallurgical recoveries and balancing
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Optimised equipment sizing and layout
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Reduced reagent and consumables use
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Enhanced process control
These efforts are expected to yield updated technical studies and guide the Company’s next phase of development planning.
Enquiries
LodeRock Advisors
Neil Weber Investor and Media Relations – North America
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Jane Morgan Management
Jane Morgan Investor and Media Relations – Australia
[email protected]
Martina Blahova
President and CEO
+1 (604) 681-1010
About us:
About Euro Manganese
Euro Manganese Inc. (ASX and TSX-V: EMN; FSE:E06) is a battery materials company developing the Chvaletice Manganese Project in the Czech Republic, Europe’s only near-term source of high-purity manganese, a critical ingredient in next-generation electric vehicles, energy storage batteries and defence applications.
The Chvaletice Manganese Project will reprocess historic mine tailings to produce high-purity electrolytic manganese metal (HPEMM), and high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate (HPMSM), establishing a fully traceable, low-carbon supply chain within the European Union.
With its Demonstration Plant having produced on-spec products and optimization work underway to enhance commercial plant efficiency, Euro Manganese is positioned to become Europe’s first domestic producer of high-purity manganese, meeting the rising demand for sustainable, strategic battery materials while advancing Europe’s clean-energy and supply-chain independence goals.
Euro Manganese is dual listed on the TSX-V and the ASX.
Contact details:
Jane Morgan
Jane Morgan Management
Investor and Media Relations
[email protected]
