- CEO
- Prashant S. Chintawar
- Full Time Employees
- 6
- Sector
- Non-energy minerals
- Industry
- Other metals/Minerals
- Address
- 108 St. Georges Terrace Perth WA Australia 6000
- IPO Date
- Nov 18, 2003
- Business
- Volt Resources Limited (ASX:VRC) is an Australia-based critical minerals and advanced materials company focused on graphite production, exploration, and development of battery materials. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, the company produces natural flake graphite concentrate through its 70% interest in the Zavalievsky Graphite operations in Ukraine, which include mining, processing facilities, and purification capabilities yielding products from fine to large flake sizes with up to 99% purity suitable for lithium-ion batteries; it advances the wholly owned Bunyu Graphite Project in Tanzania, targeting Stage 1 production of 24,780 tonnes per annum of flake graphite from a 400,000 tonne per annum ore throughput via mining and flotation processing, with plans for Stage 2 expansion to 170,000 tonnes per annum; and it explores gold deposits across three projects (Kouroussa, Mandiana, and Konsolon) totaling 348 square kilometers in Guinea's Birimian Greenstone Belt, alongside lithium-borate license applications covering 291 square kilometers in Serbia. Through its wholly owned US subsidiary Volt Energy Materials LLC, based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Volt develops downstream high-purity graphite processing and natural graphite anode materials for the battery sector, leveraging technology for integrated supply chain solutions. The company serves industrial, battery, and green energy markets across Europe, North America, Africa, and Australia.
In recent developments, Volt produced 830 tonnes of graphite concentrate grading 78-97% total graphitic carbon at Zavalievsky in 2025, exceeding targets and advancing purification to 99.5% for European and North American battery cell makers; it joined the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Alabama Mobility and Power Consortium to bolster its US graphite refinery strategy and critical minerals supply chain; resumed gold exploration in Guinea amid record-high prices, reviewing 2021 drilling results at key prospects near major mines; completed the Bunyu Stage 1 Feasibility Study Update in 2023 with improved economics despite inflation; and secured $1.226 million in funding in early 2025 to advance projects, while pursuing financing for Bunyu development and value extraction from assets. These initiatives support Volt's transition toward integrated battery materials production and expanded operations in high-demand regions.