Electric Metals Presents Royal Ontario Museum with High-Grade Sample from its Emily Manganese Deposit in Minnesota The Emily Manganese Deposit sample contains 52.0% Manganese (Mn) / 64.2% Manganese Oxide (MnO), highlighting North America’s highest-grade manganese deposit
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Electric Metals Presents Royal Ontario Museum with High-Grade Sample from its Emily
Manganese Deposit in Minnesota
The Emily Manganese Deposit sample contains 52.0% Manganese (Mn) / 64.2% Manganese
Oxide (MnO), highlighting North America’s highest-grade manganese deposit
Toronto, Ontario, March 18, 2025 : Electric Metals (USA) Limited (" EML" or the " Company")
(TSXV:EML)(OTCQB:EMUSF) is pleased to announce that a high-grade sample from the Emily
Manganese Deposit in Minnesota has been donated to the prestigious Royal Ontario Museum
(ROM) mineral collection. The 52.0% Manganese (Mn) / 64.2% Manganese Oxide (MnO) sample,
one of the highest -grade manganese samples in North America, was presented to the ROM
on Monday, March 3, 2025 , during the Prospectors and Developers Conference (PDAC) in
Toronto, Ontario.
The ROM, Canada’s largest museum and one of North America’s most renowned cultural
institutions, is home to a world -class collection of more than six million objects and
specimens across 40 gallery and exhibition spaces . Its mineral section, featuring meteorites,
rocks, precious minerals, and gems, is recognized as one of the world’s finest collections.
A Sample of Exceptional Quality
The Emily Manganese Deposit Sample was taken by North Star Manganese Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of EML , during drilling operations at hole NSC -23002A on February 22, 2023 . The
sample was taken from an interval of 230.4 ft – 232.5 ft, where the HQ diamond core, previously
reported in EML’s June 27, 2023 press release, assayed at 40.9% Mn / 52.8% MnO . The specific
sample presented to the ROM, analyzed using an XRF Spectrometer by Big Rock Exploration LLC,
EML’s contract geologists on the Emily Manganese Project, recorded an even higher grade
of 52.0% Mn by weight / 64.2% MnO by weight.
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Photo: Emily Manganese Deposit sample presented to the ROM (52% Mn / 64.2% MnO)
A Milestone for North American Manganese
The presentation ceremony at the ROM featured Dr. Henry (Rick) J. Sandri, Director of EML, who
formally handed over the sample to Ms. Katherine M. Dunnell, Manager of Collections Care,
Natural History at the ROM.
Brian Savage, CEO, EML commented: “We are honored to have this exceptional high-grade Emily
Manganese Deposit sample added to the ROM’s prestigious collection. The Emily high grades are
indeed museum quality. The outstanding grade of this deposit sets it apart —not just in North
America, but globally."
Savage further emphasized : "We have multiple core samples exceeding 50% manganese, a
concentration virtually unseen in North America and most of the world. This underscores the
unique value of the Emily Manganese Deposit."
The Emily Manganese Deposit , Minnesota is the highest grade manganese deposit in North
America. Electric Metals is poised to emerge as a low -cost producer of 100% domestically
sourced, high-purity, battery grade, manganese products and chemicals, including HPMSM, for
the electric vehicle battery and energy storage sectors.
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About Electric Metals (USA) Limited
Electric Metals (USA) Limited (TSXV: EML) (OTCQB: EMUSF) is a US -based mineral development
company with manganese and silver projects geared to supporting the transition to clean energy.
The Company’s principal asset is the Emily Manganese Project in Minne sota, the highest-grade
manganese deposit in North America, which has been the subject of considerable technical
studies, including National Instrument 43 -101 Technical Reports – Resource Estimates. The
Company’s mission in Minnesota is to become a domestic US producer of high-value, high-purity
manganese metal and chemical products to supply the North American electric vehicle battery,
technology and industrial markets . With manganese playing a critical and prominent role in
lithium-ion battery formulations, and with no current domestic supply or active mines for
manganese in North America, the development of the Emily Manganese Project represents a
significant opportunity for America, the State of Minnesota and for the Company’s shareholders.
For further information, please contact:
Electric Metals (USA) Limited
Brian Savage
CEO & Director
(303) 656-9197
or
Valerie Kimball
Director Investor Relations
720-933-1150
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