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SPARC TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED — Investor Presentation 2025
Nov 11, 2025
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SPARC TECHNOLOGIES (ASX: SPN)
Transforming Vast Global Industries with Tech
Sparc Technologies (SPN) is a developer of two transformative technologies for multi-billion $ industries
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Leading the Next-Generation Green Hydrogen Revolution Without Electrolysers
Tackling the Global Corrosion Challenge using Proprietary Graphene Additives
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Disruptive Technology: Sparc’s photocatalysis technology uses only sunlight and water to produce green hydrogen — without electrolysers.
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Global Market Opportunity: Additive for the US$33 billion anticorrosion coatings market for protecting steel assets.
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World-Class Partners: Sparc is partnered with Fortescue and the University of Adelaide within the Sparc Hydrogen JV.
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Real-world Trials: With Dulux Australia, SA Govt , BHP Mitsubishi , Santos and 29Metals to validate ecosparc[®] enhanced coatings.
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Scalable and Low-Cost: Solar-driven process requires less energy and infrastructure and offers significant potential cost advantages.
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Key Benefits: 46x ROI for asset owners via extended time between maintenance events plus CO2 savings.
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Key Catalysts: First-of-its-kind pilot plant under commissioning in South Australia, delivering proof of concept.
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Key Catalysts: Positive field trial results delivered in 2025 with commercialization expected in FY26.
SPARC TECHNOLOGIES (ASX: SPN)
Corporate Snapshot
117m
Shares on issue
$0.15
$18m
Market Cap*
$2.4m
Board & Key Management
Nick O’Loughlin
Simon Kidston
Daniel Eddington
Dr Denis Wright
Kristen Kubank
Key Partners & Collaborators
Share price*
Cash**
~40%
5.6%
Top 20 s/holders University of Adelaide
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SPARC TECHNOLOGIES (ASX: SPN)
Significant Tailwinds for Critical Technologies
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ASX industrial technologies Global graphene manufacturers
6 Month % Price Change 6 Month % Price Change
1,521%
500% 500%
Pre-commercial Pre-commercial
Commercial revenue Commercial revenue
400% 400%
300% 300%
200% 200%
100% 100%
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Metal Iondrive Metallium Chrysos Anteotech IperionX Scidev Green Hydrograph Haydale First GMG Black Swan Directa Plus NanoXplore
Powder (ION) (MTM) (C79) (ADO) (IPX) (SDV) Critical (CSE) (AIM) Graphene (TSX) (TSX) (AIM) (TSX)
Works Minerals (ASX)
(MPW) (GCM)
Mkt Cap. Mkt Cap.
250M 52M 431M 1.0B 45M 1.8B 70M 43M 1.3B 52M 82M 152M 67M 16M 451M
(A$) (A$)
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Mkt Cap. (A$)
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SPN:
A$18M
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Sustainability and critical minerals linked industrial technologies are seeing generating significant investor interest, as are overseas graphene manufacturers
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Tackling Corrosion Through Enhanced Steel Coatings
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Unlocking the Potential of Graphene: A Next Generation Super-Material
Graphene is a Nobel prize winning super-material made of carbon atoms arranged in a 2D-lattice which has unique and powerful properties To name a few……. 200x stronger than steel, highly flexible, thermally and electrically conductive, high surface area, antimicrobial
Graphene producers
Sparc Technologies
Focused on the production of graphene, generally using proprietary methods – 700 graphene grades available globally[1]
Business model is to sell as much graphene, generally in powders, at the highest possible price
Industry and end-use agnostic
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Does not produce graphene; focused on sourcing the right graphene grade(s) for the target application
Business model is to develop and sell industry ready “drop-in” graphene based additives at the best unit price
Industry specialists in coatings and polymers
Sparc Technologies is creating a new market for its graphene technology. It is one of the first companies globally to bring this innovation in the protective coatings industry to life…
Sparc’s Graphene Technology Platform
Market Size:
Commercialisation
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PROTECTIVE COATINGS (PAINT)
Sparc’s flagship graphene based additive product, ecosparc[®] , has been developed to enhance currently used protective steel coatings.
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Commercialisation of ecosparc[®] is expected in FY26.
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US$33bn[1]
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SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING
Collaboration Agreement with Detmold Packaging targeting development of graphene enhanced sustainable packaging products through lower plastic use.
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US$272bn[2]
Research & Development Portfolio
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AQUACULTURE / ANTIFOULING
Sparc is developing technology ( biosparc[®] ) which substantially reduces fouling on marine infrastructure.
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Sparc and Flinders University were recently awarded a ~$350k grant from the Australian Government.
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US$1.25bn[3]
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Sparc in partnership with the Australian Institute of Machine Learning are developing AI tools for quickly and accurately assessing corrosion.
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Proof of concept and market soundings are underway.
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TBC
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The Problem – Corrosion of Steel Assets
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The Cost and Carbon Problem
~$6 trillion direct and indirect costs associated with the impact of corrosion globally per annum[1]
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Corroded steel replacement accounts for up to 3.4% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions[1]
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The Business Interruption Problem
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Asset Productivity
shutdowns loss
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Safety risks
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Regular Maintenance Using Protective Steel Coatings
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A Cutting-Edge Additive for Steel Coatings
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Proprietary knowledge and data underpins leading product in market
Extensive testing to international standards shows >25% anticorrosive performance boost
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Strong customer pipeline; multiple field trials underway with major end-users
Independent lifecycle analysis quantifies significant emissions and cost savings
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Manufacturing capacity in place to support commercialisation
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Multi-Billion Dollar Markets for Steel Coatings
Protective coatings are used to prevent or reduce damage from corrosion, abrasion and weathering within oil & gas, mining and general infrastructure. Marine coatings are specific types of protective coatings designed for ocean-going vessels including anti-fouling coatings used on ship hulls.
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Protective Coatings Marine Coatings
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Major Players2
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Major Players3
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Sourced from Straits Research, https://straitsresearch.com/report/protective-coatings-market Sourced from Mordor Intelligence, https://www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/marine-coatings-market
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Proprietary Knowledge is our Advantage
eco Sparc Technologies believes sparc[®] is the leading graphene-based additive for the steel protective coatings market based on extensive lab and field performance data and growing traction with global customers
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- Extensive Data Package 9 rounds of cyclic corrosion testing and >4,000 panels to ISO standards
Corrosion performance (creep) improvements ranging from 26%[1] to 79%[2]
Growing field-based data in relevant corrosive environments
Highly Experienced Team
Team built on the back of industry experience: >120 years combined in the global coatings industry
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6 years of laboratory work focused on incorporating graphene in protective coatings
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Blend of technical and commercial expertise
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Proprietary Sourcing & Demonstrated Method of Dispersion Action
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Repeatable Corrosion Performance Improvement
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| Sparc has completednine roundsof cyclic corrosion testing and>4,200 panelsto ISO standards showing significantly improved anticorrosion performance. The majority of this testing has been performed in commercially available coatings with and without ecosparc®providing a direct comparison. Sparc believes that the quantity and consistency of its cyclic corrosion data working with graphene based additives isunmatched across the coatings industry. |
Vintage | Duration (hrs) | Relative corrosion performance improvement (scribe creep) |
Benchmark coating |
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| 2020 | 1,000 | 34% 79% |
Test bed formula | |
| 2021 | 1,680 | 72% | Zinc primed test bed formula | |
| 2022 | 4,200 | 42% | Commercially available coating | |
| 2022 | 1,680 | n.m.1 | Commercially available coating | |
| 2023 | 4,200 | 26% | Commercially available coating | |
| 2022 | 1,680 | 47% | Commercially available coating | |
| 2023 | 4,200 | 32% | Commercially available coating | |
| 2024 | 4,200 | 31% | Commercially available coating | |
| 2025 (field trial coatings) |
4,200 | 28% (0.100% Gr) 47% (0.125% Gr) |
Commercially available coating |
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Field Trials Demonstrating End-User Appetite
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Sparc commenced collaborative field trials using ecosparc[®] enhanced coatings >12 months ago with positive coatings performance reported.
Sparc recently commenced its first collaborative coatings project with Dulux Australia at the Cape Jaffa Lighthouse in Kingston SE, South Australia.
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Caval Ridge Mine, Moranbah, Qld
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Port Bonython, Upper Spencer Gulf, SA
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Cape Jaffa Lighthouse, Kingston SE, SA
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Golden Grove Mine, Yalgoo, WA
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Streaky Bay Jetty, Eyre Peninsula, SA
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Underpinned by Significant Value-in-Use
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Independent lifecycle assessment (LCA)[1] completed in August 2023.
over Cost and emissions savings 50-year asset life were based on a conservative improvement in corrosion resistance[2] .
Significant (46x) ROI is achieved given coatings costs are a small proportion of the overall cost of steel asset maintenance.
Analysis does not include any returns from potential productivity benefits or asset life extensions.
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~750t ~A$34m Lifetime reduction in Lifetime savings in steel carbon emissions[3] recoating costs[3,4]
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Strong Potential Customer Pipeline
Potential Customer Pipeline Contains Global Coatings Manufacturers & End-users
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Active NDAs[1]
27 counterparties
Active Testing Programs & Field Trials
19 counterparties
Commercial Negotiations[2]
2 counterparties (currently)
Asset owners
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Coatings & additive manufacturers
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Commercialisation Plan
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Sparc has designed ecosparc[®] to be a drop-in additive product which is incorporated by coatings companies at the point of manufacture in the same way as a pigment.
Sparc has established commercial manufacturing with capacity to produce enough additive to dose ~ . 4.5ML/annum of enhanced protective coatings[1]
Production units are small and modular and can be rolled out rapidly.
Sparc will seek to initially control the manufacturing process to ensure quality and IP protection; toll manufacturing via global partnerships will be considered for future volume expansions.
Sparc’s end customers are coatings manufacturers producing ecosparc[®] enhanced coatings for the oil & gas, mining, infrastructure and marine industries.
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Global Market Potential
2030 Protective and Marine Coatings (P&MC) Volumes by Region (~2BL per annum ex-China)[1]
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318M Litres
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Sparc’s estimate of the proportion of protective and marine coatings products suited to the ecosparc® product (25%) represents ~500ML of coatings produced ex-China in 2030[2] representing >100x current manufacturing capacity
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85M Litres
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Development Pathway
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Sparc’s goal is to sell products, processing know-how and
licenses to maximise the market reach and value for ecosparc [®]
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UNIQUE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY
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SPARC TECHNOLOGIES (ASX: SPN)
Momentum is Building with Delivery
2025 is a transformative year for Sparc Technologies – Green hydrogen derisking and ecosparc[®] commercialisation
Sparc Hydrogen Proceeds to Stage 2 Pilot Plant (Jan-25) Sparc Hydrogen Secures First Patent (Jan-25) ecosparc® field trial with BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (Feb-25) Construction of first-of-its kind pilot plant commences (Mar-25) Positive ecosparc® field trial results at Streaky Bay (Apr-25) R&D Collaboration with Detmold Group on sustainable packaging (May-25) Pilot plant opening ceremony (Jun-25) A$2.75M AEA grant funding success (Jul-25) Sparc and Dulux Australia collaboration (Nov-25) 1. ASX Announcement 20 November 2024 Link 2. ASX Announcement 6 December 2024 Q4 25 Link ~~e~~ cosparc® commercialisation (proposed timing is indicative and subject to change)
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- ASX Announcement 10 November 2025 Link
SPARC TECHNOLOGIES (ASX: SPN)
Investment Highlights
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Innovative Technologies with Unique and Leading Market Positions: Provides two shots at major market disruption over the next 6 – 12 months.
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Strong Partners Provide Validation and Market Access: Across both Sparc Hydrogen and ecosparc[®] the Company is working with industry leading parties providing expertise and access to markets.
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: eco Graphene sparc[®] offers FY26 revenue potential within the multi-billion dollar protective and marine coatings markets with additional blue-sky through R&D projects in sustainable packaging, antifouling and AI.
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- Sparc Hydrogen: Joint venture is fully funded through pilot plant testing which is expected to accelerate partnerships and derisk commercial scale-up.
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Valuation Upside: Peers in other industrial technologies including graphene and hydrogen trade at higher eco
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valuations despite being less advanced. With sparc[®] nearing commercial revenue and a fully funded hydrogen pilot project underway, Sparc Technologies offers clear re-rating potential.
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Contacts
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