pll-20240930

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-Q

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☒			QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2024


☐			TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _______ to ________

Commission File Number 001-38427

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Piedmont Lithium Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

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Delaware			36-4996461
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)			(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
42 E Catawba Street Belmont, North Carolina			28012
(Address of principal executive offices)			(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (704) 461-8000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share

PLL

The Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

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Accelerated filer

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Emerging growth company

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Non-accelerated filer

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Smaller reporting company

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☐ If an emerging growth company, 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 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of November 07, 2024, there were 19,437,632 shares of the Registrant’s common stock outstanding.

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

When the following terms and abbreviations appear in the text of this report, they have the meanings indicated below:





Annual Report			Annual Report on Form 10-K
ASC			Accounting Standards Codification
ASX			Australian Securities Exchange
Atlantic Lithium			Atlantic Lithium Limited
Atlantic Lithium Ghana			Atlantic Lithium’s Ghanaian-based lithium portfolio companies
ATM Program			at-the-market issuance sales agreement
ATVM			Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing
Authier			Authier Lithium project

Carolina Lithium			Carolina Lithium project



CODM			Chief Operating Decision Maker



Credit Facility			$25.0 million working capital financing arrangement with a trading company partner based on committed volumes of spodumene concentrate signed September 11, 2024
DEMLR			Department of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources
DFS			definitive feasibility study
dmt			dry metric ton





Ewoyaa			Ewoyaa Lithium project
Exchange Act			Securities Exchange Act of 1934

FDIC			Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation




Killick Lithium			Killick Lithium Inc.


LG Chem			LG Chem, Ltd.
Tennessee Lithium			Tennessee Lithium project
Li2O			lithium oxide


MIIF			Minerals Income Investment Fund of Ghana
Milestone PRAs			PRAs that could be earned based upon achievement of certain specified milestones




NAL			North American Lithium Inc.

NCDEQ			North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality



Piedmont Australia			Piedmont Lithium Pty Ltd (formerly named Piedmont Lithium Limited)

PRAs			performance rights awards



Ricca			Ricca Resources Limited

RSUs			restricted stock units
Sayona Mining			Sayona Mining Limited
Sayona Quebec			Sayona Quebec Inc.
SEC			Securities and Exchange Commission


SOFR			secured overnight financing rate
spodumene concentrate			spodumene concentrate or SC[X] where “X” represents the lithium content of the concentrate on an Li2O% basis
Stock Incentive Plan			Piedmont Lithium Inc. Stock Incentive Plan adopted by our board in March 2021
Tansim			Tansim Lithium project


TSR PRAs			PRAs related to market goals based on a comparison of Piedmont Lithium’s total shareholder return relative to the total shareholder return of a pre-determined set of peer group companies for the performance periods
U.S.			United States of America
U.S. GAAP			U.S. generally accepted accounting principles

Vinland Lithium			Vinland Lithium Inc.
2024 Cost Savings Plan			Board approved action to reduce cash operating costs, defer capital spending, and limit cash investments in and advances to affiliates in 2024

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			Page
Glossary of Terms and Definitions			2
PART I - Financial Information
	Item 1.	Unaudited Financial Statements	4
		Consolidated Statements of Operations	4
		Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income	5
		Consolidated Balance Sheets	6
		Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	7
		Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity	8
		Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements	10
	Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	26
	Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	37
	Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	37

PART II - Other Information
	Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	38
	Item 1A.	Risk Factors	38
	Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	38
	Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	38
	Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	38
	Item 5.	Other Information	38
	Item 6.	Exhibits	39

Signatures			40

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

PIEDMONT LITHIUM INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share amounts) (Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Revenue	$	27,663	$	47,127	$	54,291	$	47,127
Costs of sales	25,010		23,363		50,321		23,363
Gross profit	2,653		23,764		3,970		23,764
Operating expenses:
Exploration costs	35		471		97		1,668
Selling, general and administrative expenses	9,466		11,185		26,576		31,793
Total operating expenses	9,501		11,656		26,673		33,461
(Loss) income from equity method investments	(3,514)		3,852		(13,864)		(1,565)
Restructuring and impairment charges	(4,563)		—		(6,657)		—
(Loss) income from operations	(14,925)		15,960		(43,224)		(11,262)
Other (expense) income:
Interest income	806		1,031		2,286		2,959
Interest expense	(169)		(8)		(467)		(34)
Gain (loss) on sale of equity method investments(1)