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accession: "0001227654-23-000165"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMP"
cik: "0001227654"
company_name: "COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T10:14:50.295939+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Compass Minerals rebuts Utah officials' claims on lithium extraction rights and pilot projects

## Summary
- Existing state leases grant rights to all mineral salts including lithium chloride; FFSL ratified them in 2020.
- Pilot projects publicly announced July 2021, discussed at Great Salt Lake Summit Jan 2022, and briefed to FFSL Oct 2022.
- Royalty Agreement ML19024 covers lithium at 5% rate; director's claim of no established rate is inaccurate.
- HB 513 does not retroactively modify existing rights; retroactive change would constitute a taking.
- Company calls for continued professional collaboration on new regulations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001227654-23-000165
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMP
- cik: 0001227654
- company_name: COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227654/000122765423000165/0001227654-23-000165-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227654/000122765423000165/cmp-20230811.htm

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