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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-002770"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SDST"
cik: "0001831979"
company_name: "Stardust Power Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T09:36:07.558674+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stardust Power receives Oklahoma air permit for Muskogee lithium refinery, final major construction permit

## Summary
- Air quality construction permit from Oklahoma DEQ; final significant permit for construction and commissioning.
- Refinery qualifies as minor source under air regulations; emissions below major source thresholds.
- Closed-loop water system eliminates wastewater discharge; no industrial wastewater permit required.
- Planned capacity of up to 50,000 metric tons per annum of battery-grade lithium carbonate.
- Construction start subject to project financing; regulatory timeline risk materially reduced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-002770
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SDST
- cik: 0001831979
- company_name: Stardust Power Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831979/000149315226002770/0001493152-26-002770-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831979/000149315226002770/form8-k.htm

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