Musk Metals Expands the LAC du Km 35 Germanium Property IN Quebec
MUSK METALS EXPANDS THE LAC DU KM 35 GERMANIUM PROPERTY IN QUEBEC
January 24, 2025, VANCOUVER, BC – Musk Metals Corp. (“Musk Metals” or the “Company”) (CSE:
MUSK) (OTC: EMSKF) (FSE: 1I30) is pleased to announce that it has increased by claim staking the recently
optioned Lac du Km 35 Germanium Property, located near the mining town of Chibougamau, Québec. The
Property is now comprised of 75 claims covering an area of 4,150 hectares (41.5 km2).
Property Description
The Lac du Km 35 Germanium Property is approximately 40 km east of the mining town of Chibougamau in the
Nord-du-Québec region of Québec and has excellent access through Highway 167 and a main lumber road that
transects the whole property from the west to the east as well as a network of secondary roads.
The Property is underlain by the volcano-sedimentary sequence of the Roy Group and its metamorphic equivalent,
the Laganière gneissic Complex, that host the Lac Doré intrusive Suite which is a mafic to ultramafic stratiform and
synvolcanic intrusion, and the later stage Duberger felsic pluton; all these rock units belong to the northeast portion
of the Abitibi greenstone belt sub-Province of Archean age. To the west of the Property, rocks were
metamorphosed at the greenschist facies where the chlorite mineral is ubiquitous while the eastern portion has
reached the amphibolite metamorphism grade.
A prominent structural element is the ductile Faribault Shear Zone (“FSZ”), oriented east-southeast, and located
towards the eastern part of the Property. The FSZ dips to the south-southwest and ends to the Grenville Front which
extends southwest-northeast for several hundreds of kilometres. The Grenville Front separates the Abitibi
greenstone belt from younger Mesoproterozoic rocks and is only a few kilometres to the east of the Property. The
FSZ is an important feature that could have been joined by other permeable zones at depth as a preferential conduit
for hydrothermal fluids.
Discovered by government geologists in 1998 and never followed up, the Laganière Germanium showing consists
of a peridotite outcrop within the Laganière gneissic Complex that comprises amphibolites and hornblende and
biotite gneisses. The Laganière showing returned a value of 0.02% (186 ppm) germanium and is currently the
highest germanium value ever reported from an outcrop in the whole Québec.
The Laganière Germanium showing is located right alongside the main lumber road and immediately adjacent to
the south to a cluster of electromagnetic anomalies of roughly 400 m x 400 m in size that were never tested. The
Laganière germanium showing is also 450 m northeast of the FSZ, 800 m from the southern margin of the
Duberger felsic pluton and approximately 2 km to the west of the Grenville Front. Apart from regional mapping
and sampling of government geologists, the Laganière Germanium showing area remains vastly underexplored and
overlooked, and constitutes the prime focus for Musk.
Recent exploration work performed in 2024, consisting of prospecting and sampling, allowed to collect 39 outcrop
samples. Values up to 0.27% nickel, 0.04% cobalt, 0.24% copper and 0.21 g/t Au were obtained from these
samples. The highest zinc value is 0.07% and only 3 samples had overall zinc values over 0.05%. Due to the
digestion method selected, germanium values were deemed not reliable.
Mr. Mario Pezzente, Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Germanium spot prices have traded as high as
US$4000 per kg last month, reflecting a 44% increase over the past 12 months. As the global supply faces
unprecedented challenges due to geopolitical dynamics, the strategic importance of this critical metal is clearer
than ever. With demand outpacing supply and prices on an upward trajectory, now is the time to position ourselves
in the germanium market.”
About Germanium
Germanium is a hard, greyish and brittle metalloid which shares characteristics of both metal and non-metal
properties. Germanium has many growing applications in electronics and solar, in fiber optics, and Infrared optics
for civil and military uses. One of the growing and key applications for germanium is autonomous vehicle driving
system where germanium is used for thermal imaging cameras and night vision devices.
China’s share of germanium global output in 2024 was estimated between 70 and 75%. According to the United
States Geological (“USGS”) survey in a 2024 report, there is high degree of uncertainty regarding world primary
production of germanium. In 2022, the USGS estimated that world production of primary germanium reached
210,000 kg while China’s primary production capacity of germanium is 309,000 kg.
Germanium is in the list of critical metals in Canada, the United States and the European Union. Since December 3,
2024, China, the largest producer of refined germanium, has banned germanium exports to the United States.
Challenge will be securing new or alternative supplies of germanium. Germanium is not an openly traded
commodity and recent spot prices have germanium over US$4,000 per kilogram.
Results from the initial outcrop sampling at its Fafnir Lake Uranium Property
Last November 2024, Musk conducted geological mapping and outcrop sampling at its 100% owned Fafnir Lake
Property, located north of the town of Mont-Laurier in the Upper Laurentide region of Québec. A total of 46 rock
samples were collected and sent to ALS Global laboratory in Val-D’Or, Québec for assays.
Best results were from samples BM-24-12 which returned 0.14% total rare earth oxides (“TREO”) and 100 ppm
copper and BM-24-46 which yielded 53 ppm molybdenum, and 125 ppm lead. All samples returned low levels of
uranium, below 100 ppm. These 2 samples were located on the western edge of the prospecting grid.
Musk was unable to locate previous uranium showings and, from a reference point on the field, it appears that there
is a discrepancy of roughly 250 metres that would have shifted the actual position of these showings to the west just
outside the November 2024 sampling area. Musk intends to extend that sampling grid at least 500 metres to the
west and carry out additional prospecting and outcrop sampling in the upcoming field season to determine the exact
position of these showings.
These samples were analyzed using peroxide fusion with an ICP finish. Detection limits for TREO are between
0.001 to 0.1 ppm, 2 ppm for copper, 0.1 ppm for molybdenum and 0.5 ppm for lead. Due to the low number of
samples, no blank, duplicate or standard was inserted.
The Company cautions that the geological information provided in this news release is of historical nature and
mineralization may not be representative of mineralization either on the Lac du Km 35 or the Fafnir Lake
Properties.
Pontax South
The Company and the vendor have mutually agreed to amend the Pontax South purchase agreement dated June 26,
2023 to extend the cash payment of $50,000 from December 26, 2024 to July 26, 2025.
Benoit Moreau, P.Eng., a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43 -101, and vice -president of
exploration for Musk Metals, is responsible for the technical information contained in this news release.
About Musk Metals Corp.
Musk Metals is a publicly traded exploration company focused on the development of highly prospective, discovery-
stage mineral properties located in some of Canada’s top mining jurisdictions. The Company’s properties are in the
“Chapais-Chibougamau”, “Abitibi”, “Upper Laurentides”, “Temiscamingue”, and “James Bay” regions of Quebec,
and the “Golden Triangle” district of British Columbia.
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ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Mario Pezzente
CEO & Director
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