KELLYTON, Ala. – Westwater Resources Inc. announced it has submitted a Section 404 permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for its Coosa County graphite deposit.
The application, submitted under the Clean Water Act, marks a significant milestone in the project’s permitting process. It addresses potential impacts to water resources associated with future development activities at the site.
“The submission of the Section 404 permit application reflects continued progress in advancing the Coosa project through the permitting process,” said Frank Bakker, President and CEO of Westwater Resources. “Coosa is intended to serve as a future domestic feedstock source for our Kellyton graphite plant, supporting our objective of developing a secure, vertically integrated U.S. supply of battery-grade graphite.”
The Coosa graphite deposit is located about 30 miles from Westwater’s Kellyton graphite plant. According to the company, it is the largest and most advanced graphite deposit in the contiguous United States and is expected to provide a long-term domestic source of natural flake graphite feedstock.
The Kellyton plant is being developed to process natural flake graphite into battery-grade graphite. Together, the Coosa deposit and Kellyton facility support Westwater’s vertically integrated, mine-to-market strategy aimed at expanding U.S.-based graphite production capacity and strengthening domestic supply chains.
