Commission Decision (EU) 2025/1174 of 4 June 2025 recognising certain critical raw material projects located in third countries and in overseas countries or territories as Strategic Projects under Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2025) 3491)

Article 1

The projects listed in the Annex are recognised as Strategic Projects.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the following undertakings: Number Project Promoter Promoter address Project Name 1 Pobuzhzhya’s Development LLC Panasa Myrnoho Str., 6 (office 401), 01011 Kyiv, Ukraine Balakhivka Graphite Deposit 2 Société Le Nickel Rue Desjardins Doniambo 2, BPE5 – 98848 Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia CaledoNi 3 GreenRoc Strategic Materials Plc Gracechurch Street, 60 (6th floor), EC3V 0HR London, United Kingdom Norgraph a/s and Greenland Graphite a/s 4 Magneto Investments Limited Partnership Adelaide Street West, 22, ON, M5H 4E3 Toronto, Canada Integrated Dumont Nickel Project 5 Rio Tinto (Local entity: Rio Sava Exploration doo) St. James's Square 6, SW1Y4LD London, United Kingdom Jadar 6 Kobaloni Energy Zambia Limited Great East Road 87a, 10101 Lusaka, Zambia Kobaloni Energy Zambia Ltd 7 EVION GROUP NL Ord St. 28 (suite 3), WA 6005 West Perth, Australia Maniry Graphite Mine Project 8 Nussir ASA Sjøgata 9, 9600 Hammerfest, Norway Nussir 9 Jervois Brasil Metalurgia Ltda. Avenida Doutor José Arthur Nova 1309, 08.090-000 São Miguel Paulista (São Paulo), Brazil São Miguel Paulista (SMP) Nickel and Cobalt Refinery Restart Project 10 Sarytogan Graphite Limited Hay St. 8/110, WA 6008 Subiaco, Australia Sarytogan Graphite Project 11 Mkango Resources Limited Burrard Street 550, BC V6C 0A3 Vancouver, Canada Songwe Hill Rare Earths 12 Tungsten West PLC Hemerdon Mine (Drakelands), PL7 5BS, Devon, United Kingdom Tungsten West 13 Frontier Rare Earths Limited Rue Jean-Pierre Probst 4, L2352 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Zandkopsdrift

LIST OF STRATEGIC PROJECTS

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX LIST OF STRATEGIC PROJECTS (1) Balakhivka Graphite Deposit is an ongoing extraction project in Ukraine. The project promoted by Pobuzhzhya’s Development LLC aims to contribute to the supply of graphite (battery grade). (2) CaledoNi is an ongoing processing project in New Caledonia. The project promoted by Société Le Nickel aims to contribute to the supply of nickel (battery grade). (3) Norgraph a/s and Greenland Graphite a/s is an ongoing integrated extraction and processing project in Norway (Norgraph a/s) and Greenland (Greenland Graphite a/s). The project promoted by GreenRoc Strategic Materials Plc aims to contribute to the supply of graphite (battery grade). (4) Integrated Dumont Nickel Project is an ongoing extraction project in Canada. The project promoted by Magneto Investments Limited Partnership aims to contribute to the supply of nickel (battery grade) and cobalt. (5) Jadar is an ongoing extraction project in Serbia. The project promoted by Rio Tinto via the local entity Rio Sava Exploration doo aims to contribute to the supply of lithium (battery grade) and boron (metallurgy grade). (6) Kobaloni Energy Zambia Ltd is an ongoing processing project in Zambia. The project promoted by Kobaloni Energy Zambia Limited aims to contribute to the supply of cobalt. (7) Maniry Graphite Mine Project is an ongoing extraction project in Madagascar. The project promoted by Evion Group NL aims to contribute to the supply of graphite (battery grade). (8) Nussir is an ongoing extraction project in Norway. The project promoted by Nussir ASA aims to contribute to the supply of copper. (9) São Miguel Paulista (SMP) Nickel and Cobalt Refinery Restart Project is an ongoing processing project in Brazil. The project promoted by Jervois Brasil Metalurgia Ltda. aims to contribute to the supply of nickel (battery grade) and cobalt. (10) Sarytogan Graphite Project is an ongoing extraction project in Kazakhstan. The project promoted by Sarytogan Graphite Limited aims to contribute to the supply of graphite (battery grade). (11) Songwe Hill Rare Earths is an ongoing extraction project in Malawi. The project promoted by Mkango Resources Limited aims to contribute to the supply of rare earth elements for magnets. (12) Tungsten West is an ongoing extraction project in the United Kingdom. The project promoted by Tungsten West PLC aims to contribute to the supply of tungsten. (13) Zandkopsdrift is an ongoing extraction project in South Africa. The project promoted by Frontier Rare Earths Limited aims to contribute to the supply of rare earth elements for magnets and manganese (battery grade).