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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-002391"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FEAM"
cik: "0001888654"
company_name: "5E Advanced Materials, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T21:02:25.062392+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# 5E Advanced Materials reports Q2 2023 net loss of $14.9M; pre-commissioning starts at Small-Scale Facility

## Summary
- Cash balance $56.8M; available cash $46.8M at Dec 31, 2022.
- Construction in progress $46.9M, up from $33.3M in prior quarter.
- Targets initial boric acid production late Q1 or early Q2 2023; lithium carbonate in Q2 2023.
- Signed letter of intent with Estes Energetics for boron-based solid rocket motor materials.
- Net loss of $14.9M vs $11.0M in prior year quarter; includes $2.2M unrealized derivative loss.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-002391
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FEAM
- cik: 0001888654
- company_name: 5E Advanced Materials, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888654/000095017023002391/0000950170-23-002391-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888654/000095017023002391/feam-20230209.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-002391.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  5E Advanced Materials, Inc. reported financial results for quarter ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: FEAM) (ASX: 5EA) (“5E” or the “Company”), a boron and lithium company with U.S. government Critical Infrastructure designation for its 5E Boron Americas (Fort Cady) Complex, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1888654/000095017023002391/0000950170-23-002391-index.htm

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