Aqua Metals Reports 2025 Milestone Advancements, Strategic Progress, and Continued Commercialization Momentum
RENO, Nev., March 31, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aqua Metals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQMS) (“Aqua Metals” or “the Company”), a pioneer in sustainable battery metals recycling and refining, today announced key achievements from 2025 and outlined continued momentum as the Company advanced commercialization of its proprietary AquaRefining™ technology, expanded its product platform, strengthened its financial position, and broadened its strategic role in the domestic critical minerals supply chain.
During 2025, Aqua Metals made measurable progress through technology development, commercial readiness, product validation, strategic partnerships, and capital formation. The Company refined its commercialization strategy for its first AquaRefining™ Campus (“ARC”), expanded capabilities across lithium, nickel, and mixed hydroxide products, demonstrated pilot-scale LFP recycling, advanced low-fluorine battery-grade lithium carbonate production, and deepened engagement with potential domestic and strategic supply-chain partners.
“Our team delivered important milestones throughout 2025 that further validated the flexibility, scalability, and strategic positioning of AquaRefining™,” said Steve Cotton, President and CEO of Aqua Metals. “We expanded the range of battery materials our process can produce, improved product quality, strengthened our balance sheet, advanced our first commercial facility plans, and announced strategic collaborations that extend our platform beyond conventional battery recycling into refining and other applications. We believe these achievements position Aqua Metals to play an increasingly important role in building a secure, low-carbon, domestic critical minerals supply chain.”
Aqua Metals Progress and Commercialization Highlights
Technology Advancement and Product Expansion
Potential Strategic Expansion into Energy Storage and U.S. Battery Manufacturing
Commercial Scale in Motion
Strategic Partnerships and Market Development
Financial and Corporate Progress
Leadership, Governance, and Intellectual Property
“2025 was a year of disciplined progress,” Cotton added. “We adapted our commercialization plan to market conditions, demonstrated meaningful technical milestones, expanded our strategic options across both battery recycling and broader critical minerals refining, strengthened our financial position and advanced opportunities that could extend our platform further downstream into energy storage and domestic battery manufacturing. We believe Aqua Metals is increasingly well positioned to translate our pilot-scale success into commercial deployment as we work to build a more complete and differentiated circular battery materials platform and create long-term shareholder value.”
Conference Call and Webcast
Aqua Metals will host a conference call and webcast to discuss these results at 4:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
The live conference call webcast and replay can be accessed from the investor relations section of the Company’s website at https://ir.aquametals.com/.
About Aqua Metals
Aqua Metals (NASDAQ: AQMS) is revolutionizing metals recycling with its proprietary AquaRefining™ technology, delivering high-purity, low-carbon battery materials to meet the growing demand for sustainable energy storage. The Company’s innovation-driven approach reduces emissions, eliminates waste streams, and supports the establishment of a circular supply chain for critical minerals essential to electric vehicles and grid storage. For more information, visit www.aquametals.com.
Safe Harbor
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Contacts
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