5E Advanced Materials Files Patent Application to Lower Operating Costs
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Dec 17 2025
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5E Advanced Materials filed an omnibus application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a proprietary, closed-loop in-situ leach mining and production process that has lowered 5E's operating costs, reduced its environmental footprint, and, if granted, will create meaningful barriers to competitors seeking to replicate the Company's ISL technology. The patent application includes 167 claims covering 5E's mining process and production for boric acid, gypsum, sodium chloride, as well as the management of metal impurities. Over the coming weeks, 5E intends to file several additional standalone applications.
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Analyst Views on FEAM
Wall Street analysts forecast FEAM stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for FEAM is 12.00 USD with a low forecast of 12.00 USD and a high forecast of 12.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
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Current: 2.260
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About FEAM
5E Advanced Materials, Inc. is a boron and lithium company. The Company is a supplier of boron specialty and advanced materials, complemented by lithium co-product production. It focuses on being a supplier of these critical materials to industries addressing global decarbonization, food and domestic security. It focuses on developing capabilities ranging from upstream extraction and product sales of boric acid, lithium carbonate and potentially other co-products, to downstream boron advanced material processing and development. It holds 100% of the rights through ownership in the 5E Boron Americas (Fort Cady) Complex (the Project) located in southern California, through its wholly owned subsidiary, 5E Boron Americas, LLC. Its Project is underpinned by a mineral resource that includes boron and lithium, with the boron being contained in a conventional boron mineral known as colemanite. The Company's subsidiaries include American Pacific Borates Pty Ltd., and 5E Boron Americas, LLC.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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