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RNS Number : 0355P  Blencowe Resources PLC  15 January 2026

Date: 15 January 2026

 

Blencowe Resources Plc

("Blencowe" or the "Company"),

 

European Purification Testwork Confirms Highest Purity Graphite Products

Results Strengthen Strategic Value of Orom-Cross for High-Value Defence and
Energy Markets

 

 

Blencowe Resources Plc (LSE: BRES) is pleased to announce further exceptional
high-grade purification results from testwork undertaken in association with
Alkeemia S.P.A.("Alkeemia"), a specialist graphite processing organisation
based in Porto Marghera, Northern Italy.  This is the first Orom-Cross
purification test work conducted within the EU and it represents a bridge into
that significant market moving forward.

 

Highlights

·      Purification testing upgraded all Orom-Cross products to 99.99
carbon content. It is extremely rare for purified graphite to achieve these
4-nines.

·      Four-nines purity is considered the highest purification grade
possible and is required for lucrative defence, nuclear and specialist energy
applications.

·      Independent European processing confirms non-Chinese
purification capability.

·      Alkeemia's process offers a cleaner, lower-toxicity and
lower-carbon alternative to conventional Chinese technologies.

·      Independent testing by a specialist European firm strengthens
ongoing offtake discussions and opens additional sales opportunities into
European markets.

·      Discussions with Alkeemia regarding potential direct offtake and
European purification arrangements.

 

Strategic Significance

Initial results show that all Orom-Cross concentrates tested were successfully
upgraded using Alkeemia's proprietary process to achieve 99.99% carbon
content, exceeding the 99.95% purity typically required for lithium-ion
battery applications.

This level of purity enables Blencowe to target higher-value, strategically
important end markets including niche defence and nuclear and specialist
industrial applications where product quality, traceability and supply
security are critical.

Importantly, the Alkeemia process provides a Western, non-Chinese,
purification route, utilising a simpler, less toxic, and more cost-effective
methodology than conventional acid-based processes widely used in China.
This further aligns Orom-Cross with growing European and US policy objectives
to establish secure independent, and sustainable critical mineral supply
chains.

Orom-Cross has previously achieved 99.99% purity through testwork conducted by
American Energy Technology ("AETC"), a US based technical graphite specialist,
using their own proprietary thermal process that differs from the
chemical-based approach  employed by Alkeemia.  The AETC relationship has
since evolved to introduce Blencowe a range of valuable niche offtake
opportunities, including testing with US Dept of Defence and the EU SAFELOOP
initiative.

Blencowe believes that engagement with Alkeemia has the potential to develop
in a similar manner providing a gateway to European downstream markets.  With
AETC and Alkeemia utilising different purification methodologies, the Company
is also broadening its downstream optionality across multiple high-purity
processing routes.

 

Figure 1:  Purification testing on Orom-Cross products.

 

Future Relationship

Blencowe and Alkeemia have identified areas of mutual technical and
commercial interest and are continuing discussions regarding potential future
collaboration.

The ability to deliver ultra-high-purity graphite products through a
European-based purification route adds further upside potential to the DFS
economics by expanding access to higher-margin, supply-constrained end
markets. Engagement with specialist European processors such as Alkeemia also
provides valuable technical validation and supports broader dialogue with a
wider range of downstream customers and strategic end users, particularly
within Europe.

 

Cameron Pearce, Blencowe's Executive Chairman commented:

"These purification results are a significant milestone for Orom-Cross and
once again demonstrate that our graphite can achieve the very highest purity
levels required for specialist applications, including defence, nuclear and
strategic energy uses where quality and supply security are critical.  It
also opens the potential for a valuable new partnership to develop.

Achieving 99.99% carbon content through a non-Chinese, European-based
purification route materially enhances the strategic value of Orom-Cross. It
positions the project not only as a large-scale, low-cost graphite
development, but also as a credible contributor to Western critical mineral
supply chains.

Importantly, this work adds further upside potential to the economics outlined
in our DFS by broadening access to higher-margin, supply-constrained markets.
Combined with the scale we continue to demonstrate through drilling, this
reinforces Orom-Cross as a long-life, strategically relevant asset as we
advance funding and offtake discussions."

 

**ENDS**

 

For further information please contact:

 

 Blencowe Resources Plc                   www.blencoweresourcesplc.com (http://www.blencoweresourcesplc.com/)

 Sam Quinn (Director)                     Tel: +44 (0)1624 681 250

                                          info@blencoweresourcesplc.com (mailto:info@blencoweresourcesplc.com)

 Sasha Sethi (Investor Relations)         Tel: +44 (0) 7891 677 441

                                          sasha.sethi@blencoweresourcesplc.com
                                          (mailto:sasha.sethi@blencoweresourcesplc.com)
 Tavira Financial (Joint Broker)

 Jonathan Evans                           Tel: +44 (0)20 3192 1733

                                          jonathan.evans@tavira.group (mailto:jonathan.evans@tavira.group)
 Oak Securities (Joint Broker)

 Calvin Man /Mungo Sheehan / Jerry Keen   Tel: +44 (0)20 3973 3678

 Twitter                                  https://twitter.com/BlencoweRes (https://twitter.com/BlencoweRes)
 LinkedIn                                 https://www.linkedin.com/company/72382491/admin/
                                          (https://www.linkedin.com/company/72382491/admin/)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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