Talga Group (ASX:TLG) secured a non-binding agreement with German-based battery manufacturer V4Smart to jointly develop and qualify the company's graphite anode for integration into fast-charging battery cells, according to a Monday filing with the Australian bourse.

The deal includes mutually agreed anode specifications, qualification volumes, as well as indicative commercial volumes, with the parties planning to progress to binding offtake and volume agreements upon the satisfaction of key technical milestones, the filing said.