KIND

□ Event Overview

 ㅇ Event : Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Signing Ceremony for Cooperation on the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Refinery Project in Nevada, U.S.

 ㅇ Date / Venue : Tue, July 7, 2026, 2:00 PM / FGS Global

 ㅇ Participants :

  - (KIND) President Bokhwan Kim, Head of the Plant Business Division, Head of the International Cooperation Team, and other officials

  - (Hyundai Engineering) Seungdong Lee, Head of the Process Business Division, and other officials
  - (Ioneer) James Calaway, Chairman; Bernard Rowe, Director; and other representatives

  - (Korean Government Delegation for Overseas Project Support) First Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Director of the Overseas Construction Policy Division, Vice Chairman of the International Contractors Association of Korea (ICAK)
  - (U.S. Department of Energy) Kyle Haustveit, Deputy Secretary
  - (State of Nevada) Thomas Burns, Executive Director, Governor's Office of Economic Development

 ㅇ Key Agenda :

  - Establishment of a partnership to support KIND's equity investment in the project and facilitate Korean companies' participation in the EPC contract

    * Simultaneous signing of the MOU between KIND and Ioneer, and the MOU between Hyundai Engineering and Ioneer