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Atlas Lithium Corporation (NASDAQ:ATLX) has signed definitive investment and offtake agreements with Mitsui & Co, Ltd, which the Company considers to be a strong validation of its project and team. Mitsui is purchasing $30 million in common shares of Atlas Lithium at a 10% premium to the 5-day VWAP and, at the same time, entering into an Offtake Agreement for the future purchase of 15,000 tons of lithium concentrate from Phase 1 and 60,000 tons per year for five years from Phase 2 of Atlas Lithi
Japan's Mitsui & Co said on Thursday the company agreed to invest in Atlas Lithium Corporation in the United States by subscribing to a $30 million third-party allocation of new shares by the U.S. company. Atlas is developing a lithium mine project in Brazil's Lithium Valley. The project in Brazil is expected to start production in the fourth quarter of 2024, with its annual production to reach 300,000 tons of spodumene concentrate, which would be enough to be used in about 1 million electric vehicles, Mitsui said.