An application for a Section 404 permit asks the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for permission to place dredged or fill material into U.S. waters and wetlands under the Clean Water Act. For investors, this paperwork is like requesting a building permit for sensitive land: approval, conditions, delays, or denial can materially change a project’s timeline, costs, legal exposure and overall viability.
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A U.S. federal law that sets rules for protecting rivers, lakes and coastal waters by controlling pollution from pipes, runoff and industrial discharges—like neighborhood rules that stop businesses from dumping waste into a shared pond. Investors pay attention because the law determines permits, cleanup responsibilities, potential fines and operating costs for companies with water-related operations, and those obligations can materially affect cash flow, project timelines and asset values.
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A federal agency that plans, builds and maintains large public and military engineering projects such as dams, levees, ports, waterways and environmental restorations. Investors watch its actions because it issues permits, funds and builds infrastructure that can change costs, timelines and legal requirements for real estate, energy, water and transportation projects—think of it as a nationwide public works office whose decisions can make or break a development’s viability.
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A FAST-41 permitting dashboard is a government-run online tracker that shows the status and timeline of federal reviews and permits for major infrastructure and energy projects, similar to a package-tracking app for large government approvals. Investors use it to gauge regulatory risk and timing because permit delays or faster approvals can change project costs, revenue schedules and the likelihood a project will move forward.
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Battery-grade natural graphite is a mined form of carbon refined and sized to meet the strict purity and particle-shape standards needed for lithium-ion battery anodes. Think of it like specialized flour for baking: if the ingredient isn’t consistent and clean, the final product performs worse or fails. Investors care because it directly affects battery performance, cost and supply risk for electric vehicles and energy storage, influencing makers’ margins and delivery timelines.
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Filing represents another important step in advancing Coosa, the largest and most developed graphite deposit in the contiguous United States
CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Westwater Resources, Inc. (NYSE American: WWR), an energy technology and battery-grade natural graphite company (“Westwater” or the “Company”), today announced that it has submitted a Section 404 permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Company’s Coosa Graphite Deposit in Coosa County, Alabama.
The Section 404 permit application, submitted under the Clean Water Act, represents an important step in the permitting process for Coosa. The application relates to certain potential impacts to water associated with future development activities at the project site.
“Submission of the Section 404 permit application reflects continued progress in advancing Coosa through the permitting process,” said Frank Bakker, President and Chief Executive Officer 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 U.S. vertically-integrated supply of battery-grade graphite.”
The Section 404 application follows the Company’s previously announced permit application filed earlier this year with the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”). Together, these permitting steps support Westwater’s continued advancement of Coosa through environmental review and permitting.
Coosa is listed on the federal FAST-41 Permitting Dashboard, which provides a publicly available timetable for environmental review and permitting activities. Westwater expects to continue advancing Coosa in alignment with the FAST-41 process and currently anticipates evaluating a final investment decision for the Coosa project following completion of the broader permitting process.
The Coosa Graphite Deposit is located approximately 30 miles from Westwater’s Kellyton Graphite Plant in east-central Alabama. Coosa is the largest and most developed graphite deposit in the contiguous United States and will provide a long-term domestic source of natural flake graphite feedstock, while Kellyton is being developed to process natural flake graphite into battery-grade graphite. Together, these assets support Westwater’s vertically-integrated, mine-to-market strategy of developing U.S.-based graphite production capacity for domestic battery supply chains.
About Westwater Resources, Inc.
Westwater Resources, Inc. (NYSE American: WWR) is a critical minerals and energy technology company advancing a vertically integrated, mine-to-market platform for battery-grade natural graphite in the United States. The Company’s platform is anchored by the Coosa Graphite Deposit in Alabama, the largest natural flake graphite deposit in the contiguous United States, and the Kellyton Graphite Plant, a processing facility designed to produce coated spherical purified graphite (CSPG), a key material used in lithium-ion battery anodes. For more information, visit WestwaterResources.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions and are identified by words and phrases such as “important step,” “advancing,” “largest and most developed,” “potential impacts,” “future development,” “continued progress,” “intended to serve,” “continued advancement,” “expects,” “continued advancing,” “currently anticipates,” “will provide,” “designed to produce,” and other similar words and phrases. Forward looking statements include, among other things, statements concerning operational developments including the construction of the Kellyton Graphite Plant, the development of the Coosa Graphite Deposit and its inclusion on the federal FAST-41 dashboard, and the costs, schedules, production and economic projections associated with both of them. The Company cautions that there are factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking information that has been provided.
The reader is cautioned not to put undue reliance on this forward-looking information, which is not a guarantee of future performance and is subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the control of the Company; accordingly, there can be no assurance that such suggested results will be realized. Those uncertainties and other factors are discussed in Westwater’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and subsequent securities filings, and they could cause actual results to differ materially from management expectations.
