---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-25-005524"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SDST"
cik: "0001831979"
company_name: "Stardust Power Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T00:27:10.594659+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stardust Power secures exclusive KMX VMD license; issues 500K shares as royalty

## Summary
- Exclusive license for KMX's VMD technology for lithium concentration in US, Canada, and select international markets.
- Stardust Power to issue 500,000 common shares to KMX as royalty; shares subject to lock-up and trading restrictions.
- Agreement term (2, 5, or 7 years) depends on stock price at 240 days; renewable if 3+ VMD units purchased.
- Technology expected to cut energy/water use and lower costs at planned Muskogee refinery (up to 50,000 mtpa lithium).
- Stardust Power must exclusively purchase all KMX VMD units during the term.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-25-005524
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SDST
- cik: 0001831979
- company_name: Stardust Power Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831979/000149315225005524/0001493152-25-005524-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831979/000149315225005524/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-25-005524.txt

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