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Question: Aron Ceccarelli - Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, Research Division - Analyst
: My first one is on CapEx. When I look at Imerys CapEx for the next year, so you clearly have the ramp-up of the synthetic graphite, carbon black
plus the CapEx from Imerys. You said you are open to financial partners for Beauvoir. Would you be open as well for the financial partners in order
to offload some of this CapEx when it comes to the Cornwall project?
Question: Aron Ceccarelli - Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, Research Division - Analyst
: My second question is on cost. I remember you're targeting EUR 7 to EUR 9 per kilo in Beauvoir. Would it possible to have a ballpark here for Cornwall,
please?
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JUNE 29, 2023 / 9:30AM, IMTP.PA - Imerys SA and British Lithium Announce A Strategic Partnership
Question: Mourad Lahmidi - BNP Paribas Exane, Research Division - Analyst
: I have 3 questions. Could you confirm that the scope of the JV covers all lithium operations and not only the U.K.? Second question, could you also
confirm that there was no financial transfer as part of the transaction? It's only assets that are being brought the new entity. And finally, when I
look at British Lithium website, they say that they invented the low energy chemical-free process for physically separating granite that contains
lithium. Could you elaborate on that, give us more detail? What does it mean low energy, chemical free? How does it compare to other processes
out there? And is it applicable across the 2 sites? On a scalable basis, of course.
Question: Mourad Lahmidi - BNP Paribas Exane, Research Division - Analyst
: Okay. And you don't -- you have -- you already have a good view on whether this process is scalable on large volumes. Or is it too soon to say?
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