GreenRoc Strategic - Amitsoq and AAM Pilot Plant Update
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GreenRoc Strategic Materials Plc
17 June 2026
17 June 2026
GreenRoc Strategic Materials Plc
("GreenRoc" or the "Company")
Amitsoq and AAM Pilot Plant Update
GreenRoc Strategic Materials Plc (AIM: GROC), a company focused on the development of critical mineral projects in
Greenland, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary company, GreenRoc DK a/s, has signed an advisory services agreement
(the "Agreement") with the European Investment Bank ("EIB") under which the EIB will provide independent advisory
support to help advance the Amitsoq graphite mine and planned active anode material ("AAM") processing project towards
financing readiness. The Company has also received approval from the Government of Greenland for its field programme,
consisting of Phase III drilling at Amitsoq in South Greenland. At the Company's pilot plant for active anode material, the
team has successfully installed and commissioned the laboratory facilities required for quality assessment of graphite
products.
The Company is also pleased to announce a webinar to discuss recent progress and developments with CEO Stefan Bernstein.
The webinar will be hosted live via the Company's website on Friday 26 June 2026 at 12:00 GMT, and both existing and
prospective investors are invited to submit their questions in advance. Sign up for the webinar and submit your questions for
the management team here:
https://greenrocplc.com/webinars/eX2OzP-amitsoq-project-and-operations-update-june-2026
Highlights
· GreenRoc DK a/s has signed the Agreement with the EIB for EIB to provide, at no cost, independent advisory
support for the Amitsoq graphite mine and AAM processing project.
· EIB-backed support will cover market analysis, technical-economic review, business plan assessment and financial
modelling.
· The Government of Greenland has approved GreenRoc's Phase III drilling programme at Amitsoq, planned to start at
the end of June 2026.
· Initial test work has begun on graphite ore from the 18-tonne bulk sample, with a 300kg subsample sent to SGS
Lakefield in Canada.
· The AAM pilot plant has now processed around 700kg of 95% graphite concentrate into spherical graphite across
seven test runs.
· New analytical laboratory equipment has been installed and commissioned, enabling faster quality assessment of
product particle size, density and impurity levels.
· GreenRoc will host an investor webinar with CEO Stefan Bernstein on Friday 26 June 2026 to discuss recent
progress and developments.
Advisory Services Agreement with InvestEU Advisory Hub of the European Investment Bank ("EIB")
On June 11, 2026, the Greenroc DK a/s signed an Advisory Services Agreement with the EIB InvestEU Advisory. The EIB
InvestEU Advisory, will provide independent advisory services to support the Greenroc's graphite mining and AAM project,
through external consultants, covering market analysis, technical and financial reviews, business plan assessment, fundraising
strategy and investor documentation.
The Bank's support will consist of:
• Market Study (full updated analysis)
• Bankability focused technical-economic review of the Amitsoq mine and the AAM processing plant, identifying
key assumptions, risks and gaps relevant to DFS and investors.
• Review of the business plan to ensure coherence between technical, market and financial assumptions and to
support investment readiness.
• Review and enhancement of the project's financial framework, including the development of a bank standard
integrated financial model.
• Assessment of staged financing needs and preparation of a high-level fundraising strategy.
• Support for the preparation of equity-oriented investor documentation and, on a best effort basis, facilitation of
contacts with potential investors and off takers.
The facility is provided through the InvestEU Advisory Hub which is to provide advisory support to public and private project
promoters within the European Union for the identification, preparation, development, structuring, procuring and
implementation of investment projects, and for enhancing the capacity of project promoters and financial intermediaries to
implement financing and investment operations.
GreenRoc's Amitsoq programme
The Phase III drilling programme, planned to start at the end of June 2026 (RNS 28 May 2026), has now received approval
from the Government of Greenland. With regard to the processing of the 18-tonne bulk sample of graphite ore collected in the
autumn of 2025, a 300kg subsample has been sent to toSGS Lakefield, Canada, which is considered to be one of the most
experienced process engineering firms in the world with respect to graphite, for initial test work to obtain crushing and
grinding parameters and to test a variety of flotation techniques. These tests are important for the Pre-Feasibility Study
planned to start by the end of 2026 and will also provide technical details for the eventual extraction of graphite concentrate
from the 18-tonne main bulk sample.
GreenRoc's AAM pilot plant
The team at GreenRoc's pilot plant has now successfully processed about 700kg of 95% graphite concentrate into spherical
graphite. In total, seven test runs, each using 100kg of starting material, have been spheronised, with product quality being
enhanced during the test runs by the making of certain operational refinements and adjustments to the plant.
The pilot plant's analytical facility is now complete, with the installation and commissioning of a Malvern Mastersizer laser
instrument to measure particle size distribution, a tap density instrument and a SciAps LIBS (Laser Induced Breakdown
Spectroscopy) instrument to measure impurities in spheronised, purified graphite (see Figure 1). The LIBS instrument has
outperformed expectations in terms of detection limits and reproducibility. Following work with specialists from SciAps,
researchers from the Technical University of Denmark ("DTU") and engineering consultant IPU, the instrument setup at
GreenRoc's laboratory can now routinely measure impurities in graphite down to tens of ppm (parts per million) for elements
including Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, Cr, Fe and Cu. The analytical setup provides fast and inexpensive quality assessment of the
purity of the products from the Company's ongoing test programme with DTU and IPU as part of the EU-Graphite project
funded by EUDP (RNS 15 December 2025).
Figure 1, showing GreenRoc's laser-analyser SciAps Model Z-903, running impurity measurements on spheronised graphite in
low detection level mode.
GreenRoc's CEO, Stefan Bernstein, commented:
"This is an important period of progress for GreenRoc. The Agreement with EIB provides valuable independent support as we
continue to advance Amitsoq and our active anode material strategy. At the same time, the approval of our Phase III drilling
programme in Greenland, the start of bulk sample test work and the continuing progress at our AAM pilot plant all represent
important practical steps in de-risking the project and strengthening our technical foundation. I look forward to updating
shareholders further at our upcoming investor webinar."
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For further information, please contact:
Investor questions on this announcement
We encourage all investors to share questions
on this announcement via our investor hub
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GreenRoc Strategic Materials Plc
Stefan Bernstein, CEO
info@greenrocplc.com
+44 20 3950 0724
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP (Nomad)
Sandy Jamieson / Louise O'Driscoll +44 20 7213 0880
Oberon (Broker) +44 20 3179 5300
Nick Lovering/Adam Pollock
About GreenRoc
GreenRoc Strategic Materials Plc is an AIM-quoted UK public company focused on developing the Amitsoq Graphite
Project in Greenland into a producing mine to meet critical demand from Electric Vehicle ('EV') manufacturers in Europe
and North America for new, high grade and conflict-free sources of graphite.
Amitsoq is one of the highest-grade graphite deposits in the world with a combined Measured, Indicated and Inferred
JORC Resource of 23.05 million tonnes (Mt) at an average grade of 20.41% graphite, sufficient to sustain more than 20
years of mining. GreenRoc received an Exploitation Licence from the Government of Greenland in December 2025, valid
for 30 years.
The plans for the Amitsoq Project include the construction of a facility to further process the mined graphite into active
anode material ("AAM") - an indispensable component of Li-ion batteries - and these plans have been independently and
positively evaluated to pre-feasibility study stage.
The Amitsoq Project was designated a Strategic Project by the EU in June 2025. The Project has also been ESG-certified
by Digbee™, an independent platform which provides sustainability assessments for the mining industry.
In October 2025, GreenRoc signed a binding secured loan facility for EUR 5.2 million from the Export and Investment
Fund of Denmark ("EIFO"), for the financing of the Company's work programme at Amitsoq and the AAM pilot plant.
In December 2025, GreenRoc, together with its consortium partners DTU and IPU, was awarded up to DKK 10,448,826
(c. £1.2m) by the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme ("EUDP"), a Danish government
funding programme, for the project entitled "EU-Graphite: Building European production of graphite active anode
material".
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