Rock Tech Lithium Delays Guben Converter to 2029 as Canadian Option Takes Centre Stage
29.06.2026 - 16:56:09 | boerse-global.de
Rock Tech Lithium has pushed the production start of its flagship Guben converter in Brandenburg back to early 2029, as the company grapples with a €750 million price tag and an incomplete financing package. So far, the group has secured only €100 million in grants from the state of Brandenburg and Deutsche Bahn, and management has made clear that a final investment decision will not be taken until the full funding is in place. The delay has weighed heavily on investor sentiment.
The stock shed ground on Monday, dipping to €0.49 before a late-session recovery lifted it to €0.51, a gain of 2.8% on the day. The bounce, however, did little to improve the technical picture. The shares are trading roughly 10% under their 50-day moving average of €0.57, and stand well below the 200-day line of €0.55. The relative strength index on the primary exchange registered 35.5 at the session low, though it later edged to 42.0, reflecting the volatile intraday action. Annualised 30-day volatility sits at a nervy 43%.
From the January 2026 peak of €0.79, the stock has lost around 35%. It still holds 24% above the 52-week low of €0.41 clocked in December 2025, but the year-to-date gain of roughly 10% masks a 12-month decline of 17%. The Canadian-listed shares also slipped below their 50-day average of C$0.93 late last week, touching C$0.80 at one point.
Should investors sell immediately? Or is it worth buying Rock Tech Lithium?
In an effort to improve liquidity and broaden its investor base, Rock Tech is pressing ahead with a US listing. Alongside the new Xetra quotation, the company is targeting a move to the Nasdaq. But the near-term catalyst investors are watching is the Guben financing: without a complete funding package, the converter remains in limbo.
Away from Germany, the company is busy securing raw-material supply. It has acquired an option over the Victory project in Ontario, a 10,000-hectare exploration ground where surface samples have returned lithium oxide grades as high as 5.11%. The material is earmarked for the planned Red-Rock converter in North America, part of a broader strategy to build refinery capacity in key battery-belt regions such as Nevada, Quebec and Ontario. Chairman Dirk Harbecke sees potential beyond electric vehicles, pointing to stationary energy storage as the next growth driver, where falling input costs are making large-scale batteries more competitive.
The broader regulatory landscape is also shifting. A newly announced global alliance on battery standardisation, which includes major carmakers and cell producers, underscores the pace of change facing lithium processors. For Rock Tech, the concrete implications of that pact are unlikely to become clear before the end of the decade. For now, the company's immediate focus is on completing the Guben financing package — a milestone that, if missed, will keep the project in the queue and the stock pinned near its recent lows.
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