CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IperionX Limited (IperionX) (NASDAQ:IPX, ASX: IPX)) is pleased to present its quarterly report for the period ending September 30, 2025. Highlights during and subsequent to the end of the quarter include:

Commercial operations: production online, with higher production capacity and lower unit costs

• All planned major manufacturing equipment is online and operational, for both titanium powder production and component manufacturing at the Titanium Manufacturing Campus in Virginia.
• Process improvements and optimization has lifted nameplate titanium powder production capacity by 60% without additional capital spend, with further increases in production capacity expected in 2026.
• Titanium manufacturing sales are expected to progressively scale through 2026, with a positive EBITDA inflection point projected by year-end 2026.
• Consumer-electronics scrap processing has commenced, using scrap supplied by the consumer electronics OEM, with IperionX by now producing a range of consumer electronic components as specified in the customer contract.
• Production of various fasteners has commenced with IperionX receiving initial purchase orders for the delivery of a range of fastener products into applications for the U.S. military and commercial and industrial markets.
  
  

Mid-2027 U.S. Department of War (DoW) backed expansion underway to become the largest & lowest cost U.S. producer

• IperionX is now scaling titanium capacity to 1,400 tpa, with commissioning planned for mid-2027, positioning IperionX to be America's largest and lowest-cost titanium powder producer.
• The 1,400 tpa expansion accelerates a more resilient and sustainable U.S. titanium supply chain, cutting reliance on foreign imports and supporting national security for aerospace, defense, and electric vehicles.
• The total expansion capital is ~US$75 million, and is majority funded through the U.S. DoW Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) award of US$47.1 million, of which $42.5 million has now been obligated to IperionX.
• Rapid scaling of advanced titanium manufacturing capacity will be undertaken in parallel – powder metallurgy, forging, and additive systems to deliver integrated titanium supply chain capabilities.

Accelerated growth roadmap targets market leadership in high-performance titanium components

• Roadmap being developed to further scale titanium production capacity, targeting cost competitiveness with stainless steel and aluminum by 2030.
• Technology-driven cost advantage – the patented titanium HAMR^TM and HSPT^TM technologies significantly increase manufacturing yields, while cutting process steps, energy and capex intensity, resulting in long-term cost advantage.
• IperionX has begun the upfit of a new facility in Halifax County, Virginia to deliver the next generation of HAMR and HSPT technologies that will drive the titanium cost curve even lower.
  
  

U.S. Government Funding

• IperionX was obligated a further US$37.5 million under the U.S. Department of War's IBAS US$47.2 million award, taking total obligations to date to US$42.5 million. The remaining $4.6 million is expected to be obligated over the contract term.
• Confirmation of the additional obligation enables IperionX to finalize its scale-up plans to achieve a production capacity of 1,400 metric tonnes of titanium per year.

Strong financial position

• At September 30, 2025, IperionX closed the quarter with US$79.2 million in cash.
• In July, IperionX announced that it had received firm commitments for a private placement of 14 million new ordinary shares at an issue price of A$5.00 per share, to raise A$70 million (US$46 million) before costs, resulting in pro-forma cash of approximately US$100 million.
• Proceeds from the private placement will be used for:
  • Acceleration of Phase 2 capacity scale-up, with fast-track ordering of long lead time production and manufacturing equipment;
  • Scaling Phase 1 operations, including low-cost capital projects to further increase production over nameplate throughput capacities;
  • Scaling of HSPT pressing and furnace capacity to align with accelerated production scale-up; and
  • Operations, Phase 3 expansion studies and increased R&D.

• Directors and key management subscribed for A$2.2 million (US$1.4 million), following shareholder approval, reinforcing alignment with shareholders.

Figure 1: Various operations, including clockwise from top left – reagent mixing, crucible loading /

unloading, HAMR furnace operations, product leaching, argon facilities, product collector, jet mill operations

A link to the full release can be found here.

Contacts

Anastasios (Taso) Arima, Founder and CEO

Toby Symonds, President

Dominic Allen, Chief Commercial Officer

Investors: investorrelations@iperionx.com

Media: media@iperionx.com

+1 980 237 8900

www.iperionx.com

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