UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date: August 14, 2024
Commission File Number: 001-41338
IperionX Limited
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
129 W Trade Street, Suite 1405
Charlotte, North Carolina
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Form 6-K:
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Press Release
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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IPERIONX LIMITED
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Date: August 14, 2024
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/s/ Gregory Swan |
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Exhibit 99.1
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PRESS RELEASE | NASDAQ: IPX | ASX: IPX
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August 14, 2024
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IPERIONX ACHIEVES MAJOR MILESTONE WITH FIRST SUCCESSFUL TITANIUM FURNACE PRODUCTION RUN
IperionX (NASDAQ: IPX, ASX: IPX) is pleased to announce the successful commissioning of the Hydrogen Assisted
Metallothermic Reduction (HAMRTM) furnace, marking the first titanium de-oxygenation production run at the Titanium Manufacturing Campus in Virginia,
U.S.A.
This first titanium de-oxygenation production run represents a key technological milestone for IperionX that underpins a breakthrough +60x increase in
titanium production capacity.
Produced entirely from 100% scrap titanium (Ti-6Al-4V alloy, Grade 5 titanium), quality assessments confirmed a large reduction in oxygen levels from
3.42% to below 0.07%, far exceeding the ASTM standard requirement of 0.2% for Grade 5 titanium.
IperionX’s proprietary HAMR technologies offer a range of competitive advantages, including lower operating temperatures, reduced energy
consumption, enhanced process efficiency, and accelerated production cycles - all achieved with lower capital investment intensity.
Over the coming months, IperionX will commission and optimize the supporting process equipment to achieve full system production capacity in Virginia,
with end-to-end system operations expected in late Q4 2024.

Figure 1: IperionX team at the Titanium Manufacturing Campus for the first successful HAMR furnace production run
Anastasios (Taso) Arima, CEO of IperionX, commented:
"The IperionX team delivered an
important technological and commercial milestone for the global titanium industry.
Over the last two years, we have successfully operated our pilot titanium production facility in Utah, producing high performance titanium products for
customers and importantly - delivering first revenues for our company.
Today, we demonstrated that our HAMR technology works at commercial scale. We successfully increased the furnace production capacity by ~60x times and
produced high performance titanium that exceeds industry quality standards.
IperionX’s patented technologies underpin long-term competitive advantages over the Kroll titanium production process - with lower energy consumption,
lower capex, faster cycle times, higher product yields and the ability to utilize 100% scrap titanium or upgraded titanium minerals as feedstocks.
IperionX plans to expand the capacity of its Titanium Manufacturing Campus by adding modular, low-risk and low-cost HAMR furnaces. IperionX aims to be a
leading U.S. titanium producer of +10,000 metric tons per annum by 2030.
Our goal is to re-shore the full titanium supply chain to the United States, at lower costs for our customers, and deliver the most sustainable titanium
products on the market.”
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Tennessee
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Virginia
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Utah
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129 W Trade Street, Suite 1405
Charlotte, NC 28202
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279 West Main Street
Camden, TN 38320
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1092 Confroy Drive
South Boston, VA 24592
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1782 W 2300 S
West Valley City, UT 84119
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Figure 2: IperionX HAMR first furnace production cycle
This announcement has been authorized for release by the CEO and Managing Director.
For further information and enquiries please contact:
info@iperionx.com
+1 704 461 8000
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About IperionX
IperionX aims to become a leading American titanium metal and critical materials company – using patented metal technologies to produce high performance titanium alloys, from titanium minerals or
scrap titanium, at lower energy, cost and carbon emissions.
Our Titan critical minerals project is the largest JORC-compliant mineral resource of titanium, rare earth and zircon minerals sands in the United States.
IperionX’s titanium metal and critical minerals are essential for advanced U.S. industries including consumer electronics, space, aerospace, defense, hydrogen, electric vehicles and additive
manufacturing.
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Forward Looking Statements
Information included in this release constitutes forward-looking statements. Often, but not always, forward looking statements can generally
be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as "may”, "will”, "expect”, "intend”, "plan”, "estimate”, "anticipate”, "continue”, and "guidance”, or other similar words and may include, without limitation, statements regarding
plans, strategies and objectives of management, anticipated production or construction commencement dates and expected costs or production outputs.
Forward looking statements inherently involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual
results, performance, and achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance, or achievements. Relevant factors may include, but are not limited to, changes in commodity prices, foreign exchange fluctuations and general
economic conditions, increased costs and demand for production inputs, the speculative nature of exploration and project development, including the risks of obtaining necessary licenses and permits and diminishing quantities or grades of
reserves, the Company’s ability to comply with the relevant contractual terms to access the technologies, commercially scale its closed-loop titanium production processes, or protect its intellectual property rights, political and social
risks, changes to the regulatory framework within which the Company operates or may in the future operate, environmental conditions including extreme weather conditions, recruitment and retention of personnel, industrial relations issues
and litigation.
Forward looking statements are based on the Company and its management’s good faith assumptions relating to the financial, market,
regulatory and other relevant environments that will exist and affect the Company’s business and operations in the future. The Company does not give any assurance that the assumptions on which forward looking statements are based will prove
to be correct, or that the Company’s business or operations will not be affected in any material manner by these or other factors not foreseen or foreseeable by the Company or management or beyond the Company’s control.
Although the Company attempts and has attempted to identify factors that would cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially
from those disclosed in forward looking statements, there may be other factors that could cause actual results, performance, achievements, or events not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended, and many events are beyond the reasonable
control of the Company. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward looking statements. Forward looking statements in these materials speak only at the date of issue. Subject to any continuing obligations under
applicable law or any relevant stock exchange listing rules, in providing this information the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any of the forward-looking statements or to advise of any change in
events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Competent Persons Statement
The information in this announcement that relates to Exploration Results and Mineral Resources is extracted from IperionX’s ASX Announcement
dated October 6, 2021 ("Original ASX Announcement”) which is available to view at IperionX’s website at www.iperionx.com. IperionX confirms that a) it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information
included in the Original ASX Announcement; b) all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the Mineral Resource Estimate included in the Original ASX Announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed; and c)
the form and context in which the relevant Competent Persons’ findings are presented in this report have not been materially changed from the Original ASX Announcement.
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