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<ul><li>Searles brings more than current earnings. The transaction would move FEAM from a pre-revenue developer to an operating US borates producer while retaining Fort Cady as its primary long-term growth asset.</li><li>Existing borates, sodium sulfate, and salt production provide the starting point, but the acquired footprint includes idled or underutilized processing assets, mineral rights, rail, utilities, and power infrastructure.</li><li>This creates several potential avenues for incremental production and cash flow that can be pursued selectively rather than requiring another greenfield build.</li></ul>

Searles brings more than current earnings. The transaction would move FEAM from a pre-revenue developer to an operating US borates producer while retaining Fort Cady as its primary long-term growth asset.Existing borates, sodium sulfate, and salt production provide the starting point, but the acquired footprint includes idled or underutilized processing assets, mineral rights, rail, utilities, and power infrastructure.This creates several potential avenues for incremental production and cash flow that can be pursued selectively rather than requiring another greenfield build.

FEAM: Two Assets, One Bigger Opportunity as US Boron Platform Takes Shape