UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 14, 2024

PIEDMONT LITHIUM INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-38427	36-4996461
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

42 E Catawba Street Belmont, North Carolina	28012
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (704) 461-8000

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report): Not Applicable

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share	PLL	The Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 18, 2024, Piedmont Lithium Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K under Item 5.02 pursuant to which it announced that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company had increased the size of the Board from six to seven directors and had elected Dawne Hickton to the Board as a Class I director, effective March 14, 2024. At that time, the Board had not yet appointed Ms. Hickton to any Board committees.

On April 26, 2024, the Board appointed Ms. Hickton as a member and Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the “Committee”) to replace Jeff Armstrong on the Committee, effective as of the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which is scheduled for June 13, 2024.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	PIEDMONT LITHIUM INC.
Date: April 29, 2024		/s/ Keith Phillips
	Name:	Keith Phillips
	Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer