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20 February 2023

Technology Minerals Plc

("Technology Minerals" or the "Company") 

ISO Standards 9001, 14001 and 45001 Certification Granted to Recyclus

Technology Minerals Plc (LSE: TM1), the first listed UK company focused on creating a sustainable circular economy for battery metals, is pleased to announce that its 49% owned battery recycling business, Recyclus Group Ltd ("Recyclus"), has been certified as compliant with ISO standards for Quality Management (ISO 9001), Environmental Management (ISO 14001) and Health & Safety Management (ISO 45001).

The International Organization for Standardization ("ISO") is one of the world's leading standards-settings bodies. The Organization develops standards to ensure the quality, safety and efficiency of products, services and systems; those standards are recognised globally as the benchmark for operational excellence among leading manufacturing companies.

ISO 9001

ISO 9001 sets out the criteria for an organisation's quality management system (QMS) and is based on foundational quality management principles, including a strong customer focus, the engagement and responsibility of senior management, process orientation and continual improvement. Recyclus demonstrates this through its procedures and processes and receipt of ISO 9001 is confirmation that customers will receive high-quality products and services.

ISO 14001

To achieve the ISO 14001 certification, defined as an environmental management system (EMS), Recyclus had to successfully demonstrate its systematic framework to ensure the immediate and long-term environmental impacts of the Company's products and activities are measured, managed, and minimised. This certification demonstrates that Recyclus is committed to its environmental obligations and that its operations generate the lowest possible environmental impact.

ISO 45001

ISO 45001 is the world's international standard for occupational health and safety and seeks to manage and minimise any health and safety risks associated with Recyclus operations for all stakeholders. Implemented alongside regional, national and industry-specific rules regarding workplace safety, ISO 45001 standards will help Recyclus formalise procedures to proactively improve health and safety performance, provide a safe and healthy workplace and further reduce any risk of causing irreparable harm to personnel or the business as a whole.

Recyclus are committed to creating a circular economy for battery recycling across multiple licensed plants, and these certifications are evidence of the company's efforts to providing that. It demonstrates the growth of creating a system that is environmentally responsible, which will be upheld through its future developments.

Robin Brundle, Chairman of Technology Minerals, said: "We are delighted to have achieved ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, which positions Recyclus as an industrial scale, environmentally friendly certified recycling facility for spent battery metals. These certification opens up Recyclus' business to many companies and organisations who demand these standards from their supply chain."

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Technology Minerals Plc 

Technology Minerals is developing the UK's first listed, sustainable circular economy for battery metals, using cutting-edge technology to recycle, recover, and re-use battery technologies for a renewable energy future. Technology Minerals is focused on extracting raw materials required for Li-ion batteries, whilst solving the ecological issue of spent Li-ion batteries, by recycling them for re-use by battery manufacturers. With the increasing global demand for battery metals to supply electrification, the group will explore, mine, and recycle metals from spent batteries. Further information on Technology Minerals is available at www.technologyminerals.co.uk