Forward Water Technologies Corp. announced a collaboration with CleanTech Lithium PLC and Conductive Energy Inc. in the supply of their industrial forward osmosis (iFO) system for use in the hyper-concentrating of CleanTech Lithium's eluate and its conversion into battery grade lithium carbonate by use of Conductive Energy's Direct Lithium Extraction ("DLE") conversion process. The large-scale production volume of battery grade lithium carbonate is intended to validate CleanTech Lithium's DLE process design and its commercial scalability.

The produced battery grade lithium carbonate is expected to be supplied to battery and automotive manufacturing companies as part of the evaluation process within their long-term offtake agreements. The collaboration between FWTC and CleanTech Lithium signals CleanTech Lithium's progression towards full-scale commercialization as the need for sustainable lithium production supply increases on a global scale due to the transition to electric mobility worldwide.