Appia announces shipment of Alces Lake bulk sample to CanmetMining
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NEWS RELEASE
APPIA ANNOUNCES THE EXTRACTION AND SHIPMENT OF ALCES LAKE BULK
SAMPLE TO CANMETMINING FROM ALCES LAKE RARE EARTH PROPERTY,
NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN
TORONTO, ONTARIO, May 12, 2022 - Appia Rare Earths & Uranium Corp. (the “Company” or
“Appia”) (CSE:API, OTCQB:APAAF, Germany: “A0I.F”, “A0I.MU”, “A0I.BE”) is pleased to announce
that as part of a metallurgical collaboration with CanmetMINING focused on beneficiation testwork for the
Alces Lake Rare Earth Project, the Company has extracted a bulk sample from the Alces Lake discovery and
will ship it to CanmetMINING in the next few days. The primary focus for the test program will be to optimize
and enhance the development of an Alces Lake Project flowsheet and to confirm other material testwork that
has been previously conducted by other parties on the Alces Lake monazite.
Federal R&D assistance is provided through a collaboration agreement with CanmetMINING, under their
Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration program. This program targets research and
development for upstream critical minerals processing and aims to stimulate the development of battery and
permanent magnet value chains in Canada.
The test work is anticipated to include grinding, flotation, magnetic separation, ore sorting, and dense medium
separation (DMS). CanmetMINING scientists will work closely with the Company and its consultants for
mineral processing. The objective is to design and execute a comprehensive and optimal testing approach that
will produce a high-grade rare earth mineral concentrate from the Alces Lake mineralized material.
A total of 0.9 tonnes of mineralized material was extracted from the Alces Lake Deposit and 0.6 tonnes will be
shipped to SGS Canada’s Lakefield facility in Ontario for crushing and sizing ahead of test work. The remainder
of the sample will be shipped at a later date. Upon completion of the preparatory work, the sample will be
shipped to CanmetMINING and the test programs will begin.
About CanmetMINING
CanmetMINING, a science and technology branch of the Lands and Metals sector of Natural Resources Canada,
is a world-class leader in the development and deployment of green mining innovation technologies. Much of
its research is undertaken in partnership with industry, provincial governments, other federal departments,
universities and international agencies.
CanmetMINING’s $47.7M Critical Minerals RD&D Program was funded through the Federal Budget 2021 to
develop domestic critical raw materials value chains, and position Canada as a global supplier of choice for
critical mineral products. R&D is focused on 3 key priority research areas: battery minerals, the Mining Value
from Waste Program (MVfW), and rare earth elements and other critical minerals. This collaboration with
Appia under the REE and other critical minerals area seeks to advance the production of permanent magnet raw
materials in Canada.
2021 Drilling Results Received
The Company is now in receipt of all assay results from 2021 and is currently analyzing and evaluating the
information. A summary of the results is expected to be released in the near future
Appia commenced drilling at Alces Lake in mid-March 2022 and plans to drill significantly deeper holes
compared to the 100 holes (approximately 8,075 metres) drilled in 2021. This is designed to allow Appia to
determine continuity at depth and along the identified REE mineralization trends as the company works towards
the publication of a maiden resource estimate in accordance with NI 43-101 for the area. With high-grade REE
mineralization now having been identified in many locations within an area covering approximately 27 km 2 of
the Alces Lake block, the Company believes the project has the potential to be a world-class source of high-
grade critical rare earth bearing monazite.
About the Alces Lake Project
The Alces Lake project encompasses some of the highest-grade total and critical* REEs and gallium
mineralization in the world, hosted within a number of surface and near-surface monazite occurrences that
remain open at depth and along strike.
* Critical rare earth elements are defined here as those that are in short-supply and high-demand for use in permanent magnets and modern electronic
applications such as electric vehicles and wind turbines (i.e: neodymium (Nd), praseodymium (Pr), dysprosium (Dy) and terbium (Tb)).
The Alces Lake project is located in northern Saskatchewan, the same provincial jurisdiction that is developing
a “first-of-its-kind” rare earth processing facility in Canada (currently under construction by the Saskatchewan
Research Council and scheduled to become operational in early 2023). The Alces Lake project area is 35,682
hectares (88,173 acres) in size and is 100% owned by Appia.
To ensure safe work conditions are met for the workforce, the Company has developed exploration guidelines
that comply with the Saskatchewan Public Health Orders and the Public Health Order Respecting the Northern
Saskatchewan Administration District in order to maintain social distancing and help prevent the transmission
of COVID-19.
The metallurgical content in this news release was reviewed and approved by Mr. John Goode, P.Eng,
Metallurgical Consultant to Appia’s Board of Directors, and a Qualified Person as defined by National
Instrument 43-101. The geologic content in this news release was reviewed and approved by Dr. Irvine R.
Annesley, P.Geo, Advisor to Appia’s Board of Directors, and a Qualified Person as defined by National
Instrument 43-101. SRC Geoanalytical Laboratories’ management system operates in accordance with ISO/IEC
17025:2005 (CAN-P-4E), General Requirements for the Competence of Mineral Testing and Calibration
Laboratories.
About Appia
Appia is a Canadian publicly-listed company in the rare earth element and uranium sectors. The Company is
currently focusing on delineating high-grade critical rare earth elements and gallium on the Alces Lake property,
as well as exploring for high-grade uranium in the prolific Athabasca Basin on its Otherside, Loranger, North
Wollaston, and Eastside properties. The Company holds the surface rights to exploration for 105,026 hectares
(259,525 acres) in Saskatchewan. The Company also has a 100% interest in 12,545 hectares (31,000 acres), with
rare earth element and uranium deposits over five mineralized zones in the Elliot Lake Camp, Ontario.
Appia has 123.1 million common shares outstanding, 142.1 million shares fully diluted.
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Tom Drivas, CEO and Director: (cell) 416-876-3957, (fax) 416-218-9772 or (email) [email protected]
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