Firebird Metals Ltd (ASX:FRB) is a mineral resource company based in Australia focused on the development of two key manganese projects to meet the growing demand of high purity manganese sulphate monohydrate (MnSO4 or HPMSM) for Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate (LMFP) batteries: a processing facility fed by Oakover concentrate and/or third-party manganese concentrate in China where resides both the expertise and most of the demand for HPMSM and a mine and treatment plant at Oakover in Australia to potentially complement the feed source of the processing facility and/or feed the alloys market.
The key elements of FRB strategy are as follows:
1. Develop a processing facility in China to meet the growing demand of a high purity manganese sulphate
monohydrate (MnSO4 or HPMSM) for LMFP batteries. The facility will be fed by Oakover concentrate and/or third-party manganese concentrate from overseas.
2. LMFP is forecast to become the dominant cathode for EV batteries. Adding manganese to LFP batteries
makes them safer, cheaper and provides more range.
LMFP has a higher thermal run-away temperature than nickel-based batteries.
LMFP are ~30% cheaper than nickel-based batteries. No expensive metals such as cobalt or nickel contained.
LMFP energy density is 15-20% higher than LFP, due to Mn higher voltage.
3. Progress development studies and permitting at the Oakover manganese project, Western Australia
