SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-003795 to Critical Metals Corp. (CRML)
Critical Metals Corp.
Date: April 17, 2023 · CIK: 0001951089 · Accession: 0000000000-23-003795
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
April 17, 2023
Tony Sage
Executive Chairman
Critical Metals Corp.
c/o Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited
Kingston Chambers, PO Box 173, Road Town
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Re:Critical Metals Corp.
Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form F-4
Filed March 29, 2023
File No. 333-268970
Dear Tony Sage:
We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the following
comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we
may better understand your disclosure.
Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your
response.
After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you
provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Unless we note
otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our March 2, 2023 letter.
Amendment No. 2 to Form F-4
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statement of Operations, page 61
1.We note your response to comment 3 and reissue the comment, in part. Please revise your
presentation of basic and diluted profit per share for each scenario presented.
Marshall and Stevens' Opinion, page 135
2.We note your response to prior comment 2 and your revised disclosure at page 142 that
"The copy of the Marshall & Stevens opinion by its terms states that it is not for the
benefit of or to be relied on by any person or entity other than the Board, although the
effectiveness, if any, of this disclaimer is not in the purview of Sizzle or Pubco to advise
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as to its effect." Please expand your disclosure to include the substance of your discussion
in the last paragraph of your response, including that the effect of such disclaimer as a
matter of Delaware law will be resolved by a court of competent jurisdiction. Also
disclose that resolution of the question of the availability of any such defense will have no
effect on the rights and responsibilities of the board of directors under applicable state
law. Further disclose that the availability of such a state-law defense to Marshall
& Stevens would have no effect on the rights and responsibilities of either Marshall
& Stevens or the board of directors under the federal securities laws.
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations, page 171
3.We note your response and revised disclosure in response to prior comment 1, including
that "it is intended that the (i) Merger, together with other relevant portions of the
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, qualifies as a Section 351
Transaction and (ii) the Merger qualifies as a Section 368(a) Reorganization." Please
revise to clarify that counsel will opine that the (i) Merger, together with other relevant
portions of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, qualifies as a Section
351 Transaction and (ii) the Merger qualifies as a Section 368(a) Reorganization. In
addition, to the extent you intend to file a short form tax opinion as Exhibit 8.1, please
revise your disclosure to clearly identify and articulate the opinion being rendered.
Mineral Resources, page 224
4.We note your response to comment 7 and have reviewed the parameters included with
your filing. Please add the hydrometallurgical recovery expected for the conversion of a
6% lithium concentrate to lithium hydroxide with your other cutoff grade economic
parameters.
Exhibit 96.1 Wolfsberg
Qualified Persons Opinion on Reasonable Prospects for Economic Extraction, page E-72
5.We note your response to comment 9 and your statement the economic viability was
demonstrated for this initial assessment by a prefeasibility study completed in 2018, which
may not have been compliant with S-K 1300. We partially re-issue comment 9. The
economic potential for an initial assessment may be demonstrated through a
discussion/demonstration of the cutoff grade calculation or by an optional cash flow
analysis, but not by referencing other feasibility studies or documents. Please include a
discussion/demonstration your cutoff grade calculation methodology in this section to
support your assertion of economic potential for your resource estimates.
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Exhibit 96.1 Wolfsberg
Price Forecast, page E-81
6.We note your response to comment 10, discussing the forecast prices and specifications of
your salable products. Please add lithium hydroxide forecast prices and specifications to
your table of salable products, as this product was the primary saleable product used to
satisfy your assertion of reasonable economic prospects.
You may contact Myra Moosariparambil, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3796 or
Craig Arakawa, Accounting Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3650 if you have
questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact
George K. Schuler, Mining Engineer, at (202) 551-3718 for engineering related questions. Please
contact Timothy S. Levenberg, Special Counsel, at (202) 551-3707 or Karina Dorin, Staff
Attorney, at (202) 551-3763 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Energy & Transportation
cc: Matthew Gray, Esq., of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP