Off-Take Agreement with Indium Corporation for Critical & Precious Metals including Gallium & Germanium
https://investorhub.metalliuminc.com/announcements/7469583
31 March 2026
Highlights:
https://investorhub.metalliuminc.com/announcements/7469583
31 March 2026
Highlights:
- Long-term off-take agreement for critical metals recovery using Metallium’s Flash Joule Heating (FJH) technology.
- Critical metals recovery from secondary raw materials and electronic scrap including gallium, germanium, copper, tin, gold and indium.
- Off-take Agreement with an initial term of ten (10) years, with automatic five-year renewal periods.
- Separate discussions underway regarding supply of feedstock materials.
- Indium Corporation is one of the Western world’s largest suppliers of refined specialty technology metals. Indium Corp operates 16 facilities across 8 countries with 1000+ employees.
- Based on the original MOU (https://investorhub.metalliuminc.com/announcements/6672962)
- Access to ultra-high value scrap containing up to 20% (200,000 ppm) In, 15% (150,000 ppm) Ga, and 18% (180,000 ppm) Ge – all critical technology metals that have seen prices increase substantially due to strong demand and supply constraints.
- A recent U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) report highlights the severe economic implications of gallium and germanium supply chain disruptions. According to the study:
- a complete export ban by China on these critical minerals could result in a significant reduction in U.S. GDP
- The semiconductor manufacturing sector, which relies heavily on gallium and germanium, would bear substantial and catastrophic economic losses, with additional downstream impacts across various industries, including electronics and defence.
- China has a dominant position, producing over 95% of the global gallium supply, and its increasing use of export controls as a geopolitical tool.
- Indium’s Business Unit Manager, Markus Roas remarked: “MTM’s latest test results are very meaningful and could be an industry game-changer for the recycling of critical “technology metals” as this development path continues. The ability to recover Gallium and Germanium from waste streams represents an important opportunity to establish a circular supply chain for materials that are essential to semiconductors, defense, and renewable energy industries. The integration of MTM’s technology could reshape how these metals are sourced, reducing dependence on foreign-controlled supply chains. Indium Corporation fully supports this pioneering effort and looks forward to working alongside MTM in advancing this transformative initiative.
- US is 100% reliant on imports of germanium and gallium. Current domestic US Gallium stockpiles are non-existent (USGS 2024).
- (www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKzROQRhbUg) 2:05 "We're soon to pencil an offtake agreement with our partner Indium Corporation for gallium and germanium. And subsequent to that, we will be getting a supply agreement from those gentlemen [Indium] as well. And once that's established, then we will be committing a portion of our Texas ([Gator Point] facility to gallium and geranium feed stock."
- (www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmcKyaMwp2w) April 2025 Investor Webinar:
- Ultra-rich tech scrap from Indium Corp has > 1000x typical ore grades.
- Current value for Gallium / Germanium is between $450K - $800K a ton.
- Producing at one ton a day would bring in $117M - $210M per year for a single plant presently.
