As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2024.

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM F-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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Critical Metals Corp.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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Not Applicable
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

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c/o Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited
Kingston Chambers, PO Box 173, Road Town
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

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Corporation Service Company
251 Little Falls Drive
Wilmington, Delaware 19808
(302) 636-5400
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent of Service)

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Copies to:

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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, the “Securities Act”), check the following box. ☒

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

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†        The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act, or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED MARCH 29, 2024

Critical Metals Corp.

Primary Offering of
7,750,000 Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of warrants

Secondary Offering of
100,312,567 Ordinary Shares

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This prospectus relates to the offer and sale by Critical Metals Corp., BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, (“us,” “we,” “Critical Metals” or the “Company”), of 7,750,000 ordinary shares, par value $0.001 per share (“Ordinary Shares”), issuable upon the exercise of 7,750,000 public warrants, which were originally issued by Sizzle as part of its initial public offering of units at a price of $10.20 per unit, with each unit consisting on one share of Sizzle’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Sizzle Common Stock”), and one-half of one Sizzle Warrant, which were assumed by Critical Metals at the Closing, with each public warrant exercisable for one Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per (the “Public Warrants”).

This prospectus also relates to the offer and sale from time to time, subject to any contractual lock-ups with such holder, by the selling securityholders named in this prospectus (collectively, the “Selling Securityholders”) of up to 100,312,567 Ordinary Shares, which includes (i) 67,788,383 Ordinary Shares issued to European Lithium Limited (“EUR” or “European Lithium”) in connection with the Business Combination in exchange for all of the outstanding equity interests of ELAT at an equity consideration value of $11.06 per share; (ii) 6,778,838 Ordinary Shares issuable to EUR in connection with the Business Combination as Earnout Shares, which is subject to certain terms and conditions relating to the price of the Ordinary Shares during the five-year period following the consummation of the Business Combination, at an equity consideration value of $11.06 per share; (iii) 3,343,750 Ordinary Shares issued to VO Sponsor, LLC (the “Sponsor”) in connection with the Business Combination in exchange for 3,343,750 shares of Sizzle Common Stock, which consisted of (x) 2,621,000 shares of Sizzle Common Stock issued to the Sponsor in the form of founder shares prior to the initial public offering of Sizzle and (y) 722,750 shares of Sizzle Common Stock that were purchased by the Sponsor simultaneously with the closing of the initial public offering of Sizzle; (iv) 51,600 Ordinary Shares issued to the Sponsor in connection with the Business Combination in satisfaction of $129,437 aggregate principal amount outstanding under certain promissory notes held by Sponsor at an equity consideration value of $2.51 per share; (v) 1,247,250 Ordinary Shares issued to Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“Cantor” or “CF&CO), which includes (x) 47,250 Ordinary Shares issued in exchange for 47,250 private shares of Sizzle purchased by Cantor in a private placement in connection with the Sizzle IPO at a price of $10.00 per share, and (y) 1,200,000 Ordinary Shares issued as compensation to CF&CO, as the representative of the underwriters in the Sizzle IPO, for its deferred underwriting fee at a deemed issue price of $6.79 per share; (vi) 3,028,356 Ordinary Shares issuable to Empery Asset Mater, LTD (“EAM”) pursuant to the Subscription Agreements (as described elsewhere in this prospectus), which consists of (w) 114,497 Ordinary Shares issued upon the Closing of the Business Combination as subscription shares under the Subscription Agreement for an effective subscription price of $5.29 per share, after giving effect the reimbursement payable to such subscriber for open-market purchases of Sizzle Common Stock, (x) 628,479 Ordinary Shares issued upon the Closing of the Business Combination for no additional consideration as consideration for such subscriber’s entity into the Subscription Agreement; (y) 571,345 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants to purchase 571,345 Ordinary Shares (the “Empery Asset Warrant”) pursuant to the Subscription Agreement at an exercise price of $10.00 per Ordinary Share and (z) 1,714,035 Ordinary Shares issued upon the Closing of the Business Combination, which are to be released to the holder at a rate of three Ordinary Shares for each Ordinary Share that Empery Asset purchases upon exercise of the Empery Asset Warrants, for an effective price of $2.50 per Ordinary Share upon the exercise of the Empery Asset Warrants; (vii) 1,342,430 Ordinary Shares issuable to Empery Tax Efficient III, LP (“ETE III”) pursuant to the Subscription Agreements (as described elsewhere in this prospectus), which consists of (w) 50,756 Ordinary Shares issued upon the Closing of the Business Combination as subscription shares under the Subscription Agreement for an effective subscription price of $5.29 per share, after giving effect the reimbursement payable to such subscriber for open-market purchases of Sizzle Common Stock, (x) 278,598 Ordinary Shares issued upon the Closing of the Business Combination for no additional consideration as consideration for such subscriber’s entity into the Subscription Agreement; (y) 253,269 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants to purchase 253,269 Ordinary Shares (the “Empery Tax III Warrant”) pursuant to the

Subscription Agreement at an exercise price of $10.00 per Ordinary Share and (z) 759,807 Ordinary Shares issued upon the Closing of the Business Combination, which are to be released to the holder at a rate of three Ordinary Shares for each Ordinary Share that Empery Tax III purchases upon exercise of the Empery Tax III Warrant, for an effective price of $2.50 per Ordinary Share upon the exercise of the Empery Tax III Warrants; (viii) 929,614 Ordinary Shares issuable to Empery Tax Efficient, LP (“ETE” and, together with ETE III and EAM, the “PIPE Investors”) pursuant to the Subscription Agreements (as described elsewhere in this prospectus), which consists of (w) 35,147 Ordinary Shares issued upon the Closing of the Business Combination as subscription shares under the Subscription Agreement for an effective subscription price of $5.29 per share, after giving effect the reimbursement payable to such subscriber for open-market purchases of Sizzle Common Stock, (x) 192,923 Ordinary Shares issued upon the Closing of the Business Combination for no additional consideration as consideration for such subscriber’s entity into the Subscription Agreement; (y) 175,386 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants to purchase 175,386 Ordinary Shares (the “Empery Tax Warrant” and, together with the Empery Asset Warrant and the Empery Tax III Warrant, the “PIPE Warrants”) pursuant to the Subscription Agreement at an exercise price of $10.00 per share and (z) 526,158 Ordinary Shares issued upon the Closing of the Business Combination, which are to be released to the holder at a rate of three Ordinary Shares for each Ordinary Share that Empery Tax purchases upon exercise of the Empery Tax Warrant, for an effective price of $2.50 per Ordinary Share upon the exercise of the Empery Tax III Warrants; (ix) 350,000 Ordinary Shares that are issuable to Polar Multi-Strategy Master Fund (“Polar”) upon exercise of warrants to purchase 350,000 Ordinary Shares (the “Polar Warrants”) at an exercise price of $10.00 per share, which warrants were issued upon the Closing of the Business Combination; (x) 1,015,000 Ordinary Shares issued to various vendors and service providers in connection with the Closing of the Business Combination pursuant to certain agreements to pay various business combination transaction expenses otherwise due at Closing in Ordinary Shares at an average effective price $2.75 per share; and (xi) 14,437,346 Ordinary Shares issued or issuable to Gem Global Yield LLC SCS (“GEM Global” or the “GEM Investor”), which consists of (x) 122,549 Ordinary Shares issued to GEM Global at the Closing as the commitment fee payable under the GEM Agreement (as defined below), (y) 1,814,797 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants to purchase 1,814,797 Ordinary Shares (the “GEM Warrant” and, together with the Public Warrants, the PIPE Warrants and the Polar Warrants, the “Warrants”) at an exercise price of $10.71 per share, which warrants were issued upon the Closing of the Business Combination; and (z) up to 12,500,000 Ordinary Shares issuable upon drawdowns made under the GEM Agreement (as defined below).

On February 27, 2024 (the “Closing Date”), we consummated the transaction contemplated by the business combination agreement, dated as of October 24, 2022, as amended as of January 4, 2023, July 7, 2023, and November 17, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Sizzle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Sizzle”), European Lithium Limited, an Australian Public Company limited by shares (“EUR”), European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited, a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“ELAT”) and Project Wolf Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement (a) the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of ELAT held by shareholders of ELAT in exchange for ordinary shares of the Company, such that ELAT became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and the shareholders of ELAT became shareholders of the Company (the “Share Exchange”); and immediately thereafter (b) Merger Sub merged with and into Sizzle, with Sizzle continuing as the surviving entity and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (such transactions, collectively, the “Business Combination”).

Pursuant to lock-up agreements entered into with the applicable parties, all holders of Ordinary Shares as of the Closing, including all holders described above other than the PIPE Investors but excluding Sizzle’s public shareholders prior to the closing of the Business Combination, agreed, among other things, that such party’s Ordinary Shares may not be transferred for a period of one year after the Closing. In addition, Critical Metals will be restricted from issuing additional shares or filing certain registration statements related to primary offerings with the SEC for a period of 60 days after the Closing, subject to certain specified exceptions. Following the closing of the Business Combination, of the 81,640,131 Ordinary shares that were issued and outstanding as of the Closing Date, approximately 74,398,882 Ordinary Shares (or approximately 91% of the total issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares) are subject to a lock-up for up to one year after Closing. See the section of this prospectus entitled “Shares Eligible for Future Sale.”

Only July 4, 2023, we, the GEM Investor and GEM Yield Bahamas Ltd. (“GYBL”) entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the “GEM Agreement”), pursuant to which we are entitled to draw up to $125 million of gross proceeds in exchange for Ordinary Shares, at a price equal to 90% of the average closing bid price of the Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq for a 30 day period, subject to meeting the terms and conditions of the GEM Agreement. The GEM Agreement allows us to access funds for general corporate purpose and working capital needs. In addition, at the Closing, the GEM Investor was granted a warrant (the “GEM Warrant”) to purchase up to 1,814,797 Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of

$10.71 per share (subject to adjustments described in the GEM Warrant) expiring on the 3rd anniversary of the closing of the Business Combination. See the section of this prospectus entitled “The GEM Agreement” for additional information about the GEM Agreement and GEM Warrant.

Solely for the purposes of calculating the number of Ordinary Shares that may be sold to the GEM Investor pursuant to the GEM Agreement, we have assumed a minimum purchase price of $10.00 per share, as more fully described under the sections entitled “Prospectus Summary — GEM Agreement” and “The GEM Agreement.”

On February 8, 2024, we, Sizzle, and the Sponsor entered into separate subscription agreements (each, a “Subscription Agreement”) with each PIPE Investor. Pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, the PIPE Investors agreed to subscribe for and purchase from Critical Metals, and Critical Metals agreed to issue and sell to the PIPE Investors, an aggregate of 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares for a purchase price of $10.00 per share, resulting in an aggregate purchase price of $10 million for all three PIPE Investors, subject to offsets for purchases of shares of Sizzle Common Stock, all on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein (the “PIPE Financing”). See the section of this prospectus entitled “Summary — Description of the Business Combination and Related Transactions — PIPE Financing” for additional information about the PIPE Financing.

In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, we and/or Sizzle entered into or amended, as applicable, certain agreements with their vendors or service providers, including the underwriter in Sizzle’s IPO, to pay various business combination transaction expenses otherwise due at Closing, including deferral agreements with vendors or service providers, requiring deferred cash payments by the registrant to such parties to be satisfied over specified time periods after Closing, and certain other fee modification agreements with vendors or service providers pursuant to which such parties received newly issued Ordinary Shares at Closing and/or deferred cash payments (or a combination of both). Pursuant to such agreements, an aggregate of 2,215,000 Ordinary Shares were issued to such providers.

In addition, in connection with the closing of the Business Combination, we entered into an omnibus amendment to the subscription agreements, pursuant to which, Critical Metals and the PIPE Investors agreed to extend the term of the warrants issued to such PIPE Investors at Closing to 15 months following the Closing.

Further, in connection with the Closing, Critical Metals also entered a certain letter agreement with GEM Global and GYBL to amend that certain Share Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which, Critical Metals agreed to issue additional Ordinary Shares to GEM Global to the extent the shares issued as a “commitment fee” pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement valued at the Daily Closing Price on the 30th day after Closing is less than $1.875 million in the event that Critical Metals does not exchange such commitment fee shares for $1.875 million within 60 Days of Closing. In addition, Gem Global, on the first anniversary of the closing of the Business Combination, was granted the right to require us to purchase the GEM Warrant from GEM Global in exchange for a number of Ordinary Shares having a value equal to $27,200,000.

In connection with the Business Combination, holders of 1,414,537 shares of Sizzle Common Stock exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a price of approximately $11.06 per share, for an aggregate price of approximately $15.7 million, which represented approximately 61.3% of the total Sizzle public shares then outstanding. In addition, prior to the consummation on the business combination, in connection with several meetings to approve the extension of the date by which Sizzle was required to complete an initial business combination, public stockholders of Sizzle elected to redeem an aggregate of 13,193,234 shares of Sizzle Common Stock for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $137.4 million. As a result, an aggregate of approximately $153.1 million was paid to such redeeming stockholders at or prior to the closing of the Business Combination out of the trust account established by Sizzle upon the closing of its initial public offering.

The Selling Securityholders can sell, under this prospectus, up to 100,312,567 Ordinary Shares, constituting approximately 95% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares on a fully diluted basis (assuming and after giving effect to (x) the issuance of 10,914,797 Ordinary Shares upon exercise of all outstanding Warrants and (y) the issuance of 12,500,000 Ordinary Shares pursuant to the GEM Agreement) as of March 27, 2024. Upon expiration of the contractual lock-up restrictions mentioned above, the Selling Securityholders will be able to sell all of their shares registered for resale hereunder for so long as this registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part is available for use. Sales of a substantial number of our Ordinary Shares in the public market by the Selling Securityholders and/or by our other existing securityholders, or the perception that those sales might occur, could increase the volatility of and cause a significant decline in the market price of our securities and could impar our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities. See “— Sales of a substantial number of our securities in the public market by the Selling Securityholders and/or by our existing securityholders could cause the price of our shares of Ordinary Shares and Public Warrants to fall.”

All the securities offered in this prospectus may be resold for so long as the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, is available for use. The sale of all or a portion of the securities being offered in this prospectus could result in a significant decline in the public trading price of our securities. Despite such a decline in the public trading price, some of the selling securityholders may still experience a positive rate of return on the securities they purchased due to the price at which such selling securityholder initially purchased the securities. See the sections of this prospectus entitled “Information Related to the Offered Securities” and “Risk Factors — Certain existing securityholders purchased, or may purchase, our securities at a price below the current trading price of such securities, and may experience a positive rate of return based on the current trading price. Other investors in the Company may not experience a similar rate of return” for additional information on the potential profits the Selling Securityholders may experience.

We are registering the offer and sale of these securities to satisfy certain registration rights we have granted. Our registration of the securities covered by this prospectus does not mean that the selling securityholders will offer or sell any of the securities registered for resale.

We will bear all costs, expenses, and fees in connection with the registration of the securities covered by this prospectus. The Selling Securityholders may offer all or part of the securities for resale from time to time through public or private transactions, at either prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices. These securities are being registered to permit the Selling Securityholders to sell securities from time to time, in amounts, at prices and on terms determined at the time of offering. The Selling Securityholders may sell these securities through ordinary brokerage transactions, in underwritten offerings, directly to market makers of our shares or through any other means described in the section entitled “Plan of Distribution” herein. In connection with any sales of securities offered hereunder, the Selling Securityholders, any underwriters, agents, brokers or dealers participating in such sales may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. We are registering these securities for resale by the Selling Securityholders, or their donees, pledgees, transferees, distributees or other successors-in-interest selling our Ordinary Shares or Warrants or interests in our Ordinary Shares or Warrants or received after the date of this prospectus from the Selling Securityholders as a gift, pledge, partnership distribution or other transfer.

We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of Ordinary Shares by the Selling Securityholders pursuant to this prospectus. We will, however, receive the proceeds from the exercise of Warrants to the extent such Warrants are exercised for cash. Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Ordinary Share at the applicable exercise price of such Warrant. The exercise price of (i) the Public Warrants to purchase 7,750,000 Ordinary Shares is $11.50 per share, (ii) the Polar Warrant to purchase 350,000 Ordinary Shares is $10.00 per share, (iii) PIPE Warrants to purchase 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares is $10.00 per share and (iv) the GEM Warrant to purchase 1,814,797 Ordinary Shares is $10.71 per share, in each case, subject to adjustment as set forth therein. Assuming the exercise of all outstanding Warrants for cash, we would receive aggregate proceeds of approximately $122.1 million. We believe that the likelihood that Warrant holders determine to exercise their Warrants, and therefore the amount of cash proceeds that we would receive, is dependent upon the market price of our Ordinary Shares. If the market price for our Ordinary Shares is less than the applicable exercise price of the Warrants (on a per share basis), we believe that Warrant holders will be unlikely to exercise any of their Warrants, and accordingly, we will not receive any such proceeds. Conversely, we believe the Warrant holders are more likely to exercise their Warrants the higher the price of our Ordinary Shares is above the applicable exercise price of such Warrants. On March 28, 2024, the closing price of our Ordinary Shares was $11.97 per share, which is above the applicable exercise price of all our Warrants. There is no assurance that the Warrants will be “in the money” prior to their expiration or that the Warrant holders will exercise their Warrants. To the extent that any Warrants are exercised on a cashless basis, the amount of cash we would receive from the exercise of the Warrants will decrease.

We may amend or supplement this prospectus from time to time by filing amendments or supplements as required. You should read this entire prospectus and any amendments or supplements carefully before you make your investment decision.

Our Ordinary Shares and Public Warrants are listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) under the trading symbols “CRML” and “CRMLW,” respectively. On March 28, 2024, the closing prices for our Ordinary Shares and Public Warrants on the Nasdaq were $11.97 per share and $0.16 per warrant, respectively.

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 and is therefore eligible to take advantage of certain reduced reporting requirements applicable to other public companies.

We are also a “foreign private issuer” as defined in the Exchange Act and are exempt from certain rules under the Exchange Act that impose certain disclosure obligations and procedural requirements for proxy solicitations under Section 14 of the Exchange Act. In addition, our officers, directors and principal shareholders will be exempt from the reporting and “short-swing” profit recovery provisions under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. Moreover, we are not required to file periodic reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S. companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act.

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 22 of this prospectus for a discussion of information that should be considered in connection with an investment in our securities.

Neither the SEC nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

PROSPECTUS DATED             , 2024

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You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any supplement. Neither we nor the Selling Securityholders have authorized anyone else to provide you with different information. The securities offered by this prospectus are being offered only in jurisdictions where the offer is permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or any supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of each document. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

Except as otherwise set forth in this prospectus, neither we nor the Selling Securityholders have taken any action to permit a public offering of these securities outside the United States or to permit the possession or distribution of this prospectus outside the United States. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about and observe any restrictions relating to the offering of these securities and the distribution of this prospectus outside the United States.

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form F-1 that we filed with the SEC. The Selling Securityholders named in this prospectus may, from time to time, sell the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. This prospectus includes important information about us, the securities being offered by the Selling Securityholders and other information you should know before investing. Any prospectus supplement may also add, update, or change information in this prospectus. If there is any inconsistency between the information contained in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information contained in that particular prospectus supplement. This prospectus does not contain all of the information provided in the registration statement that we filed with the SEC. You should read this prospectus together with the additional information about us described in the section below entitled “Where You Can Find More Information.” You should rely only on information contained in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus. We have not, and the Selling Securityholders have not, authorized anyone to provide you with information different from that contained in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front cover of the prospectus. You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus is accurate as of any other date.

The Selling Securityholders may offer and sell the securities directly to purchasers, through agents selected by the Selling Securityholders, or to or through underwriters or dealers. A prospectus supplement, if required, may describe the terms of the plan of distribution and set forth the names of any agents, underwriters or dealers involved in the sale of securities. See “Plan of Distribution.”

As used in this prospectus, unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company,” “Registrant,” and “Critical Metals” refer to the businesses of Critical Metals Corp. its subsidiaries following the consummation of the Business Combination.

This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities, or the solicitation of a proxy, in any jurisdiction to or from any person to whom it is unlawful to make any such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION PRESENTATION

The Company’s and ELAT’s audited financial statements included in this prospectus have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IFRS”). Presentation of financial information in accordance with IFRS requires the Company’s management and ELAT’s management to make various estimates and assumptions which may impact the values shown in the Selected Historical Financial Information of the Company and ELAT, respectively, and the respective notes thereto. The actual values may differ from such assumptions.

Prior to the Business Combination, Sizzle had no material assets other than the trust account and did not conduct any material activities other than those incidental to its formation and the matters contemplated by the Merger Agreement, such as the making of certain required securities law filings. Accordingly, no financial statements of Sizzle have been included in this prospectus.

The Business Combination is made up of the series of transactions provided for in the Merger Agreement as described elsewhere within this prospectus. The Business Combination will be accounted for as a capital reorganization. Under this method of accounting, Sizzle will be treated as the acquired company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the Business Combination will be treated as the equivalent of the Company issuing shares at the Closing for the net assets of Sizzle as of the Closing Date, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of Sizzle will be stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. The Business Combination, which is not within the scope of IFRS 3 — Business Combinations (“IFRS 3”) since Sizzle does not meet the definition of a business in accordance with IFRS 3, is accounted for within the scope of IFRS 2 — Share-based payment (“IFRS 2”). Any excess of fair value of shares in the Company issued over the fair value of Sizzle’s identifiable net assets acquired represents compensation for the service of a stock exchange listing for its shares and is expensed as incurred.

EXCHANGE RATES

The Company’s reporting currency is the U.S. dollar. The determination of the functional and reporting currency of each group company is based on the primary currency in which the group company operates. The functional currency of the Company’s subsidiaries will generally be the local currency.

The translation of foreign currencies into U.S. dollars is performed for assets and liabilities at the end of each reporting period based on the then current exchange rates. For revenue and expense accounts, an average monthly foreign currency rate is applied. Adjustments resulting from translating foreign functional currency financial statements into U.S. dollars will be recorded as part of a separate component of shareholders’ deficit and reported in the Company’s financial statements. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses will be included in other income (expense), net for the period.

MARKET AND INDUSTRY DATA

This prospectus includes industry data and forecasts that the Company obtained or derived from internal company analyses, independent third party publications and other industry data. Some data are also based on good faith estimates, which are derived from internal company analyses, information, assumptions or judgments, as well as the independent sources referred to above. Statements as to industry position are based on market data currently available. Any estimates underlying such market-derived information and other factors could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in the independent parties’ estimates and in our estimates, and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in this prospectus.

TRADEMARKS

The Company owns or has rights to trademarks that they use in connection with the operation of its businesses and that are used in this prospectus. This prospectus also includes other trademarks, trade names and service marks that are the property of their respective owners. Solely for convenience, in some cases, the trademarks, trade names and service marks referred to in this prospectus are listed without the applicable ®, ™ and ℠ symbols, but they will assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, their rights to these trademarks, trade names and service marks.

FREQUENTLY USED TERMS

The following terms used in this prospectus have the meanings indicated below:

RISK FACTORS

Investing in our securities involves risks. Before you make a decision to buy our securities, in addition to the risks and uncertainties discussed above under “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” you should carefully consider the specific risks set forth herein. If any of these risks actually occur, it may materially harm our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations. As a result, the market price of our securities could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment. Additionally, the risks and uncertainties described in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement are not the only risks and uncertainties that we face. We may face additional risks and uncertainties that are not presently known to us, or that we currently deem immaterial, which may also impair our business, prospects, financial condition or operating results. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes to the financial statements included herein.

Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this section to “European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited,” or “ELAT” refer to European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited and its subsidiaries prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, which became the business of the Company and its subsidiaries upon consummation of the Business Combination.

Risks Related to this Offering by the Selling Securityholders

Sales of a substantial number of our securities in the public market by the Selling Securityholders and/or by our existing securityholders could cause the price of our Ordinary Shares and Public Warrants to fall.

The Selling Securityholders can sell, under this prospectus, up to 100,312,567 Ordinary Shares, constituting approximately 95% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares on a fully diluted basis (assuming and after giving effect to (x) the issuance of 10,914,797 Ordinary Shares upon exercise of all outstanding Warrants and (y) the issuance of 12,500,000 Ordinary Shares pursuant to the GEM Agreement) as of March 27, 2024, which includes (i) 67,788,383 Ordinary Shares issued to European Lithium in connection with the Business Combination in exchange for all of the outstanding equity interests of ELAT; (ii) 6,778,838 Ordinary Shares issuable to EUR in connection with the Business Combination as Earnout Shares, which is subject to certain terms and conditions relating to the price of the Ordinary Shares during the five year period following the consummation of the Business Combination; (iii) 3,343,750 Ordinary Shares issued to the Sponsor in connection with the Business Combination in exchange for 3,343,750 shares of Sizzle Common Stock, which consisted of (x) 2,621,000 shares of Sizzle Common Stock issued to the Sponsor in the form of founder shares prior to the initial public offering of Sizzle and (y) 722,750 shares of Sizzle Common Stock that were purchased by the Sponsor simultaneously with the closing of the initial public offering of Sizzle; (iv) 51,600 Ordinary Shares issued to the Sponsor in connection with the Business Combination in satisfaction of $129,437 aggregate principal amount outstanding under certain promissory notes held by Sponsor; (v) 1,247,250 Ordinary Shares issued to CF&CO, which includes (x) 47,250 Ordinary Shares issued in exchange for 47,250 private shares of Sizzle purchased by Cantor in a private placement in connection with the Sizzle IPO, and (y) 1,200,000 Ordinary Shares issued as compensation to CF&CO, as the representative of the underwriters in the Sizzle IPO, for its deferred underwriting fee; (vi) 3,028,356 Ordinary Shares issuable to EAM pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, which consists of (w) 114,497 PIPE Shares, (x) 628,479 Bonus Shares as consideration for such subscriber’s entity into the Subscription Agreement; (y) 571,345 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of a PIPE Warrant and (z) 1,714,035 Additional Shares; (vii) 1,342,430 Ordinary Shares issuable to ETE III pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, which consists of (w) 50,756 PIPE Shares, (x) 278,598 Bonus Shares; (y) 253,269 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the PIPE Warrants and (z) 759,807 Additional Shares; (viii) 929,614 Ordinary Shares issuable to ETE pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, which consists of (w) 35,147 PIPE Shares, (x) 192,923 Bonus Shares, (y) 175,386 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the PIPE Warrants and (z) 526,158 Additional Shares; (ix) 350,000 Ordinary Shares that are issuable to Polar upon exercise of the Polar Warrants; (x) 1,015,000 Ordinary Shares issued to various vendors and service providers in connection with the Closing of the Business Combination pursuant to certain agreements to pay various business combination transaction expenses otherwise due at Closing in Ordinary Shares; and (xi) 14,437,346 Ordinary Shares issuable to Gem Global, which consists of (x) 122,549 Ordinary Shares issued to GEM Global at the Closing as the commitment fee payable under the GEM Agreement, (y) 1,814,797 Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of the GEM Warrant; and (z) up to 12,500,000 Ordinary Shares issuable upon drawdowns made under the GEM Agreement. Depending on the price, other securityholders may have paid significantly more than the Selling Securityholder for any Ordinary Shares they may have purchased in the open market based on variable market price. All the securities offered in this prospectus may be resold for so long as the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, is available for use. The sale of all or a portion of

the securities being offered in this prospectus could result in a significant decline in the public trading price of our securities. Despite such a decline in the public trading price, some of the Selling Securityholders may still experience a positive rate of return on the securities they purchased due to the price at which such selling securityholder initially purchased the securities. For additional information on the potential profits that the Selling Securityholders may experience, see the sections of this prospectus entitled “Information Related to the Offered Securities” and “— Certain existing securityholders purchased, or may purchase, our securities at a price below the current trading price of such securities, and may experience a positive rate of return based on the current trading price. Other investors may not experience a similar rate of return.”

In addition, sales of a substantial number of our Ordinary Shares in the public market by the Selling Securityholders and/or by our other existing securityholders, or the perception that those sales might occur, could depress the market price of our Ordinary Shares and Public and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities. We are unable to predict the effect that such sales may have on the prevailing market price of our Ordinary Shares and Public Warrants.

Sales, or the perception of sales, of our Ordinary Shares, including those registered in this registration statement, by us or our existing stockholders in the public market could cause the market price for our Ordinary Shares to decline.

The sale of substantial amounts of Ordinary Shares in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could harm the prevailing market price of the Ordinary Shares. These sales, or the possibility that these sales may occur, also might make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities in the future at a time and at a price that we deem appropriate.

Upon the effectiveness of this registration statement and the expiration or waiver of the lock-ups restrictions, shares held by certain of our stockholders will be eligible for resale, subject to, in the case of certain securityholders, volume, manner of sale and other limitations under Rule 144. As restrictions on resale end, the market price of shares of our Ordinary Shares could drop significantly if the holders of these shares sell them or are perceived by the market as intending to sell them. These factors could also make it more difficult for us to raise additional funds through future offerings of our shares of common stock or other securities.

In addition, the Ordinary Shares reserved for future issuance under the Critical Metals Corp. 2024 Incentive Award Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) and the Critical Metals Corp. 2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) will become eligible for sale in the public market once those shares are issued, subject to provisions relating to various vesting agreements, lock-up agreements and, in some cases, limitations on volume and manner of sale by affiliates under Rule 144, as applicable. The number of shares initially reserved for future issuance under the Incentive Plan and ESPP equals 9,073,988 Ordinary Shares and 1,814,297 Ordinary Shares, respectively.

We expect to file one or more registration statements on Form S-8 under the Securities Act to register our Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for our Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to our equity incentive plans. Any such Form S-8 registration statements will automatically become effective upon filing. Accordingly, shares registered under such registration statements will be available for sale in the open market. The initial registration statement on Form S-8 is expected to cover approximately 10,888,285 Ordinary Shares.

Certain existing securityholders purchased, or may purchase, our securities at a price below the current trading price of such securities, and may experience a positive rate of return based on the current trading price. Other investors may not experience a similar rate of return.

Certain of our shareholders, including some of the Selling Securityholders, acquired, or may acquire, Ordinary Shares at prices below the current trading price of our Ordinary Shares and may experience a positive rate of return based on the current trading price.

This prospectus relates to the offer and resale from time to time by the Selling Securityholders of up to 100,312,567 Ordinary Shares. Depending on the price, the public securityholders may have paid significantly more than the selling securityholders for any shares or Warrants they may have purchased in the open market based on variable market price.

For a description of the potential profits that European Lithium, the Sponsor and the other Selling Securityholders may experience, see the section of this prospectus entitled “Information Related to the Offered Securities.” Public shareholders may not be able to experience the same positive rates of return on securities they purchase due to the low price at which the selling securityholders purchased their securities.

Our issuance of additional capital stock in connection with financings, acquisitions, investments, share incentive plans or otherwise will dilute all other stockholders.

We expect to issue additional shares in the future, including under the GEM Agreement, that will result in dilution to all other shareholders. For example, under the GEM Agreement, we are entitled to draw down up to $125 million of gross proceeds from GEM Investor in exchange for the issuance the Ordinary Shares a per-share amount equal to 90% of the average closing bid price of the Ordinary Shares recorded by Nasdaq during the 30 consecutive trading days commencing on the first trading day that is designated on the draw down notice. Assuming the Ordinary Shares remain trading at $11.40, the closing price on Nasdaq on March 27, 2024, and we draw down fully under the GEM Agreement, the estimated shares issuable to the GEM Investor would be approximately 10,964,912 Ordinary Shares.

In addition, we expect to grant equity awards to employees, directors, and consultants under its share incentive plans. We also expect to raise capital through equity financings in the future. As part of its business strategy, we may acquire or make investments in complementary companies, products, or technologies and issue equity securities to pay for any such acquisition or investment. We intend to comply with the Nasdaq home country corporate governance rules applicable to foreign private issuers, which means that we are permitted to follow certain corporate governance rules that conform to requirements of the British Virgin Islands in lieu of many of the Nasdaq corporate governance rules. For example, among other things, we expect to opt out of the requirement that we obtain shareholder approval prior to the issuance of securities in connection with certain acquisitions or private placements of securities. Accordingly, our shareholders will not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to all of the corporate governance requirements of Nasdaq. We may utilize these exemptions for as long as we continue to qualify as a foreign private issuer. Please see “Management — Corporate Governance Practices.”

Any such issuances of additional shares may cause shareholders to experience significant dilution of their ownership interests and could have a negative impact on the market price of the Company Ordinary Shares and the Company’s ability to obtain additional financing in the future.

Risks Related to our Business and our Industry

Our current liquidity resources raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern unless we raise additional capital to meet our obligations in the near term.

Since its inception, ELAT (our predecessor) has incurred recurring net losses and negative cash flows from operating activities, and has financed operations primarily through financing transactions conducted by EUR. ELAT has incurred losses after income tax of $4.0 million and $1.7 million for the year ended June 30, 2023 and the six months ended December 31 2023, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, ELAT had net cash outflows from operating activities of $0.8 million, a working capital deficit of $3.8 million and cash on hand of $0.2 million. Until commercial production is achieved from the Wolfsberg Project, we will continue to incur operating and investing net cash outflows associated with maintaining and acquiring exploration properties, undertaking ongoing exploration activities and the funding obligations to develop the assets of our planned projects.

In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, we raised cash proceeds of $10 million from the PIPE Financing and EUR waived the minimum cash condition in the Merger Agreement that required there to be funds in Sizzle’s trust account and funds from other private financing arrangements equal to at least $40 million before payment of transaction expenses. In addition, in connection with the closing of the Business Combination, we and Sizzle entered into or amended certain agreements with vendors or service providers, including the underwriter in Sizzle’s IPO, to pay various business combination transaction expenses otherwise due at Closing, including deferral agreements with vendors or service providers, requiring deferred cash payments by the registrant to such parties to be satisfied over specified time periods after Closing, and certain other fee modification agreements with vendors or service providers pursuant to which such parties will receive newly issued Ordinary Shares at Closing and/or deferred cash payments (or a combination of both). Pursuant to such agreements, an aggregate of 2,215,000 Ordinary Shares were issued to such providers. We received net cash proceeds from the Business Combination of $341,158. Additional capital will be necessary in order to fund currently anticipated expenditures and to meet our obligations as they come due.

Substantial doubt exists about our ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are available to be issued. We will continue efforts to remedy the conditions or events that raise this substantial doubt, however, as some components of these plans are outside of management’s control, we cannot offer any assurances they will be effectively implemented. We also cannot offer any assurance that any additional financing will be available on acceptable terms or at all. Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the continuity of normal business activities and the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities in the ordinary course of business.

Our business operates in the mining exploration and development industry. Our Project is at the development stage, and there are no guarantees that development of the Project into a mine will occur or that such development will result in the commercial extraction of mineral deposits. In addition, even if an economic mineral deposit is mined, we may not realize profits from our development activities in the short, medium or long term.

We are engaged in the business of exploring and developing mineral properties with the intention of locating economic deposits of minerals. We have declared mineral resources but have not yet begun to extract mineral from our property interests. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that we will realize profits in the medium to long term. Any profitability in the future from our business will be dependent upon development of an economic deposit of minerals and further exploration and development of other economic deposits of minerals, each of which is subject to numerous risk factors. Further, we cannot assure you that any of our property interests can be commercially mined or that our ongoing exploration programs will result in profitable commercial mining operations. The exploration and development of mineral deposits involves a high degree of financial risk over a significant period of time which may or may not be eliminated through a combination of careful evaluation, experience and skilled management. While discovery of additional ore-bearing deposits may result in substantial rewards, few properties which are explored are ultimately developed into producing mines. Major expenses may be required to construct mining and processing facilities and to establish additional reserves. The profitability of our operations will be, in part, directly related to the cost and success of our exploration and development programs which may be affected by a number of factors. Additional expenditures are required to construct, complete and install mining and processing facilities in those properties that are actually mined and developed.

In addition, exploration and development projects like ours have no operating history upon which to base estimates of future operating costs and capital requirements. Exploration project items, such as any future estimates of reserves, metal recoveries or cash operating costs will, to a large extent, be based upon the interpretation of geologic data obtained from a limited number of drill holes and other sampling techniques. Actual operating costs and economic returns of any and all exploration projects may materially differ from the costs and returns estimated, and accordingly our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows may be negatively affected.

Our future performance is difficult to evaluate because we have a limited operating history in the mining, energy and resources sector, including in the battery metals industry.

We have not realized any revenues to date from the sale of lithium, and our operating cash flow needs have been financed primarily through the issuances of debt and equity raises and not through cash flows derived from our operations. As a result, we have little historical financial and operating information available to help you evaluate our performance.

Our long-term success will depend ultimately on implementing our business strategy and operational plan, as well as our ability to generate revenues, achieve and maintain profitability and develop positive cash flows from our mining activities.

Our ability to (i) recover carrying values of our assets, (ii) acquire additional lithium projects, (iii) continue with exploration, development, commissioning, and mining and (iv) manufacture lithium hydroxide ultimately depends on our ability to generate revenues, achieve and maintain profitability and generate positive cash flow from our operations. The economic viability of our future mining activities has many risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to:

•        a significant, prolonged decrease in the market price of lithium or lithium hydroxide;

•        difficulty in marketing and/or selling lithium or lithium hydroxide;

•        significantly higher than expected capital costs to construct our mine;

•        significantly higher than expected extraction costs;

•        significantly lower than expected lithium extraction;

•        significant delays, reductions or stoppages of lithium extraction activities;

•        shortages of adequate and skilled labor or a significant increase in labor costs;

•        the introduction of significantly more stringent regulatory laws and regulations; and

•        delays in the availability of construction equipment.

Our future mining and lithium manufacturing activities may change as a result of any one or more of these risks and uncertainties. We cannot assure you that any deposit from which we extract mineralized materials will result in achieving and maintaining profitability and developing positive cash flows.

Our business strategy is to source battery-grade lithium hydroxide to supply the electric vehicle and battery storage markets. Consequently, our growth depends upon the continued growth in demand for electric vehicles with high performance lithium compounds.

We aim to be one of a few producers of performance lithium compounds that are a critical input in current and next generation high energy density batteries used in electric vehicle applications. Our growth is dependent upon the continued adoption of electric vehicles by consumers. If the market for electric vehicles does not develop as we expect, or develops more slowly than we expect, our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations will be affected. The market for electric vehicles is relatively new, rapidly evolving, and could be affected by numerous external factors, such as:

•        government regulations and automakers’ responses to those regulations;

•        tax and economic incentives;

•        rates of consumer adoption, which is driven in part by perceptions about electric vehicle features (including range per charge), quality, safety, performance, cost and charging infrastructure;

•        competition, including from other types of alternative fuel vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and high fuel-economy internal combustion engine vehicles;

•        volatility in the cost of battery materials, oil and gasoline;

•        rates of customer adoption of higher performance lithium compounds;

•        the environmental impacts of lithium mining; and

•        rates of development and adoption of next generation high nickel battery technologies and hydrogen fuel cells.

Our long-term success depends, in part, on our ability to negotiate and enter into binding offtake or sales agreements with, and deliver our product to, third party customers on commercially viable terms. This may not occur or, should it occur, may not result in the appreciation of our share price similar of what other companies in our industry have experienced following the announcement of such agreements.

Our success depends on our ability to generate revenue and operate profitably, which depends in part on our ability to identify target customers and convert such contacts into meaningful orders or expand on current customer relationships. We do not currently have any revenue or definitive off-take or sales agreements with customers in place, other than our Offtake Agreement with BMW. If we are unable to negotiate, finalize and maintain such agreements and satisfy the conditions thereto in order to enter into definitive agreements, or are only able to do so on terms that are unfavorable to us, we will not be able to generate any revenue, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition.

We anticipate that in some cases our products will be delivered to certain customers on an early trial deployment basis, where such customers have the ability to evaluate whether our products meet their performance requirements before they commit to meaningful orders. If our targeted customers do not commit to make meaningful orders, or at all, it could adversely affect our business, prospects and results of operations. Our customers may require protections in the form of price reductions and similar arrangements that allow them to require us to deliver additional product or reimburse them for losses they suffer as a result of our late delivery or failure to meet agreed upon performance specification. Delays in delivery of our products, unexpected performance problems or other events could cause us to fail to meet these contractual commitments, resulting in delays in obtaining necessary materials used in our production process, defects in material or workmanship or unexpected problems in our manufacturing process, which could lead to unanticipated revenue and earnings losses and financial penalties. The occurrence of any of these events could harm our business, prospects, results of operations and financial results.

Even if we do enter into offtake and/or sales agreements, we may fail to deliver the product required by such agreements or may experience production costs in excess of the fixed price to be paid to us under such agreements. In December 2022, we entered into a long-term Offtake Agreement (the “Offtake Agreement”) with European auto manufacturer, BMW. The Offtake Agreement is conditioned upon the successful start of commercial production at the Wolfsberg Project and full product qualification and certification. In connection with the execution of the Offtake Agreement, BMW has agreed to make an advance payment of US$15.0 million to us to be repaid through equal set offs against battery grade lithium hydroxide delivered to BMW. We believe we have satisfied the conditions of the Offtake Agreement to receive the US$15.0 million prepayment and are currently waiting on funds to be deposited in an escrow account. Our business, results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected if we are unable to (i) realize the expected benefits under the Offtake Agreement; (ii) enter into similar agreements with other buyers; (iii) deliver the products required by such agreements; or (iv) experience costs in excess of the price set forth in such agreements.

We may seek to raise further funds through equity or debt financing, joint ventures, production sharing arrangements or other means. Consequently, we depend on our ability to successfully access the capital and financial markets. Any inability to access the capital or financial markets may limit our ability to fund our ongoing operations, execute our business plan or pursue investments that we may rely on for future growth.

Until commercial production is achieved from our planned projects, we will continue to incur operating and investing net cash outflows associated with maintaining and acquiring exploration properties, undertaking ongoing exploration activities and the funding obligations to develop the assets of our planned projects. As a result, we have historically relied upon European Lithium’s access to capital markets as a source of funding for our capital and operating requirements, and we will continue to rely on capital markets. We will require additional capital to fund our ongoing operations, explore and define lithium mineralization and establish any future mining or lithium manufacturing operations. We cannot assure you that such additional funding will be available to us on satisfactory terms, or at all.

In order to finance our future ongoing operations and future capital needs, we will require additional funds through the issuance of additional equity or debt securities. Depending on the type and terms of any financing we pursue, shareholders’ rights and the value of their investment in our ordinary shares could be reduced. Any additional equity financing will dilute shareholdings. If the issuance of new securities results in diminished rights to holders of our ordinary shares, the market price of our ordinary shares could be negatively impacted. New or additional debt financing, if available, may involve restrictions on financing and operating activities. In addition, if we issue secured debt securities, the holders of the debt would have a claim to our assets that would be prior to the rights of shareholders until the debt is paid. Interest on such debt securities would increase costs and negatively impact operating results.

If we are unable to obtain additional financing, as needed, at competitive rates, our ability to fund our current operations and implement our business plan and strategy will be affected, and we would be required to reduce the scope of our operations and scale back our exploration, development and mining programs. There is, however, no guarantee that we will be able to secure any additional funding or be able to secure funding which will provide us with sufficient funds to meet our objectives, which may adversely affect our business and financial position. Certain market disruptions may increase our cost of borrowing or affect our ability to access one or more financial markets. Such market disruptions could result from:

•        adverse economic conditions, including inflationary factors and recessionary fears;

•        adverse general capital market conditions, including rising interest rates;

•        poor performance and health of the lithium or mining industries in general;

•        bankruptcy or financial distress of unrelated lithium companies or marketers;

•        significant decrease in the demand for lithium; or

•        adverse regulatory actions that affect our exploration and construction plans or the use of lithium generally.

The mining industry is capital intensive, and we may be unable to fund our capital requirements or meet contractual commitments.

Mining requires a substantial amount of capital in order to identify and delineate mineral reserves and mineral resources through geological mapping and drilling, to identify geological features that may prevent or restrict the extraction of ore, to construct mining and processing facilities, expand production capacity (including by sinking or deepening existing shafts), to replenish reserves, to purchase, maintain and improve assets, equipment and infrastructure, to comply with legal or regulatory requirements or industry standards as well as to meet unexpected liabilities. Large amounts of capital are required to implement projects, and long-term production and processing requires both significant capital expenditure and ongoing maintenance expenditure. We expect to materially increase our capital expenditures to support the growth in our business and operations. Our business plan is based on, among other things, expectations as to capital expenditures and if we are unable to fund those capital expenditures we will not achieve the targets set forth in our business plan or be able to develop future capital projects. If we are unable to fund our planned capital expenditure projects as a result of our operations being unable to generate sufficient cash flow or as a result of difficulties in raising debt or equity funding to support future capital expenditures and investments, we may no longer be able to complete existing capital projects. In addition, we may be unable to develop new capital projects so as to continue production at cost-effective levels. Furthermore, any such reduction in capital expenditure may cause us to forego some of the benefits of any future increases in commodity prices, as it is generally costly or impossible to resume production immediately or complete a deferred expansionary capital expenditure project, which in the longer term may adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition.

Changes in technology or other developments could adversely affect demand for lithium compounds or result in preferences for substitute products.

Lithium and its derivatives are preferred raw materials for certain industrial applications, such as rechargeable batteries. For example, current and future high energy density batteries for use in electric vehicles will rely on lithium compounds as a critical input. The pace of advances in current battery technologies, development and adoption of new battery technologies that rely on inputs other than lithium compounds (such as sulfur and aluminum), the acceptance of hydrogen fuel cells in transport applications or a delay in the development and adoption of future high nickel battery technologies that utilize lithium hydroxide could significantly impact our prospects and future revenues. Many materials and technologies are being researched and developed with the goal of making batteries lighter, more efficient, faster charging and less expensive, some of which could be less reliant on lithium hydroxide or other lithium compounds. Some of these technologies, such as commercialized battery technologies that use no, or significantly less, lithium compounds, could be successful and could adversely affect demand for lithium batteries in personal electronics, electric and hybrid vehicles and other applications. We cannot predict which new technologies may ultimately prove to be commercially viable and on what time horizon. In addition, alternatives to industrial applications dependent on lithium compounds may become more economically attractive as global commodity prices shift. Our investment in our research and development infrastructure may not lead to marketable products. Additionally, our competitors may improve their technologies or even achieve technological breakthroughs either as alternatives to lithium-based battery systems or improvements on existing lithium-based battery systems that would render our products obsolete or less marketable. Any of these events could adversely affect demand for and market prices of lithium, thereby resulting in a material adverse effect on the economic feasibility of extracting any mineralization we discover and reducing or eliminating any reserves we identify.

Our possible future revenues will be mainly derived from the sale of lithium and lithium byproducts. Consequently, our success largely depends on the market price of lithium remaining higher than our costs of any future production (assuming successful exploration and development of the Project).

We expect to derive revenues, if any, from the extraction and sale of lithium and lithium byproducts. The prices of lithium and lithium byproducts may fluctuate widely and are affected by numerous factors beyond our control, including international, economic and political trends, expectations of inflation, currency exchange fluctuations,

interest rates, global or regional consumptive patterns, speculative activities, increased production due to new extraction developments and improved extraction and production methods and technological changes in the markets for the end products. The effect of these factors on the prices of lithium and lithium byproducts, and therefore the economic viability of any of our exploration properties, cannot accurately be predicted.

Additionally, new production of lithium hydroxide or lithium carbonate from current or new competitors in the lithium markets could adversely affect prices. In recent years, new and existing competitors have increased the supply of lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate, which has affected its price. Further production increases could negatively affect prices. There is limited information on the status of new lithium hydroxide production capacity expansion projects being developed by current and potential competitors and, as such, we cannot make accurate projections regarding the capacities of possible new entrants into the market and the dates on which they could become operational. If these potential projects are completed in the short term, they could adversely affect market lithium prices, thereby resulting in a material adverse effect on the economic feasibility of extracting any mineralization we discover and reducing or eliminating any reserves we identify.

When compared to many industrial and commercial operations, mining exploration and development projects are high risk and subject to uncertainties. Each mineral resource is unique and the nature of the mineralization, and the occurrence and grade of the lithium, as well as its behavior during mining, can never be wholly predicted. Our mineral resource estimates may be materially different from mineral quantities we may ultimately recover, our life-of-mine estimates may prove inaccurate and changes in operating and capital costs may render mineral resources uneconomic to mine.

We report our mineral resources in accordance with the requirements of the Modernization of Property Disclosures for Mining Registrants set forth in subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K. There are numerous uncertainties inherent in estimating quantities of mineral resources and in projecting potential future rates of mineral production, including many factors beyond our control. The accuracy of any mineral reserve or mineral resource estimate is a function of a number of factors, including the quality of the methodologies employed, the quality and quantity of available data and geological interpretation and judgment, and is also dependent on economic conditions and market prices being generally in line with estimates.

Furthermore, estimates of different geologists and mining engineers may vary, and results of our mining and production subsequent to the date of an estimate may lead to revision of estimates due to, for example, reduced recovery rates or increased production costs due to inflation or other factors which may render mineral reserves and mineral resources containing lower grades of mineralization uneconomic to exploit and may ultimately result in a restatement mineral reserves and/or mineral resources and may adversely impact future cash flows. Further, mineral estimates are based on limited sampling and, consequently, are uncertain as the samples may not be representative of the entire deposit and mineral resource. As a better understanding of a deposit is obtained, the estimates may change significantly. In addition, the mineral reserves we ultimately exploit may not conform to geological, metallurgical or other expectations and the volume and grade of mineralization recovered may be below the estimated levels. Mineral reserve and mineral resource data is not indicative of future production. To mitigate this risk our mineral reserves and mineral resources are verified by an independent competent person. Similarly, all mining project feasibility studies are subject to independent reviews prior to any application for capital approval by our board of directors.

Substantial capital expenditure is required to identify and delineate mineral reserves and mineral resources through geological surveying and drilling, to identify geological features that may prevent or restrict the extraction of mineralization, to determine the metallurgical processes to extract the metals from the mineralization and, in the case of new properties, to construct mining and processing facilities.

There can be no assurance that we will in the long term be able to identify additional mineral reserves or mineral resources or continue to extend the mine life of our existing operations. Without such additional mineral reserves and mineral resources, any increase in the level of annual production would therefore shorten the life of our existing operations. Any failure to identify, delineate and realize mineral reserves and mineral resources in the future could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The industry in which we operate is subject to domestic and global competition. We have no influence or control over the activities or actions of our competitors, which activities or actions may negatively affect the operating and financial performance of our projects and business.

The mining industry is highly competitive. Much of our competition is from larger, established mining companies with greater liquidity, greater access to credit and other financial resources, newer or more efficient equipment, lower cost structures, more effective risk management policies, more staff and equipment, and procedures and/or a greater ability than us to withstand losses. Our competitors may be able to respond more quickly to new laws or regulations or emerging technologies, or devote greater resources to the expansion or efficiency of their operations than we can, or expend greater amounts of resources, including capital, in acquiring new and prospective mining projects. In addition, current and potential competitors may make strategic acquisitions or establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties. Accordingly, it is possible that new competitors or alliances among current and new competitors may emerge and gain significant market share to our detriment. We may not be able to compete successfully against current and future competitors, and any failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Any failure by management to manage growth properly could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

Future growth may place strains on our financial, technical, operational and administrative resources and cause us to rely more on project partners and independent contractors, thus, potentially adversely affecting our financial position and results of operations. Our ability to grow will depend on a number of factors, including:

•        our ability to purchase, obtain leases on or obtain options on properties;

•        our ability to identify and acquire new exploratory prospects;

•        our ability to develop existing prospects;

•        our ability to continue to retain and attract skilled personnel;

•        our ability to maintain or enter into new relationships with project partners and independent contractors;

•        the results of our exploration programs;

•        the market price for lithium;

•        our ability to successfully complete construction projects on time and within budget;

•        our access to capital; and

•        our ability to enter into agreements for the sale of lithium.

We may not be successful in upgrading our technical, operational and administrative resources or increasing our internal resources sufficiently to provide certain of the services currently provided by third parties. Our inability to achieve or manage growth may materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Land reclamation and mine closure may be burdensome and costly.

Land reclamation and mine closure requirements are generally imposed on mineral exploration companies, such as ours, which require us, among other things, to minimize the effects of land disturbance. Such requirements may include controlling the discharge of potentially dangerous effluents from a site and restoring a site’s landscape to its pre-exploration form. The actual costs of reclamation and mine closure are uncertain and planned expenditures may differ from the actual expenditures required. Therefore, the amount that we are required to spend could be materially higher than any current or future estimates. Any additional amounts we are required to spend on reclamation and mine closure may have a material adverse effect on our financial performance, financial position and results of operations and may cause us to alter our operations. In addition, we may be required to maintain financial assurances, such as letters of credit, to secure reclamation obligations under certain laws and regulations. The failure to acquire, maintain or renew such financial assurances could subject us to fines and penalties or suspension of our operations. Letters of

credit or other forms of financial assurance may represent only a portion of the total amount of money that will be spent on reclamation over the life of a mine’s operation. Although we will include liabilities for estimated reclamation and mine closure costs in our financial statements, it may be necessary to spend more than what we projected to fund required reclamation and mine closure activities.

Our success depends on developing and maintaining relationships with local communities and stakeholders.

Our ongoing and future success depends on developing and maintaining productive relationships with the communities surrounding our mineral projects, including those people who may have rights or may assert rights to certain of our properties and other stakeholders in our operating locations. Local communities and stakeholders may be dissatisfied with our activities or the level of benefits provided, which may result in legal or administrative proceedings, civil unrest, protests, direct action or campaigns against us. Any such occurrence could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations, as well as our ability to commence or continue exploration or mine development activities.

We are exposed to general economic conditions and the fluctuations of interest and inflation rates may have an adverse effect on our business.

If the global or U.S. economies experience a high inflation rate, recession or economic slowdown, consumers may not be able to purchase our products as usual, especially where these factors have a direct impact on the consumers. As a consequence, our earnings may be adversely affected.

High interest rates in Europe, Australia, the U.S., or elsewhere could adversely affect our costs and earnings due to the impact those changes have on our variable-rate debt instruments.

A strong variation in the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar could negatively affect our financial results, as a greater percentage of our sales and raw material purchases are not made in U.S. dollars. Furthermore, we could be adversely affected by negative economic conditions prevalent in the U.S. or other countries (including economic volatility as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic), even when economic conditions in such countries may differ significantly from economic conditions in Europe or Australia, as investors’ reactions to developments in any of these other countries may have an adverse effect on our securities. Consequently, the market value of our securities may be adversely affected by events taking place outside of Europe, Australia or the U.S.

Our business may be adversely affected by force majeure events outside our control, including labor unrest, civil disorder, war, subversive activities or sabotage, extreme weather conditions, fires, floods, explosions or other catastrophes, epidemics or quarantine restrictions.

Natural or environmental disasters, such as earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis and other severe weather-related phenomena generally, and widespread disease, including pandemics and epidemics (such as COVID-19), have been and can be highly disruptive to economies and markets and have recently led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and significant market losses. Such natural disaster and health crises could exacerbate political, social and economic risks previously mentioned, and result in significant breakdowns, delays, shutdowns, social isolation and other disruptions to important global, local and regional supply chains affected, with potential corresponding results on our operating performance. A climate of uncertainty and panic, including the contagion of infectious viruses or diseases, may adversely affect global, regional and local economies and increase the difficulty of modeling market conditions, potentially reducing the accuracy of our financial projections. Under these circumstances, we may have difficulty achieving our objectives which may adversely impact performance. Further, such events can be highly disruptive to economies and markets, significantly disrupt the operations of business partners, sectors, industries, markets, securities and commodity exchanges, currencies, interest and inflation rates, credit ratings, investor sentiment and other factors affecting our value.

A widespread crisis may also affect the global economy in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the current time. How long such events will last and whether they will continue or recur cannot be predicted. Impacts from these events could have significant impact on our performance, resulting in losses.

Our holding company structure makes us dependent on the operations of our subsidiaries.

We are a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. Our material assets are direct and indirect equity interests in our subsidiaries. We are, therefore, dependent on payments, dividends and distributions from our subsidiaries for funds to pay our operations and other expenses and to pay future cash dividends or distributions, if any, to holders of the ordinary shares, and we may have tax costs in connection with any dividend or distribution. Furthermore, exchange rate fluctuation will affect the U.S. dollar value of any distributions our subsidiaries make with respect to our equity interests in those subsidiaries.

Our management has no or limited experience operating a U.S. public company.

Several of our executive officers and directors have experience in managing EUR, an Australian publicly traded company, however have no or limited experience in the management of a U.S. publicly traded company. Our management team may not successfully or effectively manage our transition to a public company which includes significant regulatory oversight and reporting obligations under federal securities laws. Their limited experience in dealing with the increasingly complex laws pertaining to public companies could be a significant disadvantage in that it is likely that an increasing amount of their time may be devoted to these activities which will result in less time being devoted to our management and growth. It is possible that we will be required to expand our employee base and hire additional employees to support our operations as a public company, which will increase our operating costs.

Risks Related to Legal, Compliance and Regulations

We will be required to obtain governmental permits and approvals to conduct development and mining operations, a process which is often costly and time-consuming. There is no certainty that all necessary permits and approvals for our planned operations will be granted.

We are required to obtain and renew governmental permits and approvals for our exploration and development activities and, prior to mining any mineralization that we discover, we may be required to obtain additional governmental permits and approvals that we do not currently possess. Obtaining and renewing any of these governmental permits is a complex, time-consuming and uncertain process involving numerous jurisdictions, public hearings and possibly costly undertakings. The timeliness and success of permitting efforts are contingent upon many variables, some of which are not within our control, including the interpretation of approval requirements administered by the applicable governmental authority as well as the time required for, and the outcome of, environmental impact assessment proceedings in Austria.

We may not be able to obtain or renew permits or approvals that are necessary to our planned operations, or we may discover that the cost and time required to obtain or renew such permits and approvals exceeds our expectations. Any unexpected delays, costs or conditions associated with the governmental approval process could delay our planned exploration, development and mining operations, which in turn could materially adversely affect our prospects, revenues and profitability. In addition, our prospects may be adversely affected by the revocation or suspension of permits or by changes in the scope or conditions to use of any permits obtained.

For example, in addition to the permits that we have been issued to date, we are required to obtain other permits and approvals before construction or operations related to, zoning, rezoning, construction mining, mineral concentration and chemical manufacturing.

Private parties, such as environmental activist organizations, frequently attempt to intervene in the permitting process to persuade regulators to deny necessary permits or seek to overturn permits that have been issued. These third-party actions can materially increase the costs and cause delays in the permitting process and could cause us to not proceed with the development or operation of a property. In addition, our ability to successfully obtain key permits and approvals to explore for, develop, operate and expand operations will likely depend on our ability to undertake such activities in a manner consistent with the creation of social and economic benefits in the surrounding communities, which may or may not be required by law. Our ability to obtain permits and approvals and to successfully operate in particular communities may be adversely affected by real or perceived detrimental events associated with our activities.

Our failure to comply with applicable anti-corruption, anti-bribery, anti-money laundering and similar laws and regulations could negatively impact our reputation and results of operations.

The legal and regulatory framework in which we operate is complex, and our governance and compliance policies and processes may not prevent potential breaches of law or accounting or other governance practices. Our operating and ethical codes, among other standards and guidance, may not prevent instances of fraudulent behavior and dishonesty, nor guarantee compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

We are required to comply with anti-corruption laws and regulations imposed by governments around the world with jurisdiction over our operations, which may include Austria and Australian anti-bribery and corruption legislation, as well as the laws of the other countries (for example, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK’s Bribery Act 2010) where we do business or have a close connection. These laws and regulations may restrict our operations, trade practices, investment decisions and partnering activities. These and other applicable laws prohibit us and our officers, directors, employees and business partners acting on our behalf, including agents, from corruptly offering, promising, authorizing or providing anything of value to “foreign officials” for the purposes of influencing official decisions or obtaining or retaining business or otherwise obtaining favorable treatment. We are subject to the jurisdiction of various governments and regulatory agencies around the world, which may bring our personnel and representatives into contact with “foreign officials” responsible for issuing or renewing permits, licenses or approvals or for enforcing other governmental regulations.

Our failure to successfully comply with these laws and regulations may expose us to reputational harm, as well as significant sanctions, including criminal fines, imprisonment, civil penalties, disgorgement of profits, injunctions and debarment from government contracts, as well as other remedial measures. Investigations of alleged violations can be expensive and disruptive. We continuously develop and maintain policies and procedures designed to comply with applicable anti-corruption, anti-bribery, anti-money laundering and similar areas. However, there can be no guarantee that our policies and procedures will effectively prevent violations by our employees or business partners acting on our behalf, for which we may be held responsible, and any such violation could adversely affect our reputation, business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our operations are subject to environmental, health and safety regulations, which could impose additional costs and compliance requirements, and we may face claims and liability for breaches, or alleged breaches, of such regulations and other applicable laws.

Our operations are subject to compliance with various environmental, health and safety laws, regulations, permitting requirements and standards in Austria.

We are subject to environmental laws, regulations and permits in the various jurisdictions in which we operate, including those relating to, among other things, the removal and extraction of natural resources, the emission and discharge of materials into the environment, including plant and wildlife protection, remediation of soil and groundwater contamination, reclamation and closure of properties, including waste storage facilities, groundwater quality and availability, and the handling, storage, transport and disposal of wastes and hazardous materials. Pursuant to such requirements, we may be subject to inspections or reviews by governmental authorities. Failure to comply with these environmental requirements may expose us to litigation, fines or other sanctions, including the revocation of permits and suspension of operations. We expect to continue to incur significant capital and other compliance costs related to such requirements. These laws, regulations and permits, and the enforcement and interpretation thereof, change frequently and generally have become more stringent over time. If our noncompliance with such regulations were to result in a release of hazardous materials into the environment, such as soil or groundwater, we could be required to remediate such contamination, which could be costly. Moreover, noncompliance could subject us to private claims for property damage or personal injury based on exposure to hazardous materials or unsafe working conditions. In addition, changes in applicable requirements or stricter interpretation of existing requirements may result in costly compliance requirements or otherwise subject us to future liabilities. The occurrence of any of the foregoing, as well as any new environmental, health and safety laws and regulations applicable to our business or stricter interpretation or enforcement of existing laws and regulations, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We also could be liable for any environmental contamination at, under or released from our or our predecessors’ currently or formerly owned or operated properties or third-party waste disposal sites. Certain environmental laws impose joint and several strict liability for releases of hazardous substances at such properties or sites, without regard to fault or the legality of the original conduct. A generator of waste can be held responsible for contamination resulting

from the treatment or disposal of such waste at any off-site location (such as a landfill), regardless of whether the generator arranged for the treatment or disposal of the waste in compliance with applicable laws. Costs associated with liability for removal or remediation of contamination or damage to natural resources could be substantial and liability under these laws may attach without regard to whether the responsible party knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of the contaminants. Accordingly, we may be held responsible for more than our share of the contamination or other damages, up to and including the entire amount of such damages. In addition to potentially significant investigation and remediation costs, such matters can give rise to claims from governmental authorities and other third parties, including for orders, inspections, fines or penalties, natural resource damages, personal injury, property damage, toxic torts and other damages.

Our costs, liabilities and obligations relating to environmental matters could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position and results of operations.

The core health risks associated with our mining operations arise from occupational exposure and community environmental exposure to silica dust, noise and certain hazardous substances, including toxic gases and harmful particulates. The most significant occupational diseases affecting our workforce include lung diseases (such as silicosis, tuberculosis, a combination of the two and chronic obstructive airways disease) as well as noise-induced hearing loss. Past and current employees may be awarded compensation for occupational illnesses (and injuries) in accordance with the legislative regime applicable to the illness contracted.

In the case of occupational diseases such as silicosis, employees retain the right to seek additional compensation from their employer in a civil action under common law (either as individuals or as a class) for the shortfall of their claims, to the extent that such claims are not fully satisfied under the statutory workers compensation regime (which, due to the low thresholds set by statute, is often the case).

Additionally, due to the nature of our operations, our employees and contractors are exposed to varying degrees of risk in the workplace. These risks may include exposure to dangerous situations, machinery or materials and/or health hazards and have the potential to result in disease, personal injury or death. We are responsible for the health, safety and security of our employees, (including third-party personnel) working at sites and persons who are not employed by us but may be directly affected by our operations under our management and, accordingly, must implement adequate health and safety systems and procedures. Health and safety incidents can result in loss of life, losses and liabilities, work stoppages, serious damage to equipment or property or environmental damage. These risk factors can, singularly or in combination, have a material effect on our reputation, results of operations and financial condition. In the event of disease, injury or death arising out of the negligence of an employer or its employees, a risk of criminal and, in certain circumstances, civil litigation exists. In the case of a work-related fatality, an employer may be subjected to criminal charges in a court of law. Furthermore, such incidents can result in violations of various health and safety laws and regulations that could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition and/or prospects.

The impacts of climate change may adversely affect our operations and/or result in increased costs to comply with changes in regulations.

Climate change is an international and community concern which may directly or indirectly affect our business and current and future activities. The continuing rise in global average temperatures has created varying changes to regional climates across the world and extreme weather events have the potential to delay or hinder our exploration activities at our mineral projects, and to delay or cease operations at any future mine. This may require us to make additional expenditures to mitigate the impact of such events which may materially and adversely increase our costs and/or reduce production at a future mine. Governments at all levels are amending or enacting additional legislation to address climate change by regulating, among other things, carbon emissions and energy efficiency, or where legislation has already been enacted, regulation regarding emission levels and energy efficiency are becoming more stringent. As a significant emitter of greenhouse gas emissions, the mining industry is particularly exposed to such regulations. Compliance with such legislation, including the associated costs, may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects and our ability to commence or continue our exploration and future development and mining operations.

Changing climate patterns may also affect the availability of water. If the effects of climate change cause prolonged disruption in the delivery of essential commodities then production efficiency may be reduced, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

In addition, climate change is perceived as a threat to communities and governments globally and stakeholders may demand reductions in emissions or call upon mining companies to better manage their consumption of climate-relevant resources. Negative social and reputational attention toward our operations may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. A number of governments have already introduced or are moving to introduce climate change legislation and treaties at the international, national, state/provincial and local levels. Regulations relating to emission levels (such as carbon taxes) and energy efficiency are becoming more stringent. If the current regulatory trend continues, this may result in increased costs at some or all of our mineral projects.

We face opposition from organizations that oppose mining which may disrupt or delay our mining projects.

There is an increasing level of public concern relating to the effects of mining on the natural landscape, in communities and on the environment. Certain non-governmental organizations, public interest groups and reporting organizations (“NGOs”) that oppose resource development can be vocal critics of the mining industry. In addition, there have been many instances in which local community groups have opposed resource extraction activities, which have resulted in disruption and delays to the relevant operation. NGOs or local community organizations could create direct adverse publicity against and/or disrupt the operations of our properties, regardless of our successful compliance with social and environmental best practices, due to political factors. Any such actions and the resulting media coverage could have an adverse effect on our reputation and financial condition or our relationships with the communities in which we operate, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

The requirements of being a public company in the U.S. may strain our resources and divert management’s attention, and the increases in legal, accounting and compliance expenses that will result from being a public company in the U.S. may be greater than we anticipate.

Requirements associated with being a public company in the United States will require significant resources and management attention. After the completion of this offering, we will become subject to certain reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and the other rules and regulations of the SEC, and the Nasdaq. We will also be subject to various other regulatory requirements, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We expect these rules and regulations to increase our legal, accounting and financial compliance costs and to make some activities more time-consuming and costly. For example, we expect that these rules and regulations may make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, which could make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified members of our board of directors. We cannot predict or estimate the amount of additional costs we will incur as a public company or the timing of such costs. In addition, complying with rules and regulations and the increasingly complex laws pertaining to public companies will require substantial attention from our senior management, which could divert their attention away from the day-to-day management of our business. These cost increases and the diversion of management’s attention could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. We will also need to hire additional personnel to support our financial reporting function and may face challenges in doing so.

Our business could be adversely affected by trade tariffs or other trade barriers.

Our business will be subject to the imposition of tariffs and other trade barriers, which may make it more costly for us to export our minerals to the imposing country. If we experience cost increases as a result of existing or future tariffs, and are unable to pass on such additional costs to our customers, or otherwise mitigate the costs, or if demand for our exported minerals decreases due to the higher cost, our business, prospects, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows may be materially and adversely affected.

We are exposed to possible litigation risks, including mining permit disputes (including in respect of access and/or validity of tenure), environmental claims, occupational health and safety claims and employee claims. Further, we may be involved in disputes with other parties in the future that may result in litigation. Current or future litigation or administrative proceedings could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may become involved in, named as a party to, or be the subject of, various legal proceedings, including regulatory proceedings, tax proceedings and legal actions, relating to personal injuries, property damage, property taxes, land rights, the environment and contract disputes.

The outcome of outstanding, pending or future proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty and may be determined adversely to us and as a result, could have a material adverse effect on our assets, liabilities, business, financial condition or results of operations. Even if we prevail in any such legal proceeding, the proceedings could be costly, time-consuming and may divert the attention of management and key personnel from our business operations, which could adversely affect our financial condition.

Operating Risks

The development of mining operations at the Project is dependent on a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control. If we commence production at the Project, our operations may be disrupted by a variety of risks and hazards that could have a material adverse effect on our future operating costs, financial condition and ability to develop and operate a mine.

Mining by its nature involves significant risks and hazards, including environmental hazards, as well as industrial and mining accidents. These include, for example, seismic events, fires, cave-ins and blockages, flooding, discharges of gasses and toxic substances, contamination of water, air or soil resources, unusual and unexpected rock formation affecting mineralization or wall rock characteristics, ground or slope failures, rock bursts, wildfires, radioactivity and other accidents or conditions resulting from mining activities, including, among others, blasting and the transport, storage and handling of hazardous materials. In addition, production, in general, is negatively by high rainfall and inclement weather conditions affecting mining in an open pit environment.

We remain at risk of experiencing, environmental and other industrial hazards, as well as industrial and mining accidents. Any such incidents could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. Seismic activity is of particular concern in the underground mining environment. Seismic events have intermittently in the past caused death and injury to workers, and can result in safety-related stoppages. Additionally, seismic activity has also caused a loss of mining equipment, damage to and destruction of mineral properties and production facilities, monetary losses, environmental damage and potential legal liabilities.

Furthermore, there is the risk that relevant regulators may impose fines and work stoppages for non-compliant mining operating procedures and activities, which could reduce or halt production until lifted. The occurrence of any of these events could delay or halt production, increase production costs and result in financial and regulatory liability for us, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, the relevant environmental authorities have issued and may issue administrative directives and compliance notices in the future, to enforce the provisions of the relevant statutes to take specific anti-pollution measures, continue with those measures and/or to complete those measures. The authorities may also order the suspension of part, or all of, our operations if there is non-compliance with legislation. Contravention of some of these statutes may also constitute a criminal offense and an offender may be liable for a fine or imprisonment, or both, in addition to administrative penalties.

As a result, the occurrence of any of these events may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

The occurrence of significant events against which we may not be fully insured could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Although we have an insurance program, we may become subject to liability for pollution, occupational illness or other hazards against which we have not been insured, cannot insure or are insufficiently insured, including those relating to past mining activities. Our existing property and liability insurance contains specific exclusions and limitations on

coverage. Should we suffer a major loss, which is insufficiently covered, future earnings could be affected. In addition, certain classes of insurance may not continue to be available at economically acceptable premiums. As a result, in the future, our insurance coverage may not fully cover the extent of claims against it or any cross-claims made.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and global measures taken in response thereto have adversely impacted, and may continue to adversely impact, our operations and financial results.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the extent to which it may have a material and adverse effect on our business operations is still uncertain and difficult to predict with any degree of confidence. The pandemic and any preventative or protective measures that governments, other third parties or we took previously or may take in the future in response to the pandemic could result in economic, financial and business disruptions and reduced operations. These measures could continue to include disruptions or restrictions on our ability to travel, temporary closures of the facilities of our suppliers, supply chain disruption, customers or sales channels, negative effects on the health of our management and employees and uncertainty and volatility in the global financial markets. Countries around the world, including those jurisdictions in which we operate, have and may continue to impose quarantines, business shutdowns and travel and other restrictions. Any significant disruption of our business, or that of our suppliers, customers or sales channels could cause significant delays until we, our suppliers, customers or sales channels are able to resume normal business operations, and would likely negatively impact our sales and profitability, including among other things with regard to the timely and successful performance and implementation of transactions that contribute materially to our anticipated revenues. Although we are monitoring the situation, we cannot predict whether, for how long, or the extent to which the pandemic and pandemic containment efforts may disrupt our supply chain and/or operations. The ultimate geographic spread and severity of the disease; the duration of the outbreak or future outbreaks; the effectiveness of vaccinations to prevent the contraction and spread of the virus; the travel restrictions and the implementation of social distancing and ultimately the resulting impact on the global economy and our results of operations will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

The ongoing military conflict between Ukraine and Russia, and the related disruptions to the global economy and financial markets, has affected and could continue to adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom, among others, have announced targeted economic sanctions on Russia, certain Russian citizens and enterprises, including financial measures such as freezing Russia’s central bank assets and limiting its ability to access its dollar reserves. The continuation of the conflict may trigger a series of additional economic and other sanctions enacted by the United States and other countries. The potential impact of bans, sanction programs and boycotts on our business is uncertain at the current time due to the fluid nature of the military conflict and international responses to it. In addition, the potential impacts include supply chain and logistics disruptions, financial impacts including volatility in lithium prices, foreign exchange rates and interest rates, inflationary pressures on raw materials and energy, heightened cybersecurity threats and other restrictions. As a company that operates in the global mining industry, we monitor the developments to assess any potential future impacts that may arise as a result of the ongoing crisis. The adverse effects of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and/or economic sanctions and import and/or export controls to be imposed on the Russian government by the United States or others, and the above-mentioned adverse effect on the wider global economy and market conditions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Risks Related to Technology

Any unauthorized access to, disclosure, or theft of personal information we gather, store, or use could harm our reputation and subject us to claims or litigation.

We maintain information necessary to conduct our businesses, including confidential and proprietary information as well as personal information regarding our customers and employees, in digital form. We also use computer systems to deliver our products and services and operate our businesses. Data maintained in digital form is subject to the risk of unauthorized access, modification, exfiltration, destruction or denial of access and our computer systems are subject to cyberattacks that may result in disruptions in service. We use many third-party systems and software, which are also subject to supply chain and other cyberattacks. We develop and maintain information security programs to identify and mitigate cyber risks but the development and maintenance of these programs is costly and requires

ongoing monitoring and updating as technology changes and efforts to overcome security measures become more sophisticated. Accordingly, despite our efforts, the risk of unauthorized access, modification, exfiltration, destruction or denial of access with respect to data or systems and other cybersecurity attacks cannot be eliminated entirely, and the risks associated with a potentially material incident remain. In addition, we provide some confidential, proprietary and personal information to third parties in certain cases when it is necessary to pursue business objectives. While we obtain assurances that these third parties will protect this information and, where we believe appropriate, monitor the protections employed by these third parties, there is a risk the confidentiality of data held by third parties may be compromised.

If our information or cyber security systems or data are compromised in a material way, our ability to conduct our businesses may be impaired, we may lose profitable opportunities or the value of those opportunities may be diminished and, as described above, we may lose revenue as a result of unlicensed use of our intellectual property. If personal information of our customers or employees is misappropriated, our reputation with our customers and employees may be damaged, resulting in loss of business or morale, and we may incur costs to remediate possible harm to our customers and employees or damages arising from litigation and/or to pay fines or take other action with respect to judicial or regulatory actions arising out of the incident. Insurance we obtain may not cover losses or damages associated with such attacks or events.

A failure of our information technology and data security infrastructure could adversely affect our business and operations.

We rely on various information technology systems. These systems remain vulnerable to disruption, damage or failure from a variety of sources, including, but not limited to, errors by employees or contractors, computer viruses, cyberattacks, including phishing, ransomware, and similar malware, misappropriation of data by outside parties, and various other threats. Techniques used to obtain unauthorized access to or sabotage our systems are under continuous and rapid evolution, and we may be unable to detect efforts to disrupt our data and systems in advance. Breaches and unauthorized access carry the potential to cause losses of assets or production, operational delays, equipment failure that could cause other risks to be realized, inaccurate recordkeeping, or disclosure of confidential information, any of which could result in financial losses and regulatory or legal exposure, and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. We may incur material losses relating to cyberattacks or other information security breaches in the future. Our risk and exposure to these matters cannot be fully mitigated because of, among other things, the evolving nature of these threats. As such threats continue to evolve, we may be required to expend additional resources to modify or enhance any protective measures or to investigate and remediate any security vulnerabilities.

Risks Related to Our Projected Mining Operations

Actual capital costs, operating costs, production and economic returns may differ significantly from those we have anticipated and future development activities may not result in profitable mining operations.

The actual operating costs at any mineral project that we are able to develop into an operating mine will depend upon changes in the availability and prices of labor, equipment and infrastructure, variances in mineralization recovery and mining rates from those assumed in any mining plan that may be generated, operational risks, changes in governmental regulation, including taxation, environmental, permitting and other regulations and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. Due to any of these or other factors, the operating costs at any such future mine may be significantly higher than those set forth in the Technical Report Summary and will use as a basis for construction of a mine. As a result of higher capital and operating costs, production and economic returns may differ significantly from those set forth in such report and any future development activities may not result in profitable mining operations.

Mining projects such as ours have no operating history on which to base estimates of future operating costs and capital requirements. Any projections we make are based upon estimates and assumptions made at the time they were prepared. If these estimates or assumptions prove to be incorrect or inaccurate, our actual operating results may differ materially from our forecasted results.

Our development and exploration projects have no operating history on which to base estimates of future commercial viability. Estimates of mineral resources and mineral reserves are largely based on the interpretation of geological data obtained from drill holes and other sampling techniques and feasibility studies. This information is used

to calculate estimates of the capital cost and operating costs based on anticipated tonnage and grades of mineralization to be mined and processed, the configuration of the mineral resource, expected recovery rates, comparable facility and equipment operating costs, anticipated climatic conditions and other factors. As a result, the actual capital cost, operating costs and economic returns of any proposed mine may differ from those estimated, and such differences could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects. There can be no assurance that we will be able to complete the development of our mineral projects, or any of them, at all or on time or to budget due to, among other things, and in addition to those factors described above, changes in the economics of the mineral projects, delays in receiving required consents, permits and licenses (including mining licenses), the delivery and installation of plant and equipment and cost overruns, or that the current personnel, systems, procedures and controls will be adequate to support our operations. Should any of these events occur, it would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

Our resource estimates may change significantly when new information or techniques become available. In addition, by their very nature, resource estimates are imprecise and depend to some extent on interpretations, which may prove to be inaccurate. As further information becomes available through additional fieldwork and analysis, our estimates are likely to change and these changes may result in a reduction in our resources. These changes may also result in alterations to our development and mining plans, which may, in turn, adversely affect our operations.

Estimated mineral resources (and mineral reserves) may have to be recalculated based on changes in commodity prices, further exploration or development activity, loss or change in permits or actual production experience. Such changes could materially and adversely affect estimates of the volume or grade of mineralization, estimated recovery rates or other important factors that influence mineral resource estimates. The extent to which our mineral resources may ultimately be reclassified as mineral reserves depends on the demonstration of their profitable recovery and economic mineability. You should not assume that any part of an inferred mineral resource will be upgraded to a higher category or that any of the mineral resources will be reclassified as mineral reserves.

Material changes in mineral resources, if any, grades, stripping ratios or recovery rates may affect the economic viability of any project. Our future growth and productivity will depend, in part, on our ability to develop and maintain commercially mineable mineral rights at our existing properties or identify and acquire other commercially mineable mineral rights, and on the costs and results of continued exploration and potential development programs.

Risk Related our Structure and Regulatory Matters

European Lithium will remain listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, which could divert our management’s time and resources away from our development efforts. We may face claims and liability for breaches, or alleged breaches, of Australian regulations and other applicable laws.

European Lithium will remain listed, and will be required to comply with Australian corporate law and the listing rules of the Australian Securities Exchange (the “ASX”). We have policies and procedures that we believe are designed to provide reasonable assurance that our actions will not infringe on either Australian corporate law or the ASX listing rules. These laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations and, as a result, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by Australian regulatory and governing bodies. We intend to invest resources to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards, and this investment may result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management’s time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. If, notwithstanding our efforts to comply with new laws, regulations and standards, we fail to comply, regulatory authorities may initiate legal proceedings against us and our business may be harmed.

Our only significant asset is our direct equity interest in ELAT and Sizzle, and, accordingly, we are dependent upon distributions from ELAT or Sizzle to pay taxes and cover our corporate and other overhead expenses and pay dividends, if any, on our Ordinary Shares. We do not currently intend to pay dividends on our Ordinary Shares and, consequently, your ability to achieve a return on your investment will depend on appreciation in the price of our Ordinary Shares.

We are a holding company and have no material assets other than our direct equity interest in ELAT and Sizzle. We have no independent means of generating revenue and depend on ELAT for distributions, loans and other payments to generate the funds necessary to meet our financial obligations, including our expenses as a publicly traded company,

and to pay any dividends with respect to our Ordinary Shares. Legal and contractual restrictions may limit our ability to obtain cash from ELAT. Thus, we do not currently expect to pay cash dividends on our Ordinary Shares. Any future dividend payments are within the absolute discretion of the Board and will depend on, among other things, our results of operations, working capital requirements, capital expenditure requirements, financial condition, level of indebtedness, contractual restrictions with respect to payment of dividends, business opportunities, anticipated cash needs, provisions of applicable law and other factors that the Board may deem relevant.

As a “foreign private issuer” under the rules and regulations of the SEC, we are permitted to, and may, file less or different information with the SEC than a company incorporated in the United States or otherwise not filing as a “foreign private issuer,” and will follow certain home country corporate governance practices in lieu of certain Nasdaq requirements applicable to U.S. issuers.

We are a “foreign private issuer” under the Exchange Act and are therefore exempt from certain rules under the Exchange Act, including the proxy rules, which impose certain disclosure and procedural requirements for proxy solicitations for U.S. and other issuers. Moreover, we are not required to file periodic reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or within the same timeframes as U.S. companies with securities registered under the Exchange Act. We currently prepare our financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, and we are not required to reconcile our financial statements to U.S. GAAP. We are not required to comply with Regulation Fair Disclosure, which imposes restrictions on the selective disclosure of material information to shareholders. In addition, our officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules under the Exchange Act with respect to their purchases and sales of our securities. Accordingly, our shareholders may receive less or different information about us than they would receive about a U.S. domestic public company.

In addition, as a “foreign private issuer” whose shares are listed on Nasdaq, we are permitted, subject to certain exceptions, to follow certain home country rules in lieu of certain Nasdaq listing requirements. A foreign private issuer must disclose in its annual reports filed with the SEC each Nasdaq requirement with which it does not comply, followed by a description of its applicable home country practice. We have the option to rely on available exemptions under the Listing Rules that would allow it to follow its home country practice, including, among other things, the ability to opt out of (i) the requirement that the Board be comprised of a majority independent directors, (ii) the requirement that our independent directors meet regularly in executive sessions and (iii) the requirement that we obtain shareholder approval prior to the issuance of securities in connection with certain acquisitions, private placements of securities, or the establishment or amendment of certain stock option, purchase or other compensation plans. We expect that the Board will be comprised of a majority independent directors, but have not yet made final determinations on other possible exemptions from the Listing Rules. See “Description of Securities — Certain Disclosure Obligations of the Company” and “Management” for additional information.

We may lose our foreign private issuer status which would then require us to comply with the domestic reporting regime of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and cause us to incur significant additional legal, accounting and other expenses.

As discussed above, we are a foreign private issuer and therefore are not be required to comply with all of the periodic disclosure and current reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and may take advantage of certain exemptions to Nasdaq’s corporate governance rules. The determination of foreign private issuer status is made annually on the last business day of an issuer’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, and, accordingly, our most recent determination of foreign private issuer status was made on December 31, 2023. In the future, we would lose our foreign private issuer status if (1) more than 50% of our outstanding voting securities are owned by U.S. residents and (2) a majority of our directors or executive officers are U.S. citizens or residents, or if we fail to meet additional requirements necessary to avoid loss of foreign private issuer status. If we lose our foreign private issuer status, we will be required to file with the SEC periodic reports and registration statements on U.S. domestic issuer forms, which are more detailed and extensive than the forms available to a foreign private issuer. In such an event, we would have to mandatorily comply with U.S. federal proxy requirements, and our officers, directors and principal shareholders will become subject to the short-swing profit disclosure and recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. In addition, we would lose our ability to rely upon exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements under the listing rules of Nasdaq. As a U.S. listed public company that is not a foreign private issuer, we would incur significant additional legal, accounting and other expenses that it will not incur as a foreign private issuer.

We are a “controlled company” within the meaning of Nasdaq rules and, as a result, qualify for exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements.

EUR controls a majority of the voting power of our outstanding shares. As a result of its voting control, EUR will effectively be able to determine the outcome of all matters requiring shareholder approval, including the election and removal of directors (subject to the contractual designation rights set forth in the Investors Agreement). As a result of being able to appoint and remove directors, EUR will indirectly effectively control mergers and acquisitions, payment of dividends, and other matters of corporate or management policy. Under Nasdaq rules, a listed company of which more than 50.0% of the voting power for the election of directors is held by any person or group of persons acting together is a “controlled company” and may elect not to comply with certain Nasdaq corporate governance requirements, including the requirement (i) that a majority of our Board consist of independent directors, as defined under the Nasdaq rules, (ii) to have a nominating and governance committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities, (iii) to have director nominees selected, or recommended for our Board’s selection, either by a majority of the independent directors or a nominating committee comprised solely of independent directors, and (iv) to have a compensation committee that is composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities. We have elected to be treated as a “controlled company.” Accordingly, you may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to all of the Nasdaq corporate governance requirements.

EUR may have its interest in us diluted due to future equity issuances or its own actions in selling our Ordinary Shares, in each case, which could result in a loss of the “controlled company” exemption under Nasdaq listing rules. We would then be required to comply with those provisions of Nasdaq listing requirements.

The unaudited pro forma financial information included in this prospectus may not be indicative of what the actual financial position or results of operations of the combined entity would have been.

The unaudited pro forma financial information in this prospectus is presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of what the actual financial position or results of operations of the combined entity would have been had the Business Combination been completed on the dates indicated. See the section entitled “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information” for more information.

If we fail to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, the price of our Ordinary Shares may be adversely affected.

We are required to establish and maintain appropriate internal control over financial reporting. Failure to establish those controls, or any failure of those controls once established, could adversely affect our public disclosures regarding our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, management’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting may identify weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed in our internal control over financial reporting, or other matters that may raise concerns for investors. Any actual or perceived weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed in our internal control over financial reporting, or disclosure of management’s assessment of our internal control over financial reporting, may have an adverse impact on the price of our Ordinary Shares.

The requirements of being a public company may strain our resources and divert management’s attention.

As a public company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Act, the listing requirements of Nasdaq and other applicable securities rules and regulations. Compliance with these rules and regulations will increase our legal and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult, time-consuming or costly and increase demand on our systems and resources, particularly after it is no longer an “emerging growth company.” The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. In order to maintain and, if required, improve our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting to meet this standard, significant resources and management oversight may be required. As a result, management’s attention may be diverted from other business concerns, which could adversely affect our business and operating results. We may need to hire more employees in the future or engage outside consultants to comply with these requirements, which will increase its costs and expenses.

In addition, changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure are creating uncertainty for public companies, increasing legal and financial compliance costs and making some activities more time consuming. These laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations, in many cases

due to their lack of specificity, and, as a result, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies. This could result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure and governance practices. We intend to invest resources to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards, and this investment may result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management’s time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. If our efforts to comply with new laws, regulations and standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies due to ambiguities related to their application and practice, regulatory authorities may initiate legal proceedings against us and our business may be adversely affected.

We are an “emerging growth company” and it cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our Ordinary Shares less attractive to investors.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. Additionally, as an emerging growth company, we elected to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies. As such, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates. It cannot be predicted if investors will find our Ordinary Shares less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our Ordinary Shares less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for the Ordinary Shares and our share price may be more volatile.

The future exercise of registration rights may adversely affect the market price of the Ordinary Shares.

Pursuant to a registration rights agreement to entered into concurrently with the Closing, we are registering the Ordinary Shares held by EUR, Sizzle, the Sponsor and certain other holders (together, the “Holders”) of Ordinary Shares (including Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise, conversion, exchange or redemption of any other security therefor), excluding any such Ordinary Shares that (i) have been sold, transferred, exchanged or otherwise disposed of in accordance with a registration statement, or have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 (“Rule 144”) or Rule 145 (or any successor provisions) under the Securities Act or in any other transaction in which the recipient does not receive “restricted securities” (as that term is defined for purposes of Rule 144), (ii) have been transferred to a transferee that has not agreed in writing and for our benefit to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (iii) have ceased to be outstanding or (iv) have ceased to be of a class of securities that is listed and traded on a recognized national securities exchange or automated quotation system. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Holder, such Holder’s Ordinary Shares shall not constitute “Registrable Shares” if all of such Holder’s Shares (together with any Shares held by Affiliates of such Holder) are eligible for immediate sale in a single transaction pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor provision) with no volume or other restrictions or limitations under Rule 144 (or any such successor provision). In addition, the Holders will be granted both demand and piggyback registration rights for our securities received in connection with the Business Combination.

The registration of these securities will permit the public resale of such securities, subject to any applicable contractual lock-up obligations. The registration and availability of such a significant number of securities for trading in the public market may have an adverse effect on the market price of the Ordinary Shares.

Anti-takeover provisions contained in the Charter, as well as provisions of British Virgin Islands law, could impair a takeover attempt and limit the price investors might be willing to pay in the future for Ordinary Shares and could entrench management.

The Charter contains provisions that may discourage unsolicited takeover proposals that stockholders may consider to be in their best interests. We are also subject to anti-takeover provisions under British Virgin Islands law, which could delay or prevent a change of control. Together these provisions may make more difficult the removal of management and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities.

These provisions include the ability of the Board to designate the terms of and issue new series of preferred shares without shareholder approval, which may make more difficult the removal of management and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities. The Charter also provides that the board of directors shall be classified into three classes of directors. As a result, in most circumstances, a person can gain control of the board only by successfully engaging in a proxy contest at two or more annual general meetings. There are advance notice requirements for shareholders seeking to nominated directors and propose matters to be acted upon at shareholder meetings, which could discourage or make more difficult an attempt to obtain control over us by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger, or otherwise.

The Charter provides, subject to limited exceptions, that the courts of the British Virgin Islands will be the exclusive forum for matters arising out of or in connection with the Charter, which could limit our shareholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, employees or stockholders.

The Charter provides that, unless we otherwise consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, each party shall be deemed to have agreed that the courts of the British Virgin Islands shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all any dispute, suit, action, proceedings, controversy or claim of any kind arising out of or in connection with the Charter and for such purposes we and each member shall be deemed to have irrevocably submitted to the jurisdiction of such courts.

Additionally, unless we otherwise consent in writing, the federal district courts of the United States will be the exclusive forum for the resolution of claims arising under the Securities Act and Exchange Act.

This choice of forum provision may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring such claims in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or any of our directors, officers, other employees or stockholders, which may discourage lawsuits with respect to such claims. Alternatively, if a court were to find the choice of forum provision contained in the Charter to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

Risks Related to Ownership of Our Ordinary Shares

The price of our securities may be volatile.

The market price of our Ordinary Shares and Public Warrants may fluctuate significantly, depending on many factors, some of which may be beyond our control, including:

•        actual or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results due to factors related to our business;

•        failure to meet or exceed financial estimates and projections of the investment community or that we to the public;

•        the failure of securities analysts to cover, or maintain coverage of, the Ordinary Shares;

•        issuance of new or updated research or reports by securities analysts or changed recommendations for the industry in general;

•        operating and share price performance of other companies in the industry or related markets;

•        the timing and magnitude of investments in the growth of the business;

•        success or failure of our business strategies;

•        our ability to obtain financing as needed;

•        announcements by us or our competitors of significant acquisitions, dispositions or strategic investments;

•        additions or departures of key management or other personnel;

•        sales of substantial amounts of Ordinary Shares by our directors, executive officers or significant stockholders or the perception that such sales could occur;

•        changes in capital structure, including future issuances of securities or the incurrence of debt;

•        changes in accounting standards, policies, guidance, interpretations or principles;

•        investor perception of the Company and our industry;

•        overall market fluctuations;

•        results from any material litigation or government investigation;

•        changes in laws and regulations (including tax laws and regulations) affecting our business;

•        changes in capital gains taxes and taxes on dividends affecting stockholders; and

•        general economic conditions and other external factors.

Low trading volume for our Ordinary Shares, which may occur if an active trading market is not sustained, among other reasons, would amplify the effect of the above factors on our stock price volatility.

Stock markets in general can experience volatility that is unrelated to the operating performance of a particular company. These broad market fluctuations could adversely affect the trading price of our Ordinary Shares and Public Warrants.

We do not expect to declare any dividends in the foreseeable future.

We do not anticipate declaring any cash dividends to holders of its shares in the foreseeable future. Consequently, investors may need to rely on sales of their shares after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize any future gains on their investment. The timing, declaration, amount and payment of future dividends to stockholders falls within the discretion of the Board. The Board’s decisions regarding the amount and payment of future dividends will depend on many factors, including our financial condition, earnings, capital requirements of our business and covenants associated with debt obligations, as well as legal requirements, regulatory constraints, industry practice and other factors that the Board deems relevant.

There can be no assurance that we will be able to comply with the continued listing standards of Nasdaq.

Our continued eligibility for listing on Nasdaq depends on our ability to continue to meet Nasdaq’s listing standards, including having a minimum level of shareholders’ equity.

If Nasdaq delists the Ordinary Shares from trading on its exchange for failure to meet the listing standards, we and our shareholders could face significant material adverse consequences including:

•        a limited availability of market quotations for our securities;

•        reduced liquidity for our securities;

•        a determination that the Ordinary Shares are a “penny stock” which will require brokers trading in the Ordinary Shares to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities;

•        a limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and

•        a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.

If analysts do not publish research about our business or if they publish inaccurate or unfavorable research, the price and trading volume of our securities could decline.

The trading market for our securities will depend in part on the research and reports that analysts publish about our business. We will not have any control over these analysts, and the analysts who publish information about us may have relatively little experience with us or our industry, which could affect their ability to accurately forecast our results and could make it more likely that we fail to meet their estimates. If few or no securities or industry analysts cover us, if one or more of the analysts who cover us ceases coverage of us or fails to publish reports on us regularly, the trading price for our securities would be negatively impacted. If one or more of the analysts who cover us downgrades our securities or publishes inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the price of the Ordinary Shares would likely decline.

A market for our securities may not be sustained, which would adversely affect the liquidity and price of our securities.

Although our Ordinary Shares are traded on Nasdaq, an active trading market may not be sustained. The average trading volume in our Ordinary Shares been historically low, as approximately 91% of the Ordinary Shares are subject to lock-up restrictions for a period of one-year following the Closing of the Business Combination. Please read “Shares Eligible for Future Sale.” As a result, the trading price of our Ordinary Shares may be impacted by low trading volume and public float, and an investor may find it difficult to dispose of, or to obtain accurate quotations of the price of, our Ordinary Shares. In addition, the trading price of our Ordinary Shares could vary due to general economic conditions and forecasts, our general business conditions and the release of our financial reports. In the absence of an active trading market for our Ordinary Shares, investors may be unable to sell their shares.

Our Warrants are exercisable for Ordinary Shares, which would increase the number of shares eligible for resale in the public market and result in dilution to our shareholders.

Outstanding Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 10,914,797 will become exercisable in accordance with the terms of such warrant agreement governing those securities. Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Ordinary Share at the applicable exercise price of such Warrant. The exercise price of (i) the Public Warrants to purchase 7,750,000 Ordinary Shares is $11.50 per share, (ii) the Polar Warrant to purchase 350,000 Ordinary Shares is $10.00 per share, (iii) PIPE Warrants to purchase 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares is $10.00 per share and (iv) the GEM Warrant to purchase 1,814,797 Ordinary Shares is $10.71 per share, in each case, subject to adjustment as set forth therein. On March 28, 2024, the closing price of our Ordinary Shares was $11.97 per share, which is above the applicable exercise price of all our Warrants. We believe that the likelihood that Warrant holders determine to exercise their Warrants is dependent upon the market price of our Ordinary Shares. If the market price for our Ordinary Shares is less than the applicable exercise price of the Warrants (on a per share basis), we believe that Warrant holders will be unlikely to exercise any of their Warrants. Conversely, we believe the Warrant holders are more likely to exercise their Warrants the higher the price of our Ordinary Shares is above the applicable exercise price of such Warrants. To the extent the Warrants are exercised, additional Ordinary Shares will be issued, which will result in dilution to the holders of Ordinary Shares and increase the number of shares eligible for resale in the public market. Sales of substantial numbers of such shares in the public market or the fact that such Warrants may be exercised could adversely affect the market price of our Ordinary Shares.

Your unexpired Public Warrants may be redeemed prior to their exercise at a time that may be disadvantageous to you, thereby making your Public Warrants worthless.

The Company has the ability to redeem outstanding warrants at any time after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.01 per Public Warrant, provided that the last reported sales price of the Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, rights issuances, subdivisions, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) on each of 20 trading days within any 30 trading day period commencing after the Public Warrants become exercisable and ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which notice of redemption is given and provided that there is an effective registration statement covering the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, and a current prospectus relating thereto, available throughout the 30-day redemption or the Company has elected to require the exercise of the Warrants on a cashless basis. If and when the Public Warrants become redeemable, the Company may not exercise such redemption right if the issuance of the Ordinary Shares upon exercise of the Public Warrants is not exempt from registration or qualification under applicable state blue sky laws or the Company is unable to effect such registration or qualification. Redemption of the outstanding Public Warrants could force you to: (i) exercise your Public Warrants and pay the exercise price therefor at a time when it may be disadvantageous for you to do so; (ii) sell your Public Warrants at the then-current market price when you might otherwise wish to hold your Public Warrants; or (iii) accept the nominal redemption price which, at the time the outstanding Public Warrants are called for redemption, is likely to be substantially less than the market value of your Public Warrants.

THE GEM AGREEMENT

Only July 4, 2023, we entered into the GEM Agreement with the GEM Investor and GYBL, pursuant to which we are entitled to draw down up to $125 million of gross proceeds (“Aggregate Limit”) from GEM Investor in exchange for Ordinary Shares, subject to meeting the terms and conditions of the GEM Agreement. This equity line facility is available for a period of 36 months from the Closing of the Business Combination.

Upon the valid exercise of a draw down, pursuant to delivery of a notice and in accordance with other conditions, the GEM Investor is required to pay, in cash, a per-share amount equal to 90% of the average closing bid price of the Ordinary Shares recorded by Nasdaq during the 30 consecutive trading days commencing on the first trading day that is designated on the draw down notice.

In no event may the draw down amount specified in a draw down notice exceed 400% (“Draw Down Limit”) of the average daily trading volume of the Ordinary Shares for the 30 trading days immediately preceding the date of such draw down notice.

The GEM Agreement also permits us to request, subject to certain conditions in the GEM Agreement, a one-time draw down of up to $15 million, provided that the registration statement contemplated by the GEM RRA (as defined below) is effective.

In connection with the entry into the GEM Agreement, we entered into a registration rights agreement (the “GEM RRA”) with the GEM Investor. Pursuant to the GEM RRA, we are required to, as soon as practicable but no later than 30 calendar days following the date of public listing, submit to or file with the SEC a registration statement registering the resale of such shares and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such registration statement declared effective no later than the earlier of (A) the 45th calendar day following the filing of the GEM RRA and (B) the 5th business day after the date we are notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that the GEM RRA will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review. We are filing this registration statement in accordance with the GEM RRA.

At the Closing, pursuant to the GEM Agreement, the GEM Investor was granted a warrant (the “GEM Warrant”) to purchase up to 1,814,797 Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of $10.71 per share (subject to adjustments described in the GEM Warrant) expiring on the 3rd anniversary of the closing of the Business Combination. The GEM Warrant can be exercised on a cashless basis in part or in whole at any time during the term. Any failure by us to timely transfer the Ordinary Shares under the GEM Warrant pursuant to GYBL’s exercise will entitle GYBL to compensation in addition to other remedies. The number of shares underlying the GEM Warrant as well as the strike price is subject to adjustments for recapitalizations, reorganizations, change of control, stock split, stock dividend, and reverse stock splits.

Further, in connection with the Closing, the Company entered a certain letter agreement with the GEM Investor and GYBL to amend that certain Share Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which, the Company agreed to issue additional Ordinary Shares to the GEM Investor to the extent the shares issued as a “commitment fee” pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement valued at the Daily Closing Price on the 30th day after Closing is less than $1.875 million in the event that the Company does not exchange such commitment fee shares for $1.875 million within 60 days of Closing. In addition, the GEM Investor, on the first anniversary of the closing of the Business Combination, was granted the right to require the Company to purchase the GEM Warrant from the GEM Investor in exchange for a number of Ordinary Shares having a value equal to $27,200,000.

CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS

The following table sets forth our total capitalization as of December 31, 2023:

•        an actual basis for ELAT; and

•        on an unaudited pro forma combined basis after giving effect to the Business Combination and the PIPE Financing

The information in this table should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto and other financial information included in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement. Our historical results do not necessarily indicate our expected results for any future periods.

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Explanatory Note

On February 27, 2024 (the “Closing Date”), Critical Metals Corp., a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“Critical Metals” or the “Company”), consummated the previously announced business combination pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 24, 2022, as amended as of January 4, 2023, July 7, 2023, and November 17, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among ELAT, Sizzle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “SPAC” or “Sizzle”), European Lithium Limited, an Australian Public Company limited by shares (“EUR” or “European Lithium”), European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited, a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“ELAT”) and Project Wolf Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of ELAT (“Merger Sub”). The transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are referred to herein as the “Business Combination”.

Pursuant to the Business Combination and Merger Agreement (a) Critical Metals acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of ELAT held by shareholders of ELAT in exchange for ordinary shares of Critical Metals, such that ELAT became a wholly owned subsidiary of Critical Metals and the shareholders of ELAT became shareholders of Critical Metals (the “Share Exchange”); and immediately thereafter (b) Merger Sub merged with and into Sizzle, with Sizzle continuing as the surviving entity and wholly owned subsidiary of Critical Metals.

The Merger Agreement provided that at the effective time of the Business Combination (the “Effective Time”):

•        all of the outstanding shares of Sizzle’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Sizzle Common Stock”), were exchanged for the right to receive the ordinary shares of Critical Metals, par value $0.001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”) (following which exchange, all shares of Sizzle Common Stock were cancelled and ceased to exist);

•        all of the outstanding whole warrants of Sizzle, entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Sizzle Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share (collectively, the “Sizzle Warrants”) were assumed by ELAT and converted into the right to receive a warrant to purchase one Ordinary Share (in lieu of Sizzle Common Stock) at the same exercise price (collectively, the “Public Warrants”); and

•        shareholders of ELAT received Ordinary Shares in the Share Exchange, equal to the amount of shares consisting of (i) Seven Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($750,000,000), divided by (ii) the redemption amount per share of Sizzle Common Stock payable to Sizzle stockholders in connection with the closing of the Business Combination as provided in the Merger Agreement, and which we refer to as the Closing Share Consideration.

Introduction

The following tables present, as of the dates and for the periods presented, unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of Critical Metals and its consolidated subsidiaries after giving effect to the consummation of the Business Combination. The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X (as amended by the final rule, Release No. 33-10786 “Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses”) and is provided to aid you in your analysis of the financial aspects of the Business Combination.

Accounting Treatment of Business Combination

The Business Combination was accounted for as a share-based payment transaction in accordance with IFRS 2. Management has evaluated all the indicators of control from IFRS 10 and IFRS 3. Although there is a higher level of judgement when it comes to the analysis of the conditions set forth in IFRS 3, we believe that the indicators of relative voting rights, composition of governing body, composition of senior management, terms of exchange, relative size, and other factors favored EUR as the accounting acquirer. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, management has determined that EUR is the accounting acquirer under IFRS 3 and the SPAC is considered to be the accounting acquiree for financial reporting purposes. Under this method of accounting, the ongoing financial statements of The Company will reflect the net assets of ELAT, the accounting predecessor at historical cost, with no additional goodwill recognized.

ELAT has been determined to be the accounting acquirer based on evaluation of the following facts and circumstances:

•        European Lithium, ELAT’s sole shareholder, has the largest portion of relative voting rights in The Company;

•        the initial Company Board consists of five directors at the closing of the Business Combination, with four directors nominated by European Lithium and one director nominated by Sizzle;

•        ELAT’s existing operations will represent all the ongoing operations of the post-combination company; and

•        the purpose and intent of the Business Combination is to create an operating public company, with management continuing to use the assets of ELAT to grow the business.

Ownership

The following summarizes the pro forma of our ordinary share ownership as of immediately following Closing, not giving effect to any shares issuable upon the exercise of any warrants or stock options:

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(1)      Present the Company’s current outstanding Ordinary Shares as of the date of Closing.

(2)      Shares held by the Sponsor plus the Sizzle Initial Stockholders, which includes Sizzle directors and officers.

(3)      Shares as of the Closing held by Cantor (1,247,250 shares, consisting of the 1,200,000 shares as compensation to Cantor in connection with the deferred underwriting fee and 47,250 representative shares which Cantor purchased in a private placement in connection with the Sizzle IPO) and EBC (consisting of the EBC Shares).

(4)      Represents the number of the Company’s Ordinary Shares issued to the PIPE Investors pursuant to the Subscription Agreements. Such shares consist of (i) an aggregate of 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares subscribed for pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, subject to offsets for purchases of 799,600 Public Shares in the open market prior to closing, (ii) 2,049,000 founder shares transferred by Sponsor prior to the Closing (effective at the Closing, as contemplated by and in accordance with the terms set forth in the Merger Agreement, each Founder Share was cancelled and converted into the right to receive one Ordinary Share), (iii) 1,100,000 Ordinary Shares issued to the PIPE Investors at Closing, and (iv) an aggregate of up to 3,000,000 Ordinary Shares issued to the PIPE Investors at Closing that are to be released to the PIPE Investors at a rate of three Ordinary Shares for each Ordinary Share that the PIPE Investors purchase upon exercise of such PIPE Investors’ warrants. In addition, pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, at Closing the PIPE Investors were issued warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of $10.00 per share (subject to adjustment, including full ratchet anti-dilution protection), expiring on the date that is 15 months after the Closing.

(5)      Represents Ordinary Shares issued at Closing pursuant to fee modification agreements entered into with various vendors and services providers. No individual vendor or service provider owns greater than 1% of the Ordinary Shares outstanding as of the Closing.

(6)      Represents the issuance of 67,788,383 Ordinary Shares to EUR pursuant to the Merger Agreement. This amount has been calculated based on the stated value of $750,000,000 for the Acquired Business (as defined in the Merger Agreement) divided by the redemption amount per share of Sizzle Common Stock payable to Sizzle stockholders in connection with the Closing as provided in the Merger Agreement. Such amount does not reflect the Earnout Shares that are issuable to EUR pursuant to the Merger Agreement.

The ownership percentages set forth above and in the tables below include the shares issuable to the parties listed, but do not take into account (i) any shares reserved for issuance under the Incentive Plan or ESPP, (ii) any issuance of shares underlying Company Warrants), (iii) the issuance of up to 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares underlying warrants issued to the PIPE Investors pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, (iv) the Earnout Shares, or (v) any adjustments to the Merger Consideration payable to EUR pursuant to terms set forth in the Merger Agreement.

Pro Forma Financial Information

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of December 31, 2023 combines the unaudited historical balance sheet of ELAT as of December 31, 2023 and the unaudited historical balance sheet data of Sizzle as of September 30, 2023, giving pro forma effect to the Business Combination as if it had occurred on December 31, 2023. The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the half year ended December 31, 2023 combines the historical statement of operations of ELAT for the half year ended December 31, 2023 and the historical statement of operations of Sizzle for the period from June 30, 2023 to September 30, 2023, giving pro forma effect to the Business Combination as if it had occurred on January 1, 2024. The historical financial information of ELAT was derived from the unaudited financial statements of ELAT as of and for the half year ended December 31, 2023; and the historical financial information of Sizzle was derived from the unaudited financial statements of Sizzle as of September 30, 2023 and 2022, and the unaudited condensed financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, by subtracting from the results of the operations for nine months ended September 30, 2022 the results of the operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023 and adding results of the operations ended September 30, 2023.

The historical financial statements of ELAT have been prepared in accordance with IFRS and in its presentation currency of the U.S. dollar. The presentation currency of ELAT has been determined to be U.S. dollars reflecting the current principal equity and financing structure. The results and financial position of ELAT and any of its subsidiaries (none of which has the currency of a hyperinflationary economy) that have a functional currency different from the presentation currency are translated into the presentation currency in accordance with the accounting policy outlined in the audited financial statements of ELAT. The historical financial statements of Sizzle have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and in its presentation currency of the U.S. dollar. We qualify as a foreign private issuer and prepared our financial statements in accordance with IFRS. Accordingly, the following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with IFRS, and no material accounting policy difference is identified in converting Sizzle’s historical financial statements to IFRS. See “Important Information about U.S. GAAP and IFRS.” The historical financial information of ELAT included in the following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been presented in its presentation currency of the U.S. dollar.

Assumptions and estimates underlying the unaudited pro forma adjustments reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information are described in the accompanying notes. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is presented for illustrative purposes only and does not purport to indicate the operating results and financial position that would have been achieved had the Business Combination occurred on the dates indicated. Further, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not consider any potential impacts of changes in market conditions on revenues, expense efficiencies, asset dispositions, acquisitions, and share repurchases, among other factors. The unaudited pro forma adjustments represent management’s estimates based on information available as of the date of these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements and are subject to change as additional information becomes available and analyses are performed. As a result, actual results may differ materially from the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information presented in this section.

Basis of Presentation

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of December 31, 2023 assumes that the Business Combination occurred on December 31, 2023. The period is presented on the basis of ELAT as the accounting acquirer.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of December 31, 2023 has been prepared using, and should be read in conjunction with, ELAT’s unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023 and the related notes, included elsewhere in this prospectus.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the half year ended December 31, 2023 has been prepared using, and should be read in conjunction with, ELAT’s unaudited consolidated statement of operations for the half year ended December 31, 2023 and the related notes, included elsewhere in this prospectus.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended June 30, 2023 has been prepared using, and should be read in conjunction with, ELAT’s audited consolidated statement of operations for the year ended June 30, 2023 and the related notes, included elsewhere in this prospectus.

This information should also be read together with “Company’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and other financial information included elsewhere in this prospectus.

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED
BALANCE SHEET
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED
BALANCE SHEET — (Continued)
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
HALF YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023

NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED
FINANCIAL INFORMATION

1. IFRS Adjustments and Reclassifications

The historical financial information of European Lithium and its wholly owned subsidiary (the “Group”) for the year ended June 30, 2023 and the six months ended December 31, 2023, was prepared in accordance with IFRS.

The presentation currency of the Group has been determined to be US Dollars reflecting the current principal equity and financing structure.

The results and financial position of all the Group entities (none of which has the currency of a hyperinflationary economy) that have a functional currency different from the presentation currency are translated into the presentation currency in accordance with the accounting policy outlined in the audited financial statements.

2. Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information

General

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared to illustrate the effect of the Business Combination and related transactions and has been prepared for informational purposes only.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X (as amended by the final rule, Release No. 33-10786 “Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses”). Release No. 33-10786 replaces the previous pro forma adjustment criteria with simplified requirements to depict the accounting for the transaction (“Transaction Accounting Adjustments”) and present the reasonably estimable synergies and other transaction effects that have occurred or are reasonably expected to occur (“Management’s Adjustments”). The Company has elected not to present Management’s Adjustments and is only presenting Transaction Accounting Adjustments in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

The pro forma condensed combined provision for income taxes does not necessarily reflect the amounts that would have resulted had the Company filed consolidated income tax returns during the periods presented.

The pro forma basic and diluted net loss per Ordinary Share amounts presented in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations are based upon the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding, assuming the Business Combination occurred on July 1, 2022.

Proforma Adjustments and Transaction Accounting Adjustments

The Transaction Accounting Adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma financial information are as follows:

2(a)   The table below represents the shares issued at the Closing Date with $81,640 recognized against issue capital and an increase to share premium reserve of $903,169,154.

2(b)  The table below represents the source and uses of funds as it relates to the Transactions:

i.       Represents the $9,834,511 cash held in the Trust Account upon Closing (see Note 2(a)).

ii.      Represents the value of shares issued pursuant to PIPE Financing (see Note 2(h)(i)).

iii.     Represents the payment of taxes of $658,472 which are payable by the Company as of Closing. Following the payment of these taxes, a residual balance of $83,507 remains payable.

iv.      Represents estimated transaction costs (see Note 2(c)(ii)).

v.       Represents the amount of transaction costs to our suppliers and vendors settled through issuance of equity (see Note 2(a)).

2(c)   Represents transaction costs incurred as part of the Business Combination:

i.       Represents the cash payment of deferred underwriting fees incurred as part of the initial public offering committed to be paid upon the consummation of the Business Combination. Cantor agreed in writing to reduce its deferred underwriting fee, through the issuance of 1,200,000 Ordinary Shares

in lieu of a cash fee. The difference in the fee payable and fair value of these shares has resulted in a loss in the extinguishment of liabilities of $5,126,611 which is included herewith in the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations, $1,200 Sizzle share capital and increase to share premium reserve of $13,275,411.

ii.      Represents total estimated incremental transaction costs related to the Transactions of which $9,895,819 was payable as of the Closing Date (including $6,676,493 that has been accrued in the audited historical financial statements at December 31, 2023) reflected as an adjustment to the unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet as a reduction of cash and cash equivalents with a corresponding decrease in cost of equity. In addition, accrued transaction expenses of $4,452,658 have been accrued as of the Closing Date, which are payable after the Closing Date. Accordingly, accounts payable has increased by this amount. These transaction costs are not expected to have a recurring impact.

2(d)  Represents the preliminary estimated expense recognized for the stock exchange listing service received, in accordance with IFRS 2, for the excess of the fair value of Sizzle Common Shares issued to Sizzle shareholders and the fair value of Sizzle’s identifiable net assets at the date of the Business Combination, resulting in a US$74,705,998 decrease to retained earnings. The consideration for the acquisition of Sizzle was determined using the Sizzle common share price referenced to the Transaction Financing at US$11.05 per share. The estimated IFRS 2 listing expense as further illustrated below:

2(e)   Other adjustments relating to the receipt of funds from the Polar facility of which $430,000 was incurred on operating expenditure (refer to note 2(h)(ii)) and $30,000 extension funds due but not paid at Closing Date.

2(f)   To reflect the recapitalization of European Lithium through adjustments to the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements as follows:

i.       The contribution of all the aggregate share capital, reserves and accumulated deficit in European Lithium to the Company of $39,414, $42,837,786 and $10,870,849.

ii.      The elimination of the historical Sizzle share capital of $627, additional paid up capital $75,403 and accumulated deficit of $14,074,556.

2(g)  The fair value of the 7,750,000 public warrants issued in connection with Sizzle’s initial public offering were initially measured at fair value totaling $5,617,267 using Monte Carlo simulation model. The fair value of the 7,750,000 public warrants as of December 31, 2023 was $697,500 based on the listed market price of such warrants at this date. For the period ended December 31, 2023, the cumulative change in fair value of these warrants from the date of the IPO to December 31, 2023 of $4,919,767 is included herewith in the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations.

2(h)  The table below represents finance costs associated with the issue of warrants:

(i)     Represents the issue of 1,000,000 warrants to PIPE Investors to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of $10.00 per share (subject to adjustment, including full ratchet anti-dilution protection), expiring on May 27, 2025. The fair value of the 1,000,000 Warrants is $6,792,466 using the Black Scholes valuation model which has been recognized as a finance expense in the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations.

(ii)    Represents 350,000 warrants issued to Polar Multi-Strategy Master Fund (Polar) to purchase up to 350,000 Ordinary Shares, at an exercise price of $10.00 per share (subject to adjustment, including full ratchet anti-dilution protection), expiring on May 27, 2025. The fair value of the 350,000 Warrants is $2,377,636 using the Black Scholes valuation model which has been recognized as a finance expense in the Pro Forma Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations.

(iii)   Reflects issuance of warrants to GEM to purchase up to 1,814,797 Ordinary Shares, calculated based on 2.0% of the total equity interests of on a fully diluted basis as of the Closing Date, at an exercise price equal of $10.71 per share (subject to adjustment as set forth in such warrant), expiring on February 27, 2027.

2(i)   On May 2, 2023, the Company entered into a Deed of Trust with EV Resources Limited (“EVR”) for the transfer of the 20% interest in EV Resources GmbH which holds the interest in the Weinebene Lithium Project (the “Weinebene Project”) and the Eastern Alps Lithium Project (the “Eastern Alps Project”) upon consummation of the Business Combination. Under the terms of the deed of trust, nil consideration is to be paid by the Company in respect to this acquisition. The carrying value of $427,062 has been recognized at cost based on the carrying value in the audited accounts of European Lithium Ltd.

2(j)   Reflects the commitment fee of $1,875,000 (based on 1.5% under the share purchase agreement of $125 million) payable to GEM, which has been settled through the issue of 122,549 Ordinary Shares.

3. Net Loss per Common Share

Represents the net profit per common share calculated using the historical weighted average shares outstanding, and the issuance of additional shares in connection with the Business Combination, assuming the shares were outstanding since January 1, 2024. As the Business Combination and related transactions are being reflected as if they had occurred on January 1, 2024, the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted net profit per common share assumes that the shares issuable relating to the Business Combination have been outstanding for the entire periods presented.

USE OF PROCEEDS

All of the Ordinary Shares offered by the Selling Securityholders pursuant to this prospectus will be sold by the Selling Securityholders for their respective accounts. We will not receive any of the proceeds from such sales. We will pay certain expenses associated with the registration of the securities covered by this prospectus, as described in the section titled “Plan of Distribution.”

We will, however, receive the proceeds from the exercise of Warrants to the extent such Warrants are exercised for cash. Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Ordinary Share at the applicable exercise price of such Warrant. The exercise price of (i) the Public Warrants to purchase 7,750,000 Ordinary Shares is $11.50 per share, (ii) the Polar Warrant to purchase 350,000 Ordinary Shares is $10.00 per share, (iii) PIPE Warrants to purchase 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares is $10.00 per share and (iv) the GEM Warrant to purchase 1,814,797 Ordinary Shares is $10.71 per share, in each case, subject to adjustment as set forth therein. Assuming the exercise of all outstanding Warrants for cash, we would receive aggregate proceeds of approximately $122.1 million. We believe that the likelihood that Warrant holders determine to exercise their Warrants, and therefore the amount of cash proceeds that we would receive, is dependent upon the market price of our Ordinary Shares. If the market price for our Ordinary Shares is less than the applicable exercise price of the Warrants (on a per share basis), we believe that Warrant holders will be unlikely to exercise any of their Warrants, and accordingly, we will not receive any such proceeds. Conversely, we believe the Warrant holders are more likely to exercise their Warrants the higher the price of our Ordinary Shares is above the applicable exercise price of such Warrants. On March 28, 2024, the closing price of our Ordinary Shares was $11.97 per share, which is above the applicable exercise price of all our Warrants. There is no assurance that the Warrants will be “in the money” prior to their expiration or that the Warrant holders will exercise their Warrants. To the extent that any Warrants are exercised on a cashless basis, the amount of cash we would receive from the exercise of the Warrants will decrease.

DIVIDEND POLICY

The Board will consider whether or not to institute a dividend policy. It is the present intention of the Board to retain any earnings for use in our business operations and, accordingly, the Board not anticipate declaring any dividends in the foreseeable future. The timing, declaration, amount and payment of future dividends to stockholders falls within the discretion of the Board. The Board’s decisions regarding the amount and payment of future dividends will depend on many factors, including our financial condition, earnings, capital requirements of our business and covenants associated with debt obligations, as well as legal requirements, regulatory constraints, industry practice and other factors that the Board deems relevant.

Shares upon the exercise of their Public Warrants is urged to consult its tax advisors regarding the possible application of the Proposed PFIC Option Regulations to their investment in the Company’s Public Warrants, including their ownership and disposition of Company Ordinary Shares received upon the exercise of their Public Warrants. Solely for discussion purposes, the following discussion assumes that the Proposed PFIC Option Regulations will apply to the Company’s Public Warrants.

If the Company is determined to be a PFIC for any taxable year (or portion thereof) that is included in the holding period of a U.S. Holder of Company Ordinary Shares and the U.S. Holder did not make either a qualified electing fund (“QEF”) election or mark-to-market election, as further discussed below, for the first taxable year in which the Company was treated as a PFIC and in which the U.S. Holder held (or was deemed to hold) such shares or otherwise, such U.S. Holder generally will be subject to special and adverse rules with respect to (i) any gain recognized by the U.S. Holder on the sale or other disposition of its Company Ordinary Shares (which may include gain realized by reason of transfers of Company Ordinary Shares that would otherwise qualify as nonrecognition transactions for U.S. federal income tax purposes) and (ii) any “excess distribution” made to the U.S. Holder (generally, any distributions to such U.S. Holder during a taxable year of the U.S. Holder that are greater than 125% of the average annual distributions received by such U.S. Holder in respect of the Company Ordinary Shares during the three preceding taxable years of such U.S. Holder or, if shorter, the portion of such U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Company Ordinary Shares that preceded the taxable year of the distribution) (together, the “excess distribution rules”).

Under these excess distribution rules:

•        the U.S. Holder’s gain or excess distribution will be allocated ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Company Ordinary Shares;

•        the amount allocated to the U.S. Holder’s taxable year in which the U.S. Holder recognized the gain or received the excess distribution, or to the period in the U.S. Holder’s holding period before the first day of the Company’s first taxable year in which the Company is a PFIC, will be taxed as ordinary income;

•        the amount allocated to each other taxable year (or portion thereof) of the U.S. Holder and included in its holding period will be taxed at the highest tax rate in effect for that year and applicable to the U.S. Holder; and

•        an additional tax equal to the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed on the U.S. Holder with respect to the tax attributable to each such other taxable year (or portion thereof) of the U.S. Holder.

In general, if the Company is determined to be a PFIC, a U.S. Holder may be able to avoid the excess distribution rules described above in respect of the Company Ordinary Shares by making and maintaining a timely and valid QEF election (if eligible to do so) to include in income its pro rata share of the Company’s net capital gains (as long-term capital gain) and other earnings and profits (as ordinary income), on a current basis, in each case whether or not distributed, in the taxable year of the U.S. Holder in which or with which the Company’s taxable year ends. A U.S. Holder generally may make a separate election to defer the payment of taxes on undistributed income inclusions under the QEF rules, but if deferred, any such taxes will be subject to an interest charge.

If a U.S. Holder makes a QEF election with respect to its Company Ordinary Shares in a year after the Company’s first taxable year as a PFIC in which the U.S. Holder held (or was deemed to hold) Company Ordinary Shares, then notwithstanding such QEF election, the excess distribution rules discussed above, adjusted to take into account the current income inclusions resulting from the QEF election, will continue to apply with respect to such U.S. Holder’s Company Ordinary Shares, unless the U.S. Holder makes a purging election under the PFIC rules. Under one type of purging election, the U.S. Holder will be deemed to have sold such Company Ordinary Shares at their fair market value and any gain recognized on such deemed sale will be treated as an excess distribution, as described above. As a result of such purging election, the U.S. Holder will have additional basis (to the extent of any gain recognized on the deemed sale) and, solely for purposes of the PFIC rules, a new holding period in the Company Ordinary Shares.

Under current law, a U.S. Holder may not make a QEF election with respect to Public Warrants to acquire Company Ordinary Shares. As a result, under the Proposed PFIC Option Regulations, if a U.S. Holder that exercises such Public Warrants properly makes and maintains a QEF election with respect to the newly acquired Company Ordinary Shares (or has previously made a QEF election with respect to Company Ordinary Shares), the QEF election will apply to the newly acquired Company Ordinary Shares. Notwithstanding such QEF election, the excess

distribution rules discussed above, adjusted to take into account the current income inclusions resulting from the QEF election, might continue to apply with respect to such newly acquired Company Ordinary Shares due to a rule under the Proposed Treasury Regulations providing that shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an option generally will be deemed to have a holding period for purposes of the PFIC rules that includes the period the U.S. Holder held the option. If this rule were to be applicable, and as a result a U.S. Holder’s holding period in Company Ordinary Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of a Public Warrant included a prior period in which a QEF election was not in effect, then the U.S. Holder would generally need to make, in addition to a QEF Election, a purging election under the PFIC rules to avoid the application of the excess distribution rules. U.S. Holders that also hold Public Warrants are urged to consult their tax advisors as to the application of the above rules to their particular circumstances.

The QEF election is made on a shareholder-by-shareholder basis and, once made, can be revoked only with the consent of the IRS. A U.S. Holder generally makes a QEF election by attaching a completed IRS Form 8621 (Information Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company or Qualified Electing Fund), including the information provided in a PFIC annual information statement, to a timely filed U.S. federal income tax return for the tax year to which the election relates. Retroactive QEF elections generally may be made only by filing a protective statement with such return and if certain other conditions are met or with the consent of the IRS. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the availability and tax consequences of a retroactive QEF election under their particular circumstances.

If a U.S. Holder has made a QEF election with respect to their Company Ordinary Shares, and the excess distribution rules discussed above do not apply to such shares (because of a timely QEF election for the Company’s first taxable year as a PFIC in which the U.S. Holder holds (or is deemed to hold) such shares or a purge of the PFIC taint pursuant to a purging election, as described above), any gain recognized on the sale of Company Ordinary Shares generally will be taxable as capital gain and no additional interest charge will be imposed under the PFIC rules. As discussed above, if the Company were a PFIC for any taxable year, a U.S. Holder of Company Ordinary Shares that has made a QEF election will be currently taxed on its pro rata share of the Company’s earnings and profits, whether or not distributed for such year. A subsequent distribution of such earnings and profits that were previously included in income generally should not be taxable when distributed to such U.S. Holder. The tax basis of a U.S. Holder’s shares in a QEF will be increased by amounts that are included in income, and decreased by amounts distributed but not taxed as dividends, under the above rules. In addition, if the Company were not a PFIC for any taxable year, such U.S. Holder will not be subject to the QEF inclusion regime with respect to its Company Ordinary Shares for such a taxable year.

In order to comply with the requirements of a QEF election, a U.S. Holder must receive a PFIC Annual Information Statement from the Company that provides the information necessary for U.S. Holders to make or maintain a QEF election. There can be no assurance that the Company will have timely knowledge of its status as a PFIC in the future or that the Company will timely provide such information for any year. The failure to provide such information on an annual basis could prevent a U.S. Holder from making a QEF election or result in the invalidation or termination of a U.S. Holder’s prior QEF election.

Alternatively, if the Company is a PFIC and the Company Ordinary Shares constitute “marketable stock,” a U.S. Holder who owns (or is treated as owning for purposes of this rule) the Company’s shares at the close of its taxable year may avoid the application of the excess distribution rules discussed above if such U.S. Holder makes a “mark-to-market” election with respect to such shares for the first taxable year in which it holds (or is deemed to hold) Company Ordinary Shares and for which the Company is determined to be a PFIC. Such U.S. Holder generally will include for each of its taxable years as ordinary income the excess, if any, of the fair market value of its Company Ordinary Shares at the end of such year over its adjusted basis in its Company Ordinary Shares. The U.S. Holder also will recognize an ordinary loss in respect of the excess, if any, of its adjusted basis of its Company Ordinary Shares over the fair market value of its Company Ordinary Shares at the end of its taxable year (but only to the extent of the net amount of previously included income as a result of the mark-to-market election). The U.S. Holder’s basis in its Company Ordinary Shares will be adjusted to reflect any such income or loss amounts, and any further gain recognized on a sale or other taxable disposition of its Company Ordinary Shares will be treated as ordinary income and any further loss recognized will be treated as ordinary loss (but only to the extent of the net amount of income previously included as a result of a mark-to-market election, and any loss in excess of such prior inclusions generally would be treated as capital loss).

The mark-to-market election is available only for “marketable stock,” generally, stock that is regularly traded on a national securities exchange that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Nasdaq, or on a foreign exchange or market that the IRS determines has rules sufficient to ensure that the market price represents a legitimate and sound fair market value. If made, a mark-to-market election would be effective for the taxable year for which the election was made and for all subsequent taxable years unless the Company Ordinary Shares cease to qualify as “marketable stock” for purposes of the PFIC rules or the IRS consents to the revocation of the election. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the availability and tax consequences of a mark-to-market election with respect to Company Ordinary Shares under their particular circumstances.

If the Company is a PFIC and, at any time, the Company has a foreign subsidiary that is classified as a PFIC, a U.S. Holder generally would be deemed to own a proportionate amount of the shares of such lower-tier PFIC, and generally could incur liability for the deferred tax and interest charge under the excess distribution rules described above if the Company receives a distribution from, or disposes of all or part of its interest in, the lower-tier PFIC, or the U.S. Holder otherwise was deemed to have disposed of an interest in the lower-tier PFIC. There can be no assurance that the Company will have timely knowledge of the status of any lower-tier PFIC or provide information that may be required for a U.S. Holder to make or maintain a QEF election with respect to such lower-tier PFIC. A mark-to-market election generally would not be available with respect to such lower-tier PFIC.

A U.S. Holder that owns (or is deemed to own) shares in a PFIC during any taxable year of the U.S. Holder, may have to file an IRS Form 8621 (whether or not a QEF or mark-to-market election is made) and to provide such other information as may be required by the U.S. Treasury Department. Failure to do so, if required, will extend the statute of limitations applicable to such U.S. Holder until such required information is furnished to the IRS.

The rules dealing with PFICs and with the QEF, purging and mark-to-market elections are very complex and are affected by various factors in addition to those described above. Accordingly, U.S. Holders of Company Ordinary Shares are urged to consult their own tax advisors concerning the application of the PFIC rules to the Company’s securities under their particular circumstances, including, in particular, to any U.S. Holder who acquire Company Ordinary Shares pursuant to the exercise of Public Warrants.

Foreign Asset Reporting

Certain U.S. Holders may be required to file an IRS Form 926 (Return by a U.S. Transferor of Property to a Foreign Corporation) to report a transfer of property (including cash) to the Company. Substantial penalties may be imposed on a U.S. Holder that fails to comply with this reporting requirement, and the period of limitations on assessment and collection of U.S. federal income taxes will be extended in the event of a failure to comply. Furthermore, certain U.S. Holders are required to report their holdings of certain specified foreign financial assets, including equity of foreign entities, if the aggregate value of all of these assets exceeds certain threshold amounts, by filing IRS Form 8938 with their federal income tax return. Company Ordinary Shares are expected to constitute foreign financial assets subject to these requirements unless the Company Ordinary Shares are held in an account maintained at certain financial institutions. Persons who are required to report specified foreign financial assets and fail to do so may be subject to substantial penalties, and the period of limitations on assessment and collection of U.S. federal income taxes may be extended in the event of a failure to comply. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding their information reporting obligations, if any, with respect to their ownership and disposition of Company Ordinary Shares and the significant penalties for non-compliance.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

Dividend payments with respect to Company Ordinary Shares and proceeds from the sale or exchange of Company Ordinary Shares may be subject to information reporting to the IRS and possible U.S. backup withholding. Backup withholding will not apply, however, to a U.S. Holder who furnishes a correct taxpayer identification number and makes other required certifications, or who is otherwise exempt from backup withholding and establishes such exempt status.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Amounts withheld as backup withholding may be credited against a U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, and a U.S. Holder generally may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules by timely filing the appropriate claim for refund with the IRS and furnishing any required information.

MATERIAL BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS TAX CONSIDERATIONS

The following summary contains a description of certain British Virgin Islands tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of ordinary shares, but it does not purport to be a comprehensive description of all the tax considerations that may be relevant to a decision to purchase ordinary shares. The summary is based upon the tax laws of British Virgin Islands and regulations thereunder and on the tax laws of the U.S. and regulations thereunder as of the date hereof, which are subject to change.

British Virgin Islands Tax Considerations

Prospective investors should consult their professional advisers on the possible tax consequences of buying, holding or selling any Shares under the laws of their country of citizenship, residence or domicile.

Under Existing British Virgin Islands Laws.

The Company and all dividends, interest, rents, royalties, compensation and other amounts paid by the Company to persons who are not resident in the BVI and any capital gains realized with respect to any shares, debt obligations, or other securities of the Company by persons who are not resident in the BVI are exempt from all provisions of the Income Tax Ordinance in the BVI.

No estate, inheritance, succession or gift tax, rate, duty, levy or other charge is payable by persons who are not resident in the BVI with respect to any shares, debt obligation or other securities of the Company.

All instruments relating to transfers of property to or by the Company and all instruments relating to transactions in respect of the shares, debt obligations or other securities of the Company and all instruments relating to other transactions relating to the business of the Company are exempt from payment of stamp duty in the BVI. This assumes that the Company does not hold an interest in real estate in the BVI.

There are currently no withholding taxes or exchange control regulations in the BVI applicable to the Company or its members.

BUSINESS

Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, references in this section “we,” “us,” “our,” and other similar terms refer to European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited and its subsidiaries prior to the Business Combination and refer to the Company (including European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited) and its subsidiaries immediately following the consummation of the Business Combination. See page 6 for a glossary of certain terms used throughout this section.

Overview

We are an exploration stage mining and development company that aims to become Europe’s next producer of lithium for the green energy transition. Our efforts are focused on the development of our wholly-owned Wolfsberg Lithium Project (the “Wolfsberg Project”) located in Carinthia, Austria, which is approximately 270 kilometers south of Vienna. In addition, as of Closing, we hold a 20% interest in additional Austrian projects, comprising the Weinebene and Eastern Alps Lithium Projects (each as defined below), which was previously held by European Lithium immediately prior to Closing.

The Wolfsberg Project is geographically located in a supportive region that we believe is the center of the growing European lithium battery and electric vehicle (“EV”) industry. The region boasts strong local infrastructure, located close to Graz and Klagenfurt airport, and is serviced by nearby railways and highways. Located nearby to the Wolfsberg Project are several planned giga factories that are to be built by battery suppliers and some of Europe’s leading automakers, seeking to satisfy the growing demand for lithium-ion batteries in the EV market. We believe the proximity of the Wolfsberg Project to potential resources, planned production operations, a strong local workforce and our potential customer base will allow us to deliver a valuable supply of lithium products, a key lithium-based compound in lithium-ion batteries, which is preferred by most EV manufacturers.

The Wolfsberg Project comprises 54 exploration licenses, which covers a total area of 11.33 square kilometers and a mining license over 20 mining areas occupying 86.7 hectare that lie within the exploration area.

We are aiming to commence spodumene production at the Wolfsberg Project in 2026, subject to funding, approvals by the Austrian government and COVID-19 restrictions. Please see the section entitled “Risk Factors,” including “Risk Factors — Operating Risks” for a description of risks related to the Wolfsberg Project.

Business Strategies

Our primary strategy is to become Europe’s first licensed lithium mine for the EV market. The centerpiece of our business is our wholly-owned Wolfsberg Project. Our strategy involves developing a low cost, highly sustainable, source of lithium hydroxide manufactured from spodumene concentrate, giving European battery and EV manufacturers better continuity of supply while also helping them meet their environmental commitments. A key component of our strategy is to become an “integrated” local supplier to the European battery supply chain. We believe this approach will allow us to become one of the most sustainable, cost-effective suppliers in the world, and further help potential customers achieve their important environmental, social and governance goals required by shareholders and regulatory agencies.

As part of our business strategy, we intend to seek to acquire assets and operations that are strategic and complementary to our existing operations. This may include acquisitions or investments in complementary companies, assets, mines, products or technologies, including in other rare earth elements and minerals. In addition, we may have opportunities to make acquisitions from third parties jointly with EUR, and in some cases we may acquire assets or other operations directly from EUR or its affiliates. EUR has no obligation to sell any additional assets to us or to accept any offer that we may make for any additional assets, and we may decide not to acquire such additional assets even if EUR or an affiliate offers them to us.

We have in the past evaluated and pursued, and intend in the future to evaluate and pursue, rare earth-related assets and other critical metals assets that have characteristics and opportunities similar to our existing business lines and enable us to leverage our asset base, knowledge base and skill sets. Such acquisition efforts may involve participation by us in processes that have been made public and involve a number of potential buyers, commonly referred to as “auction” processes, as well as situations in which we believe we are the only party or one of a limited number of potential buyers in negotiations with the potential seller. These acquisition efforts often involve assets which, if acquired, could have a material effect on our financial condition and results of operations. We typically do not

announce a transaction until after we have executed a definitive acquisition agreement. Discussions and negotiations regarding a potential acquisition can advance or terminate in a short period of time. Moreover, the closing of any transaction for which we have entered into a definitive acquisition agreement will be subject to customary and other closing conditions, which may not ultimately be satisfied or waived. Accordingly, we can give no assurance that our current or future acquisition efforts will be successful. Although we expect the acquisitions we make to be accretive in the long term, we can provide no assurance that our expectations will ultimately be realized.

History and Development of the Wolfsberg Project

The Wolfsberg Project was initially discovered by Minerex (“Minerex”), an Austrian government company, in 1981. Following extensive exploration, technical and commercial studies, a pre-feasibility study was completed in 1987. Minerex completed exploration work that included initial surface geology mapping along with 9,940 cubic meters of surface trenches and a diamond-drilling program totaling 12,012 meters collared from surface. In 1985, an underground exploration program was undertaken that included development of a decline from the surface from the northern side of Brandrucken Mountain through the amphibole schist to provide access to the pegmatite veins. Crosscutting drifts were driven along strike of selected veins to provide access for mapping and sampling and an additional decline was driven to access the veins in the mica schist. In all 1,389 meters of underground development was mined. A diamond drilling campaign of 4,715 meters was undertaken from underground to effectively infill the surface drilling to about 50-meter intervals in the eastern part of Zone 1. The Austrian government ultimately decided not to proceed with developing the Wolfsberg Project due to the low demand for and the price of lithium, and, as a result, Minerex was dissolved. In 1988, the Wolfsberg Project was transferred to Bleiberger Bergwerksunion (“BBU”), a government owned miner of lead and zinc.

In 1991, BBU was dissolved by the Austrian government, and the Wolfsberg Project was sold to Kärntner Montanindustrie GmbH (“KMI”), a private mining company. KMI carried out the necessary work specified by the Austrian mining authorities to hold the exploration licenses and maintain the mine in good order.

In 2011, KMI was granted a mining license for the Wolfsberg Project. In 2011, ASX-listed Global Strategic Metals Limited (“GSM”), previously named East Coast Minerals NL, and Exchange Minerals (through jointly-owned subsidiary ECM Lithium AT GmbH), acquired the Wolfsberg Project from KMI for €9.7m plus 20% VAT.

Following its acquisition of the Wolfsberg Project, GSM undertook exploration drilling in 2012 on the southern limb of the anticline, which confirmed the structural interpretation and presence of lithium bearing pegmatite veins. Trial mining was undertaken in 2013 to validate the mining license and to collect 500 ton bulk samples from the two mineralization styles for metallurgical testing. The Minerex drilling data was utilized to develop a three-dimensional resource model for use in mine planning. In 2014, GSM undertook a corporate restructuring to separate its lithium and silver businesses. The demerger was effected via a pro-rata in-specie distribution of shares in European Lithium Limited to GSM shareholders.

In 2016, European Lithium, formerly Paynes Find Gold Limited, completed its acquisition of the Company. Following its acquisition, European Lithium completed its verification of the original Minerex exploration data. To complete the verification, European Lithium digitized the original Minerex data and then applied a verification program that incorporated (i) channel sampling along exposed pegmatite veins in the underground drifts to replicate the channel sampling conducted by Minerex on every new face after blasting to extend the tunnels along the strike of the veins and (ii) twin-hole drilling from underground to compare the drill core logs from Minerex for seven drill holes selected to maximize the number of pegmatite intersections.

Overview of Our Projects

The Wolfsberg Project

The Wolfsberg Project’s mine is located just to the south of Wolfsberg. This location allows access to the nearby A2 motorway and the natural gas transmission pipeline that follows the motorway. Wolfsberg is an industrial town of approximately 25,000 residents with a growing light industrial sector. In addition, the Wolfsberg Project is positioned in close proximity to large lithium import markets in Europe, such as Germany, Belgium, France, Italy and Spain, and planned battery projects in Hungary, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

On 15 August 2023, EUR announced it had received a grant of new mining licenses and extensions for the Wolfsberg Project located in a new mining field called Barbara. The grant of new licenses and extensions grows the Wolfsberg Project to a total of 20 licenses, nearly doubling the footprint for the underground mining operations. Currently, we hold 22 original and 32 overlapping exploration licenses covering Zones 1 and 2 of the Wolfsberg Project. All exploration licenses have been extended by the Austrian Mining Authority through December 31, 2024. We also hold a mining license that covers over 20 mining areas until December 31, 2025. The mining license can be renewed on an ongoing basis provided its conditions are maintained. Please see the section entitled “Description of the Wolfsberg Project” for additional information on the Wolfsberg Project.

Exploration and Development

As part of EUR’s verification and validation of the Minerex data in 2016, a number of twin channel samples were taken across the pegmatites. After samples positions are marked, sample boundaries were cut perpendicular to the pegmatite strike direction using a diamond saw. The samples were 5 centimeters wide by 10 centimeters deep. Once cut, the samples were broken out using jackhammer and large pieces were broken with a hand-held hammer and the over break discarded. Channel sample field duplicates were also collected from selected channel samples by either deepening or widening the channel sampled.

In 2017, EUR commenced a surface drilling program, which comprised four HQ3 diameter holes designed to verify the extension to depth of the pegmatite veins identified by Minerex and three HQ3 diameter holes to obtain more information on the extension of the pegmatite veins, totaling 2,576.6 meters. In addition, EUR carried out 300 meters of trenching on the southern limb of the anticline, to identify overburden pegmatites and their southern extension. The lithium grade of pegmatite samples identified in the trenching were too low to be of interest. The drilling program in Zone 2, was completed in 2018 with an additional five HQ3 diameter holes for a total length of 1,338 meters.

See the section entitled “Description of the Wolfsberg Project — Exploration and Drilling Activity” and Section 7 of the Technical Report Summary for additional information on the exploration and development of the Wolfsberg Project.

Feasibility Studies

In April 2018, EUR completed a prefeasibility study (the “PFS”) with respect to the Wolfsberg Project. The PFS was prepared in accordance with the reporting requirements of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the “JORC Code”). In March 2023, EUR completed a definitive feasibility study (the “March 2023 DFS”) with respect to the Wolfsberg Project, which was also prepared in accordance with the JORC Code. The PFS and the March 2023 DFS were conducted by EUR, which is a publicly traded company listed on the ASX, and as a result were not prepared in accordance with Item 1300 of Regulation S-K, as promulgated by the SEC.

The Technical Report Summary, which is included as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, was prepared in accordance with Item 1300 of Regulation S-K as promulgated by the SEC. No changes to the Technical Report Summary, including information related to the Company’s mineral resources disclosed therein, were made as a result of the completion of the March 2023 DFS. Please see “Description of the Wolfsberg Project — Mineral Resources” for a discussion of the Company’s mineral resources. For more information regarding the assumptions and parameters used to estimate mineral resources on the Wolfsberg Project, please read the Technical Report Summary.

The Company is currently in the process of completing a definitive feasibility study with respect to spodumene production at the Wolfsberg Project. We refer to this definitive feasibility study throughout this prospectus as the “DFS.” The DFS, when complete, is expected to be compatible with both Regulation S-K 1300 and the JORC Code. The DFS is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2024.

Environmental

The Wolfsberg Project is located in a commercial forest. Our mining license requires the submission of an operating plan to the Austrian Mining Authority before mining activities commence. This plan must also address environmental management.

The Company’s environmental consultant, Umwelt Büro, has completed its environmental baseline studies for the purpose of the compulsory and independent second mine access. A comprehensive report has been provided to us and will be incorporated in the DFS document.

A detailed review of all work, reports and related documents to the base line studies is underway and will be integrated into the operational and technical applications to all relevant authorities when the DFS is completed. We appointed an experienced, independent consultant, Hasslinger & Nagele in Vienna (“Hasslinger”), to lead the complex application process that will be based on the DFS findings. Hasslinger’s engagement includes facilitation of numerous discussions at municipal, state and federal authorities to introduce the Wolfsberg Project’s rollout.

In the second quarter of 2023, we conducted a complex work program to prepare a comprehensive application for pre-assessment of the Environmental Impact Assessment (“EIA”) Determination Procedure. The decree issued after the pre-assessment evaluation forms the basis for a fast-track-eligibility approval process covering the application of the final mining decree. The application has been filed with the Austrian state government and is based on the detailed environment study results from the PFS and March 2023 DFS covering several years of observations and documentation and the final technical layouts for the mine and concentrator. We expect the government to be in communication with us in the near future in accordance with the EIA determination procedure.

Hydrogeology

The Company’s geological consultant, GEO Unterweissacher GmbH (“GEO Unterweissacher”), continues to manage our hydrogeology monitoring program by ensuring in-hole hydrogeological test work has been completed appropriately and can continue in the future. Data from this process is fed into a water measuring database from which an annual report is produced.

Carbon Neutrality

We recognize our direct impact and the collective responsibility to protect our environment. A decision to achieve carbon neutrality across the group demonstrates our commitment to the long-term goal that underpins our industry and to meet community expectations and deliver upon our strategy in the most sustainable way possible. We commenced the process for carbon neutral certification of our operations and continue to assess its options for the Wolfsberg Project to achieve carbon neutrality status.

Marketing Activities

In December 2022, we entered into a long-term Offtake Agreement (the “Offtake Agreement”) with European auto manufacturer, Bayerische Motoren Werkte Aktiengesellschaft (“BMW”), and expect to enter into similar agreements concerning the Wolfsberg Project with other buyers. Please see the section entitled “— Offtake Agreement with BMW AG” for more details on the long-term Offtake Agreement.

Offtake Agreement with BMW AG

In December 2022, we entered into a long-term Offtake Agreement with BMW. The Offtake Agreement is conditioned upon the successful start of commercial production at the Wolfsberg Project and full product qualification and certification. In connection with the execution of the Offtake Agreement, BMW has agreed to make an advance payment of US$15.0 million to us to be repaid through equal set offs against battery grade lithium hydroxide delivered to BMW. The proceeds of such upfront payment are intended to be used for the development of the Wolfsberg Project, including supporting the commencement of the construction phase and to further progress towards the successful implementation of the Wolfsberg Project. We believe we have, satisfied the conditions of the Offtake Agreement to receive the US$15.0 million prepayment and are currently waiting on funds to be deposited in an escrow account.

Strategic Collaboration between EUR and Obeikan Investment Group

In January 2023, EUR announced that it had entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (the “MoU”) with Obeikan Investment Group (“Obeikan”) to build and operate a hydroxide plant in Saudi Arabia for the Wolfsberg Project. The MoU contemplates negotiating suitable commercial terms for the creation of a joint venture between EUR and Obeikan for the purpose of construction and operation of a lithium hydroxide plant in Saudi Arabia. On June 2, 2023, EUR announced that signed a binding term sheet with Obeikan related to the creation of the joint venture.

Under the JV Term Sheet, the proposed JV will seek to have an exclusive right to purchase spodumene mined from the current resource at the Wolfsberg Project (Zone 1), and the facility is expected to be developed to meet the minimum initial capacity and product specifications based on the Company’s binding Long Term Supply Agreement with BMW.

On January 15, 2024, EUR announced that it has investigated efficiencies in the planning process that has increased capacity for the hydroxide processing plant to 20,000 tonnes per annum. The source for the additional concentrate hasn’t been decided yet, however options are to either source from the Wolfsberg Lithium Project Zone 2, or EUR’s or the Company’s other Austrian lithium projects. Otherwise alternative sources of concentrate would be sourced in the market by the JV. As of the date of this prospectus, EUR and Obeikan are progressing with the incorporation of the JV, negotiation of commercial terms and completion of the shareholder agreement.

We expect that the Company will ultimately benefit from the joint venture between EUR and Obeikan, including by reducing the Company’s cost to build and operate a lithium hydroxide plant on its own. While EUR and Obeikan are required to contribute to the equity funding of the joint venture in accordance with their respective interests, EUR expects not to be required to contribute cash to the joint venture. In addition, once operational, the hydroxide plant is expected to significantly reduce energy costs and deliver savings in operating expenditures and capital expenditures related to the Wolfsberg Project that would otherwise be borne by the Company.

The joint venture would be between EUR and Obeikan and neither the Company, ELAT nor any of its subsidiaries will initially be parties to the joint venture, however EUR may seek to assign its interest in the joint venture to the Company at some point in the future.

The term sheet does not set forth the definitive terms with respect to the joint venture and we can give no assurance that definitive terms will be reached or that such terms will be the same as described above. In addition, we can give no assurance that the joint venture will be successful, that the lithium hydroxide plant will be completed on time or at all or that our and EUR’s expectations with respect to the joint venture will ultimately be realized. Further, any agreements or arrangements between the Company, ELAT and the joint venture in the future, including such agreements or arrangements described above, will be subject to approval by the Company board at such time and compliance with its related person transaction policy. See “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions — The Company’s Related Person Transactions — Related Person Transactions Policy Following the Business Combination.”

The Weinebene and Eastern Alps Projects

In May 2021, European Lithium announced that it acquired a 20% interest in the Weinebene Lithium Project (the “Weinebene Project) and the Eastern Alps Lithium Project (the “Eastern Alps Project”, and together with the Weinebene Project and the Wolfsberg Project, the “Projects”), both of which are located in southern Austria, approximately three hours south-west of Vienna. The Weinebene Project area directly encloses the Wolfsberg Project. The Eastern Alps Project comprises the project areas of Glanzalm-Ratzell-Poling, Millstätter Seerücken, Hohenwart, Falkenberg, Pallbauernalm-Mittereck-Zinkenschlucht, Mitterberg and St. Radegund. EV Resources Limited (formerly Jadar Resources Limited) (“EVR”) holds the remaining 80% interest in the Weinebene and Eastern Alps Projects.

The Weinebene Project and Eastern Alps Project are considered complimentary to the Wolfsberg Project given their geographical proximity and are expected to provide European Lithium with optionality in terms of future development and production scenarios. While the Weinebene Project and Eastern Alps Project are presently considered “non-core”, each project contains indications of high-grade lithium targets that will be the subject of further exploration activities. As of Closing, we hold a 20% interest in the Weinebene Project and Eastern Alps Project which was previously held by European Lithium immediately prior to Closing.

Prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, EVR held EUR’s aforementioned 20% interest in the Projects in trust. On 2 May 2023, a new deed of trust was executed whereby EVR held the 20% interest in the Projects in trust for the benefit of the Company. Under the terms of the deed of trust, nil consideration was paid by the Company in respect to this acquisition. We expect the 20% interest in the Projects to be initially recognized at cost, being the carrying value in the audited accounts of EUR. We intend to use the equity method of accounting under IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures in connection with ownership of the 20% interest in the Projects.

Pursuant to a Collaboration Agreement between European Lithium and EVR, the parties established a technical advisory committee for the purpose of jointly collaborating in connection with the Weinebene Project, the Eastern Alps Projects and the Wolfsberg Project, and sharing information to identify the best options to advance those assets and operations. This includes making recommendations for exploration programs, budgets and development scenarios in order to grow and expand the Wolfsberg Project. The Collaboration Agreement has been assigned to the Company.

In November 2020, EVR announced that it has completed a stratigraphic diamond drill-hole program at the Weinebene Project. The drilling program allowed EVR to renew the Austrian tenement for a future 5-year term (which continues to be in full force and effect). EVR has undertaken early-stage exploration work (including initial boulder sampling results which returned high-grade Li2O values with the highest value returning 3.39% Li2O and the average value over the 11 samples being 1.61% Li2O) and it is our expectation that further exploration work will be completed over at the Weinebene Project in the coming months.

In June 2022, EVR approved Austrian geological consultants, GEO Unterweissacher GmbH (“GEO”), to carry out the exploration strategy for the Eastern Alps Project. GEO reviewed relevant data and samples from the property in order to send a team to three satellite projects and test pegmatite mineralization. These prospects contain indications of high-grade lithium targets with significant residual brownfields plus greenfields exploration potential across the entire project area. EVR and European Lithium intend to review the report delivered by GEO and prepare an action drilling program for the satellite projects based on the results.

Market Opportunity and Growth

Lithium (symbol Li) is the third and lightest metal on the periodic table and does not occur in its elemental state in nature, but as lithium minerals or salts. These minerals and salts are mined either from LCT pegmatite or salars/continental brine deposits which are then converted to a variety of lithium chemicals, including lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) and lithium hydroxide (LiOH). Other potential future sources of lithium include sediment-hosted evaporite deposits that contain hectorite/smectite clays or jadarite (a lithium sodium borosilicate with composition LiNaB3SiO7(OH)) mineralization and are often associated with boron mineralization, and geothermal and oil field brines.

Lithium’s original applications were medicinal and then demand increased during World War II when the need for high temperature greases and soaps became more widespread. At the same time, its use also became critical in the development of nuclear fusion weapons. Post-World War II applications that became increasingly important included its use in the aluminum industry and glass and ceramic industries. Currently, lithium is used primarily in lithium-ion batteries, glass and ceramics, greases, and air purification.

Global lithium production has been steadily increasing over the last 16 years to approximately 458 kt lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) in 2019 (excluding US production), decreasing in 2020 to 437 kt LCE resulting from oversupply and resultant price drops, conversion capacity issues and the impact of COVID-19. However, the upward trend resumed in 2021, which saw production of 532 kt LCE and lithium prices reaching all-time highs driven by demand for lithium-ion batteries. Over the last six years, the market share of lithium-ion batteries has increased from 32% in 2015 to 70% in 2021, and this trend is expected to continue with the forecast increased market penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) into automobile sales (over the same period, the lithium production trebled more or less in line with demand).

The European Commission (the “Commission”) added battery element lithium to its critical raw materials list and highlighted lithium as an essential for a shift to environmentally friendly transport and energy storage. The Commission aims to create a European raw materials alliance that focuses on the need for rare earths and magnets, which are important to many industries, including the renewable energy and EV industries. We believe that we are poised to take advantage of this opportunity due to our geographic proximity to large lithium import markets in the EU, such as Germany, Belgium, France, Italy and Spain. Global demand for lithium is expected to increase from 683kt lithium carbonate equivalent (“LCE”) in 2022 to 2,634kt LCE in 2031, according to Benchmark Q3 2022 Lithium Forecast Report. We believe that this growth will continue into the future driven by the following factors:

The Energy Transition

Worldwide electrification and energy transition is now a clear focus area, with many governments, businesses and investors around the world making commitments to change. The global energy transition will present an expansive commercial opportunity for renewable energy sources, particularly in the automotive sector. As an impetus to global electrification efforts, several governments and leading global OEMs alike have announced robust electrification goals, precipitating imminent change.

Electric Vehicle Industry

The EV adoption rates are expected to have the biggest impact on lithium ion battery demand. According to Rho Motion, EV sales are expected to reach 20.9 million units by 2025. In 2022, it is expected that a total of 81.8 million passenger/light-duty vehicles will be sold, of which approximately 10.3 million will be an EV. In addition to the growing demand of passenger EVs, the use of lithium ion batteries for heavy-duty vehicles has been a driver in EV demand and e-bus and e-trucks continue to experience growth rates, with until sales expected to climb approximately 23% from 2021 to 2022.

Investors

Beyond government and corporate action, many investors around the world have become increasingly focused on the energy transition as an investment opportunity and have large amounts into funds aimed at helping the environment. For example, from January through November 2020, investors in mutual funds and ETFs invested $288 billion globally in sustainable assets, a 96% increase over the whole of 2019, and certain investors have called on companies to disclose a plan for how their business model will be compatible with a net-zero economy. Moreover, EVs have become increasingly popular among consumers, who increased their spending on EVs to $120 billion in 2020, a 50% increase from 2019, according to the International Energy Agency’s “Global EV Outlook.”

Competition

We face intense competition in the mineral exploration and exploitation industry on an international, national and local level. We compete with other mining and exploration companies, many of which possess greater financial resources and technical facilities than we do, in connection with the exploration and mining of suitable properties and in connection with the engagement of qualified personnel. The lithium exploration and mining industry is fragmented, and we are smaller participant in this sector relative to some of our competitors. Many of our competitors explore for a variety of minerals and control many different properties around the world. Many of them have been in business longer than we have and have established more strategic partnerships and relationships and have greater financial accessibility than we have.

In addition, we also encounter competition for the hiring of key personnel whether as employees, consultants or other service providers. The mineral exploration and mining industry is currently facing a shortage of experienced mining professionals. Moreover, the demand for exploration equipment (including drilling rigs), technical consultants and assay labs is very high, and such personnel and services may not be available, or if they are, at costs that are greater than expected resulting in an increase in our costs. This competition affects us by increasing the time and cost to conduct exploration activities.

Seasonality and Business Cycles

Mining is a cyclical industry and commodity prices fluctuate according to global economic trends and conditions. At the present time, the significant demand for lithium and other commodities in many countries is driving increased prices, but it is difficult to assess how long such demand may continue. Fluctuations in supply and demand of mined resources in various regions throughout the world are common.

Human Capital

Our key human capital management objectives are to attract, retain and develop the highest quality talent throughout our company. As of March 1, 2024, we had 4 full-time employees with a significant number of personnel engaged on a contractor basis. We believe we have good relations with our employees. None of our employees are represented by a labor union or are parties to a collective bargaining agreement.

Government Regulations

We are required to comply with numerous environmental laws, regulations and permits. These requirements include, for example, various permits regulating road construction and drilling at the Wolfsberg Project. We endeavor to conduct our mining operations in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. However, because of extensive and comprehensive regulatory requirements, violations during mining operations occur from time to time in the industry.

Overview

Our exploration activities for the Wolfsberg Project are subject to extensive laws and regulations, which are overseen and enforced by multiple foreign, regional and local authorities. These applicable laws govern exploration, development, production, exports, various taxes, labor standards, occupational health and safety, waste disposal, protection and remediation of the environment, protection of endangered and protected species and other matters. Our mineral exploration activities are subject to applicable Austrian laws and regulations that seek to maintain health and safety standards by regulating the design and use of drilling methods and equipment. Various permits from government bodies are required for drilling operations to be conducted, and we cannot assure you such permits will be received. Environmental laws and regulations may also, among other things:

•        require notice to shareholders of proposed and ongoing exploration, drilling, environmental studies, mining or production activities;

•        require the installation of pollution control equipment;

•        restrict the types, quantities and concentrations of various substances that can be released into the environment in connection with exploration, drilling, mining, lithium hydroxide manufacturing or other production activities;

•        limit or prohibit drilling, mining, lithium manufacturing or other production activities on lands located within wetlands, areas inhabited by endangered species and other protected areas, or otherwise restrict or prohibit activities that could impact the environment, including water resources;

•        impose substantial liabilities for pollution resulting from current or former operations on or for any preexisting environmental impacts of our projects;

•        require significant reclamation obligations in the future as a result of our mining and chemical operations; and

•        require preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement.

Compliance with environmental laws and regulations may impose substantial costs on us, subject us to significant potential liabilities, and have an adverse effect on our capital expenditures, results of operations and/or competitive position. Violations and liabilities with respect to these laws and regulations could result in significant administrative, civil, or criminal penalties, remedial clean-ups, natural resource damages, permit modifications and/or revocations, operational interruptions and/or shutdowns and other liabilities. The costs of remedying such conditions may be significant, and remediation obligations could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial

condition. Additionally, foreign and local legislative bodies and agencies frequently revise environmental laws and regulations, and any changes in these regulations, or the interpretations thereof, could require us to expend significant resources to comply with new laws or regulations or changes to current requirements and could have a material adverse effect on our business operations. As of the date of this prospectus, other than with respect to the permitting activities of the Wolfsberg Project, we have not been required to spend material amounts on compliance regarding environmental regulations.

Permits

Prior to developing or mining any minerals that we discover, we will be required to obtain new governmental permits authorizing, among other things, any mining development activities and mining operating activities. Obtaining and renewing governmental permits is a complex and time-consuming process and involves numerous jurisdictions, public hearings and potentially costly undertakings. The timeliness and success of permitting efforts are contingent upon many variables, some of which are not within our control, including the interpretation of permit approval requirements administered by the applicable permitting authority. We may not be able to obtain or renew permits that are necessary to our planned operations or the cost and time required to obtain or renew such permits may exceed our expectations. Any unexpected delays or costs associated with the permitting process could delay the exploration, development and/or operation of the Wolfsberg Project. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Legal, Compliance and Regulations.”

Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we may become involved in legal proceedings or be subject to claims that arise in the ordinary course of our business, the outcomes of which are subject to uncertainty. Any claims against us, whether meritorious or not, can be time-consuming, result in costly litigation, require significant management time and result in the diversion of significant operational resources. We are not currently a party to any legal proceedings, the outcome of which, if determined adversely to us, would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on our business or financial condition.

DESCRIPTION OF THE WOLFSBERG PROJECT

Certain information that follows relating to the Wolfsberg Project is derived from, and in some instances is an extract from, the Technical Report Summary prepared in compliance with the SEC’s Modernization of Property Disclosures for Mining Registrants. Portions of the following information are based upon assumptions, qualifications and procedures that are not fully described herein. Reference is made to the full text of the Technical Report Summary, which is included as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The Technical Report Summary covers only the Wolfsberg Lithium Project and does not include any information or reserve estimates on the Preliminary Feasibility Study or the Weinebene and Eastern Alps Projects.

Overview

The Wolfsberg Project lithium deposit was discovered and explored by Minerex between 1981 and 1987. Minerex completed a preliminary feasibility study but, as lithium demand and its price at that time did not support the development of a fully-fledged mine, the project was terminated. The project passed through a number of ownerships before being acquired by the present owners European Lithium. As of December 31, 2023, the book carrying value of the Wolfsberg Project was USD$35.8 million (Euro 32.4 million), as set forth in our historical audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus, and was free of any encumbrances.

The Wolfsberg Project consists of 54 exploration licenses covering 1,133 hectare (“ha”) and includes 20 mining areas occupying 86.7 hectare that lie within the exploration area at the Koralpe mountain range. The Wolfsberg Project is located in Carinthia, 270 kilometers south of Vienna, Austria and 20 kilometers east of Wolfsberg. Wolfsberg is an industrial town with established infrastructure, including access to the European motorway and railway network.

The Wolfsberg Project area is characterized by a sequence of mica schists and amphibolites, into which the spodumene-bearing pegmatite veins have intruded. The Wolfsberg Project areas occurs within the Koralpe anticline and within its northern slopes (referred to herein as “Zone 1”), the strata uniformly strike west-northwest to east-southeast and dip to the north-northeast. The southern limb of the anticline (referred to herein as “Zone 2”) dips to the south-southwest and is also a host to a number of spodumene-bearing pegmatites. The pegmatites in Zone 1 comprise a series of parallel spodumene-bearing pegmatite veins striking NW-SE and dipping at approximately 60° to the northeast. Dependent on their host rock, the pegmatites have been subdivided into an amphibolite hosted pegmatite (“AHP”) and mica schist hosted pegmatite (“MHP”). The MHP lack the typical features and textures of pegmatites and almost all of the original pegmatite minerals are completely recrystallised to produce a fine-grained gneissic texture. The AHP displays the primary pegmatitic textures with a slight metamorphic overprint and greyish to locally greenish spodumene crystals, ranging from 2-3 centimeters long, which are more or less homogeneously distributed in a fine-grained matrix of feldspars and quartz and are aligned sub-parallel to the pegmatite contacts. The spodumene content of the MHP is considerably lower than that of the AHP, which averages approximately 15 wt% by volume, but the bulk mineralogy is otherwise the same.

The exploration of the Wolfsberg Project by Minerex and European Lithium has identified up to 15 spodumene-bearing pegmatites, within both amphibolite and mica schist host rocks, as having economic potential based on lithium grade and vein thickness. Veins up to 5.5 meters have been encountered, but the average vein thickness is approximately 1.4 meters. The MHP veins have been followed along strike for 1,500 meters and the AHP veins for 650 meters. The deposit type is considered to be a class of rare-element pegmatite of the lithium-caesium-tantalum family, of the albite-spodumene type.

Exploration drilling by European Lithium was conducted from 2012 to 2021 and focused mainly on the pegmatites in Zone 1, with some scout drilling in Zone 2 completed in 2012, 2017 and 2018. The 2016 exploration focused on the validation and verification of the historical Minerex data which included twinning a number of drill holes and channel samples. The Independent Qualified Person at the time, Mr. Don Hains, P. Geo., declared that all the Minerex data could be utilized in a mineral resource estimate in accordance with the JORC Code (2012). Infill drilling was conducted in 2019 and resource extension drilling in 2021. Sufficient detailed exploration has been undertaken for these veins to be accurately modelled and used as the basis for the Mineral Resource estimate, which currently stands at a combined Measured and Indicated Resource of 9.7 Mt at 1.03% % Li2O and an Inferred Resource of 3.1 Mt at 0.90% Li2O, a 0.2% Li2O cut-off and 0.5 m thickness cut-off. See “— Mineral Resources.”

For a description of certain completed and planned feasibility studies with respect to the Wolfsberg Project, please read “Information about the Company — Overview of Our Projects — Feasibility Studies.” For a complete description of the Wolfsberg Project, including the exploration and mineral resource estimates, refer to the Technical Report Summary prepared by CSA Global.

Description and Location

The Wolfsberg Project is in the Wolfsberg District (a second-level administrative division) of Carinthia, the southernmost of the nine states of the federal republic of Austria. It is in mountainous terrain in the Koralpe mountain range, part of Lavanttal Alps, and in the catchment of the Lavant River. The Project area and existing underground workings are in the Koralpe mountain range, close to the watershed dividing the states of Carinthia and Styria, and opposite each other in the valley of the Brandgraben River.

The Wolfsberg Project area is located in Carinthia, the southernmost province of Austria, which is almost adjacent to the state border with Styria, and is located approximately 20 kilometers east of the town of Wolfsberg and approximately 270 kilometers to the south west of Vienna. The approximate geographic coordinates for the area are 46º 50’11”N latitude 14º 59’17”E longitude. The terrain is primarily mountainous, with dense commercial forestry in the surrounding area.

The Carinthia region, in which the mine is located, has a continental climate, with hot and moderately wet summers and long, harsh winters. The mine site is located in the Koralpe mountain range, with elevation ranging between 1,450 meters and 1,750 meters. It is in an area of commercial pine forests. Snow is typical from November until April, but the weather does not significantly impact mining and processing operations, which are conducted throughout the year.

The closest town to the Wolfsberg Project is the town of Wolfsberg, which is situated within the Lavantal Alps, west of the Koralpe range and in the Lavantal River valley. The town of Wolfsberg is located approximately 20 kilometers to the west of the Wolfsberg Project area. Wolfsberg’s municipal area of 279 squared-kilometers is the fourth largest in Austria. The Wolfsberg Project area is within the Franschach St Gertraud municipality, which has a population of approximately 2,800 people. The Franschach St Gertraud municipality is located directly to the north of Wolfsberg and until 1997 was part of the Wolfsberg municipality.

The Wolfsberg Project is accessed from the town of Wolfsberg to the west via surfaced road for 18 kilometers and forest unsurfaced road for two kilometers)or from the town of Deutschlandsberg in Styria to the east via surfaced road for 26 kilometers. Road access to the project site is maintained year-round with routine clearance during the winter to keep the Wolfsberg — Deutschlandsberg road open and maintain access to the Weinebene ski resort, which is adjacent to the mine property.

Wolfsberg has a growing light industrial sector and a population of approximately 25,000 people. The town is actively promoting itself as a business location with good transport infrastructure, availability of natural gas and power and a qualified and productive workforce. The adjacent municipality of Franschach St Gertraud hosts a major Mondi pulp and paper mill. The towns offer a wide variety of accommodations for employees of the Wolfsberg Project as well as a broad range of services in support of its operations.

Graz is the capital city of Styria and is the second largest city in Austria, after Vienna, with an urban population over 600,000, Graz is located approximately 70 kilometers from the Wolfsberg Project and is the major industrial city of Austria with considerable activity supporting the European motor industry. Jaguar has announced it intends to build its e-Pace electric car in Graz at the facilities of Magna Steyr. Magna Steyr recently sold its battery division in Graz to SDI Samsung which is using Graz as its European headquarters to expand lithium battery production in Europe. Graz is a university town with approximately 44,000 students. International airports at Graz and Klagenfurt are only 60 kilometers away from the project. Austria has a mining tradition and hosts Europe’s second oldest mining university in Leoben, 93 kilometers from Wolfsberg, and currently has over 3,000 students.

Klagenfurt, 60 kilometers to the south west of Wolfsberg, is the capital and economic center of Carinthia mainly in light industry, electronics and tourism. It has a population of approximately 100,000. The Wolfsberg Project operation sites are readily accessible to skilled labor, electricity, natural gas, water, communications and transportation to meet the needs of a moderate sized underground mine.

History

Between 1981, when it was discovered, and 1987, the Wolfsberg Project was the focus of extensive exploration work by the original owners, Minerex, an Austrian Government company. During this time, Minerex completed exploration work that comprised initial surface geology mapping along with 9,940 cubic meters of surface trenches and a diamond drilling program totaling 12,012 meters collared from surface. In 1985, an underground exploration program was undertaken that included the development of a decline from the surface from the northern side of Brandrucken Mountain through the amphibole schist to provide access to the pegmatite veins. Crosscutting drifts were driven along strike of selected veins to provide access for mapping and sampling and an additional decline was driven to access the veins in the mica schist. In all, 1,389 meters of underground development was mined. A diamond drilling campaign of 4,715 meters was undertaken from underground to effectively infill the surface drilling to about 50-meter intervals in the eastern part of Zone 1. In 1987, Minerex undertook a pre-feasibility study, however, due to the then current lithium prices and the revaluation of the Austrian Schilling to the US Dollar, this study concluded that the Wolfsberg Project did not meet the investment criteria to continue to develop the project. As a result, in 1988, the Austrian Government decided not to develop the Wolfsberg Project and Minerex was closed.

After the closure of Minerex, the company archive (comprising many other projects) was transferred to BBU as the legal successor of Minerex. BBU was a lead-zinc miner that also operated by the Austrian Government. In 1991, BBU was closed by the Austrian Government and the company abandoned their development plans. All of the mineral tenements, as well as the underground infrastructure, were then sold to KMI, a private mining company that mined micaceous hematite in Carinthia and Morocco. KMI continued to carry out all necessary work and other requirements specified by the authorities to maintain the mine and the exploration licenses in good order.

In 2011, ECM Lithium AT GmbH (“ECM Lithium”) acquired the Wolfsberg Project from KMI. ECM Lithium was beneficially owned by East Coast Minerals NL (later renamed Global Strategic Metals NL) (80%) and Exchange Minerals (20%), a private company, through BVI Company ECM Lithium AT (Holdings) Ltd (“Holdings”). Holdings was renamed European Lithium Limited following a demerger of Global Strategic Metals interest in the company through an in specie share distribution to shareholders.

In 2016, a reverse takeover was successfully completed by European Lithium selling its Austrian lithium assets to Paynes Find Gold, an ASX listed company, for shares in Paynes Find Gold. Paynes Find Gold was renamed European Lithium Limited and was subsequently readmitted to the ASX while the original European Lithium Limited remains an unlisted BVI company.

Property Ownership and Agreements

Tenure and Property Agreements

In Austria, the legal basis for mining is regulated under the Mineralrohstoffgesetz of 1999 (“MinroG”). MinroG regulates the prospecting, exploring and mining of all mineral raw materials and contains detailed regulations concerning prospecting, exploration licenses, mining licenses, operating plans, mining installations, supervision and other related topics. Mineralization is categorized in three groups: (i) bergfreie (i.e., free for exploitation by persons who are not necessarily owner of the land on which it is found) mineral resources such as iron, gold, copper and lithium; (ii) bundeseigene or state owned mineral resources (e.g. rock salt, hydrocarbon, uranium) and (iii) grundeigene or mineral resources owned by the landowner (all mineral resources not listed in the previous two categories e.g. quartz, feldspar, etc.).

Exploration for bergfreie raw materials, including lithium, requires an exploration license obtained from the Mining Authority, which is part of the Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism. Each exploration license forms a circle with radius of 425 meters and gives the holder the exclusive right to explore for bergfreie minerals for a term of five years. At the end of each calendar year, the holder must submit a report covering exploration, and the results thereof, to the Mining Authority. Exploration licenses can be extended for additional periods of five years; provided, that exploration works have been performed at least once within the five years for which the exploration licenses have been granted. Performing works in one license is sufficient for the extension of up to 100 exploration licenses.

Mining licenses entitle the holder to exclusively exploit and mine bergfreie mineral raw materials in a certain area and to exclusively acquire title to the minerals that are mined. Additionally, the holder of a mining license is entitled to acquire title to grundeigene mineral raw materials if they result from mining activities for bergfreie mineral raw materials and a separate mining of the grundeigene mineral raw materials is not economically justified. This is the situation at the Wolfsberg Project, where feldspar, quartz and mica are potential by-products from the mining and processing of the lithium bearing pegmatite veins.

Mining licenses are granted by the Mining Authority for Grubenmaße, which is a rectangular surface area of 48,000 meters squared. In order to obtain such license, the applicant must demonstrate that the deposit is workable and that mining will be economically feasible. This is done by the submission of detailed data followed by an oral hearing on-site. A maximum of sixteen Grubenmaße licenses may be granted to one applicant and the total area is called Grubenfeld. The holder of a Grubenmaße mining license is obliged to commence mining operations within two years in at least one Grubemaß and mining has to be performed during at least four months per year.

The holder of a mining license is granted the right to appropriate and use the waters that accrue under the surface of the ground and water streams that come to the surface before they get confused with surface water.

For the owner of mining licenses to be entitled to perform mining activities, a mining program has to be submitted to the Mining Authority for approval. Prior to approving the mining program, the government authorities are invited to raise their concern and an oral hearing has to take place on-site with the property neighbors invited.

According to MinroG, the right to access and use the surface of the land on which prospecting works are to be carried out has to be obtained from the respective property owners. The holder of a mining license has to seek approval of the land owner for the use of the surface of such land for mining activity, including access to the deposit and necessary plants. In the case that no agreement can be reached, the interest of the holder of the mining license shall prevail. In case the land owner consents to the use of the land, but no agreement can be found on the amount of

compensation, both parties may request the Mining Authority to decide the compensation amount. If the landowner does not consent to the use of the land, the holder may apply to the Mining Authority to grant a compulsory right of use. Such access and usage agreements do not concern either rights in rem or registered rights, these are merely agreements under civil law in a two-party relationship.

Royalty Obligation

No royalty obligations are due to Austria for materials mined from the Wolfsberg Project.

Exploration and Drilling Activity

Most of the drilling completed by EUR has focused on Zone 1, the northern limb of the anticline, which is covered by the mineral resource estimate (as set forth below). The exploration work completed has included collation and verification and validation of historical data through channel sampling and drilling of a number of twin drill holes as well as additional exploration drilling. A limited amount of scout drilling has also been conducted on the southern limb of the anticline but none of the pegmatites intersected form part of the mineral resource estimate.

Historical Exploration

Previous exploration work completed by previous owners, includes geological mapping, structural mapping and interpretation, geochemical soil surveys, pitting, trenching, and the development of an underground access decline and drives along selected veins, underground trial mining and excavation of two 500-ton bulk samples from each of the two mineralization styles.

Initial surface geological mapping was undertaken by Minerex and coupled to early trenching, formed the basis of the early exploration programs. In 2011, an extensive geological mapping program was undertaken covering a considerably larger area than the original Minerex investigation area. The program included the location of outcrops of different rock type, orientation of bedding and stratification and location of pegmatite boulders on surface. The following is a simplified geographical map of the broader deposit area.

According to Moser (1986), 35 trenches were executed and investigated (9,940 cubic meters and 200 samples) by Minerex. The location and shape of the trenches is shown on a site map for the year 1983. No indication of the samples and the lithium grade is included. This information can however be found in the detailed geological mapping

The 2017 surface drilling program was undertaken by VA Erzberg GmbH using an Atlas Copco (Mustang A66CBT) drill rig. The program comprised four HQ3 diameter holes designed to verify the extension to depth of the pegmatite veins identified by Minerex, and three HQ3 diameter holes to obtain more information on the extension of the pegmatite veins into Zone 2, the southern limb of the anticline, for a total length of 2,576.6 meters. The drilling program in Zone 2, on the southern limb of the anticline, was undertaken in 2018 with an additional five HQ3 diameter holes for a total length of 1,338 meters.

In 2019, European Lithium conducted a Phase 1 drilling program to verify the vein continuity between the deep drilling undertaken in 2017 and the historical drilling undertaken by Minerex. The objective of the infill drilling program was to convert inferred resources from 2017 into indicated resources and to confirm the extension of the deposit toward the west. The program included five shallow HQ3 diameter drill holes totaling 1,330.7 meters.

In 2021, a Phase 2 resource extension and infill drilling program took place to significantly increase the existing JORC Resources for the planned Bankable Feasibility Study (“BFS”) and deposit extensions for future drilling programs. This target infill drilling program is a continuation of the drilling programs undertaken from 2016 to 2019. The drilling program comprised 20 HQ3 diameter drill holes with a total length of 7,923.0 meters.

For more information regarding exploration and drilling on the Wolfsberg Project, see Section 7 of the Technical Report Summary.

Mineral Resources

A “mineral resource” is a concentration or occurrence of material of economic interest in or on the Earth’s crust in such form, grade or quality, and quantity that there are reasonable prospects for economic extraction. A mineral resource is a reasonable estimate of mineralization, taking into account relevant factors such as cut-off grade, likely mining dimensions, location or continuity, that, with the assumed and justifiable technical and economic conditions, is likely to, in whole or in part, become economically extractable. It is not merely an inventory of all mineralization drilled or sampled.” We have reported our mineral resources in accordance Item 1300 of Regulation S-K, as part of our exploration and evaluation activities.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

You should read the following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations together with ELAT’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus. Certain of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this prospectus, including information with respect to plans and strategy for the Company’s business, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors, including those factors set forth in the section “Risk Factors”, our actual results could differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis. You should carefully read the section entitled “Risk Factors” to gain an understanding of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’ forward-looking statements. Please also see the section entitled “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

The following discussion includes information that the Company’s management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of ELAT’s consolidated results of operations and financial condition. The Company comprises the operations of European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited and its subsidiaries. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this section to “we,” “us,” “our” or the Company refer to European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited and its subsidiaries prior to the consummation of the Business Combination and to Critical Metals Corp. and its subsidiaries (including European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited) following the consummation of the Business Combination.

Overview of Business

We are an exploration stage mining and development company that aims to become Europe’s next producer of lithium for the green energy transition. Our efforts are focused on the development of our wholly-owned Wolfsberg Lithium Project (the “Wolfsberg Project”) located in Carinthia, Austria, which is approximately 270 kilometers south of Vienna. As of Closing, we hold a 20% interest in the Weinebene Project and Eastern Alps Project which was previously held by European Lithium immediately prior to Closing.

The Wolfsberg Project lithium deposit was discovered and explored by Minerex between 1981 and 1987. Minerex completed a preliminary feasibility study but, as lithium demand and its price at that time did not support the development of a fully-fledged mine, the project was terminated. The project passed through a number of ownerships before being acquired by the present owners European Lithium.

The Wolfsberg Project’s mine is located approximately 20 kilometers east of Wolfsberg. This location allows access to the nearby A2 motorway and the natural gas transmission pipeline that follows the motorway. Wolfsberg is an industrial town of approximately 25,000 residents with a growing light industrial sector. The Wolfsberg Project does not require us to provide accommodations or social infrastructure. The Baltic to Adriatic rail corridor will pass just south of Wolfsberg upon completion of the Koralm tunnel, which is expected to occur in 2025. The Wolfsberg Project is centrally located with easy access to Europe’s motorway and rail infrastructure. We expect this to aid in the distribution of lithium products to lithium battery plants in construction or planned in northern Europe and by-products to regional industry. In addition, the Wolfsberg Project is positioned in close proximity to large lithium import markets in Europe, such as Germany, Belgium, France, Italy and Spain, and planned battery projects in Hungary, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Our Business Strategy

Our primary strategy is to become Europe’s first licensed lithium mine for the EV market. The centerpiece of our business is our wholly-owned Wolfsberg Project. Our strategy involves developing a low cost, highly sustainable, source of lithium hydroxide manufactured from spodumene concentrate, giving European battery and EV manufacturers better continuity of supply while also helping them meet their environmental commitments. A key component of our strategy is to become an “integrated” local supplier to the European battery supply chain. We believe this approach will allow us to become one of the most sustainable, cost-effective suppliers in the world, and further help potential customers achieve their important environmental, social and governance goals required by shareholders and regulatory agencies.

As part of our business strategy, we intend to seek to acquire assets and operations that are strategic and complementary to our existing operations. This may include acquisitions or investments in complementary companies, assets, mines, products or technologies, including in other rare earth elements and minerals. In addition, we may have opportunities to make acquisitions from third parties jointly with EUR, and in some cases we may acquire assets or other operations directly from EUR or its affiliates. EUR has no obligation to sell any additional assets to us or to accept any offer that we may make for any additional assets, and we may decide not to acquire such additional assets even if EUR or an affiliate offers them to us.

We have in the past evaluated and pursued, and intend in the future to evaluate and pursue, rare earth-related assets and other critical metals assets that have characteristics and opportunities similar to our existing business lines and enable us to leverage our asset base, knowledge base and skill sets. Such acquisition efforts may involve participation by us in processes that have been made public and involve a number of potential buyers, commonly referred to as “auction” processes, as well as situations in which we believe we are the only party or one of a limited number of potential buyers in negotiations with the potential seller. These acquisition efforts often involve assets which, if acquired, could have a material effect on our financial condition and results of operations. We typically do not announce a transaction until after we have executed a definitive acquisition agreement. Discussions and negotiations regarding a potential acquisition can advance or terminate in a short period of time. Moreover, the closing of any transaction for which we have entered into a definitive acquisition agreement will be subject to customary and other closing conditions, which may not ultimately be satisfied or waived. Accordingly, we can give no assurance that our current or future acquisition efforts will be successful. Although we expect the acquisitions we make to be accretive in the long term, we can provide no assurance that our expectations will ultimately be realized.

Recent Developments

Business Combination and Related Transactions

Critical Metals Corp., a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (the “Company”), entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 24, 2022 (as amended on January 4, 2023, July 7, 2023, November 17, 2023 and as may be further amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, European Lithium Limited, an Australian Public Company limited by shares (“EUR”), European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited, a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of EUR (“ELAT”), Sizzle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Sizzle”) and Project Wolf Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”).

On February 8, 2024, the Company, Sizzle, and the Sponsor entered into separate subscription agreements (each, a “Subscription Agreement”) with three accredited investors named therein which are funds affiliated with each other (each, a “PIPE Investor”). Pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, the PIPE Investors agreed to subscribe for and purchase from the Company, and the Company agreed to issue and sell to the PIPE Investors, an aggregate of 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares for a purchase price of $10.00 per share, resulting in an aggregate purchase price of $10 million for all three PIPE Investors, subject to offsets for purchases of Sizzle public shares, all on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein.

On February 27, 2024, we consummated the Business Combination and other related transactions. As contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (a) the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital shares and equity interests of ELAT from EUR in exchange for Ordinary Shares of the Company, such that ELAT became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and EUR became a shareholder of the Company (the “Share Exchange”); and immediately thereafter (b) Merger Sub merged with and into Sizzle, with Sizzle continuing as the surviving entity and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at its effective time: (a) each of Sizzle’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) immediately prior to that effective time, was cancelled in exchange for the right of the holder thereof to receive one Ordinary Share; (b) all of the outstanding public warrants of Sizzle, entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share was converted into the right to receive a warrant to purchase one Ordinary Share at the same exercise price, being an exercise price of $11.50 per share, and (c) EUR received the number of Ordinary Shares in the Share Exchange that has an aggregate value equal to the Closing Share Consideration (as defined in the Merger Agreement) consisting of $750,000,000 divided by the redemption amount per share of Common Stock payable to Sizzle stockholders that elect to redeem Common Stock in connection with the Closing, and, subject to applicable

terms and conditions, earnout consideration of up to an additional 10% of such Closing Share Consideration, in each case subject to adjustment as set forth in the Merger Agreement, and all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement. Following the transactions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Sizzle and ELAT became wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company.

The Business Combination was accounted for as a share-based payment transaction in accordance with IFRS 2. Management has evaluated all the indicators of control from IFRS 10 and IFRS 3. Although there is a higher level of judgement when it comes to the analysis of the conditions set forth in IFRS 3, we believe that the indicators of relative voting rights, composition of governing body, composition of senior management, terms of exchange, relative size, and other factors favored EUR as the accounting acquirer. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, management has determined that EUR is the accounting acquirer under IFRS 3 and the SPAC is considered to be the accounting acquiree for financial reporting purposes. Under this method of accounting, the ongoing financial statements of the Company will reflect the net assets of the Company, the accounting predecessor at historical cost, with no additional goodwill recognized.

We received net cash proceeds from the Business Combination of $341,158. Certain transaction costs related to the Business Combination are not yet settled and are payable post-Closing.

Public Company Costs

As a result of the Business Combination, the Company became SEC-registered and Nasdaq-listed company, which will require the Company to hire additional personnel and implement procedures and processes to address public company regulatory requirements and customary practices. The Company expects to incur additional annual expenses as a public company for, among other things, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, director fees and additional internal and external accounting, legal and administrative resources, including increased audit and legal fees.

Sales under this Registration Statement

Sales of a substantial number of shares of our Ordinary Shares in the public market by the Selling Securityholders and/or by our other existing securityholders, or the perception that those sales might occur, could depress the market price of shares of our Ordinary Shares and Public Warrants. We are unable to predict the effect that such sales may have on the prevailing market price of shares of our Ordinary Shares and Public Warrants. The total number of Ordinary Shares available for resale represent a substantial percentage of our total outstanding Ordinary Shares as of the date of this prospectus. The Selling Securityholders can sell, under this prospectus, subject to any lock-up restrictions, up to 100,312,567 Ordinary Shares, constituting approximately 95% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares on a fully diluted basis (assuming and after giving effect to (x) the issuance of 10,914,797 Ordinary Shares upon exercise of all outstanding Warrants and (y) the issuance of 12,500,000 Ordinary Shares pursuant to the GEM Agreement) as of March 27, 2024. Further, certain of the selling securityholders beneficially own a significant percentage of our Ordinary Shares. For example, the Sponsor beneficially own 3,395,350, or approximately 4.2%, of our Ordinary Shares, European Lithium beneficially owns 74,567,221, or approximately 84.3%, of our Ordinary Shares, and the PIPE Investors, in the aggregate, own 8,176,506 Ordinary Shares, or approximately 9.89%, of our Ordinary Shares. All such shares may be resold for so long as the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part, is available for use. The sale of all securities being offered in this prospectus could result in a significant decline in the public trading price of our Ordinary Shares. See “Risk Factors — Sales of a substantial number of our securities in the public market by the selling securityholders and/or by our existing securityholders could cause the price of our Ordinary Shares and Public Warrants to fall.”

Factors that May Influence Future Results of Operations

Our financial results of operations may not be comparable from period to period due to several factors. Key factors affecting our results of operations are summarized below.

We are an exploration stage mining and development company focusing on the development of our wholly-owned Wolfsberg Project located in Carinthia, Austria, which is approximately 270 kilometers south of Vienna. We have declared mineral resources on our Wolfsberg Project but we have not yet begun to extract any mineral from the property. The exploration and development of the mineral deposits located at the Wolfsberg Project involves a high degree of financial risk and uncertainty. We have not commenced production in connection with the Wolfsberg Project and, consequently, we do not currently have any operating income or cash flows. Accordingly, we do not currently generate any revenues.

Since the acquisition of the Wolfsberg Project in 2011, we have devoted most of our cash resources to the exploration and development of the Wolfsberg Project. As of December 31, 2023 and June 30, 2023, we have spent approximately $35.8 million and $34.7 million, respectively, in connection with our exploration and evaluation activities. For the half year ended December 31, 2023 and the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 our cash expenditures were approximately $0.6 million and $3.0 million, respectively, in connection with our exploratory work and our evaluation of the Wolfsberg Project.

Timing of Current Projects and Future Geographic and Product Expansion

Our financial results and liquidity needs vary from quarter-to-quarter or year-to-year depending on the timing of:

•        the engagement of our key consultants and suppliers;

•        the completion of the DFS at the Wolfsberg Project, which is expected to occur in the third quarter of 2024;

•        obtaining and renewing the applicable permits with the relevant mining authorities;

•        obtaining project finance for the development of the Wolfsberg Project;