This strategic move bolsters the company's intellectual property in the region, aligning with Saudi Arabia's vision to become a major player in battery manufacturing using its domestic resources.
Pure Lithium Corporation, a company aiming to disrupt the battery industry with its advanced lithium metal technology, announced today that it has been awarded a foundational patent by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The patent, titled “Vertically Integrated Pure Lithium Metal Production and Lithium Battery Production,” is a significant win that covers a comprehensive technological process integrating lithium extraction, anode production, and battery manufacturing all within a single framework.
This technology, which the company markets under the registered trademark Brine to Battery™ in Saudi Arabia, establishes a strong intellectual property base in a strategically important region.
Emilie Bodoin, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Pure Lithium, emphasized the technology's inherent compatibility with Saudi Arabia's natural resources. “The technology is particularly relevant to Saudi Arabia because it is one of the places in the world with lithium-containing brines, and even has an abundance of vanadium, which is used in our second-generation battery,” Bodoin stated.
This co-location of principal elements—lithium brines and vanadium—is central to Pure Lithium’s global strategy of creating closed-loop, regional battery hubs. The company’s vision is to replicate this model in locations worldwide where the required materials are found in proximity, making Saudi Arabia a “perfect fit” for their expansion plans. This synergy is particularly appealing to the Kingdom as it seeks to diversify its industrial base and enter the high-growth sector of battery manufacturing.
Pure Lithium's proprietary lithium metal battery is designed to be more powerful, lighter, and less expensive to produce compared to standard lithium-ion batteries. Crucially, the technology eliminates the need for materials like graphite, nickel, cobalt, and manganese. This material independence offers a dual benefit: it reduces production costs and, perhaps more significantly, ends the reliance on China, which currently controls much of the global supply chain for these critical battery components.
The importance of this technological edge and supply chain security has already been recognized by key regional stakeholders. Energy Capital Group, a Saudi-based investment firm, became an investor in Pure Lithium in 2023, noting that the deployment of this technology “could provide Saudi Arabia with the ability to enter the battery manufacturing space with the competitive edge of having unprecedented supply chain security.”
