• SmartKem backed Ferrox’s plan to start demonstration-scale processing at the Tivani project in Q4 2026, earlier than previously expected.
• Strategy centers on toll-milling at an existing South African site while Tivani mine-site wash-plant work advances in parallel.
• Initial output targets two saleable concentrates: about 56% TiO₂ ilmenite concentrate, about 62% Fe magnetite concentrate.
• Program aims to generate operating data, support customer qualification, begin initial revenue, and feed design and financing for larger-scale modules.

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