CSR Targets Asian Market for Cobalt
CSR Targets Asian Market for Cobalt
COQUITLAM, BC
,
July 25, 2017
/CNW/ - Castle Silver Resources Inc. (TSX.V: CSR, OTC: TAKRF,
FRANKFURT
: 4T9B) (the "Company" or "CSR"), is pleased to
provide a corporate update as the company advances its battery sector strategy through its proprietary
Re-2OX
process after recent meetings in Asia.
Highlights:
SGS
Lakefield
has produced a
14.8
% cobalt concentrate from recently sampled material (see
July 19
news release) from the first level of the Castle mine;
The cobalt concentrate will now go through CSR's proprietary Re-2OX process;
The Re-2OX process is designed to meet the cobalt hydroxide specifications of four large Japanese metal trading companies that CSR management met
with recently in
Japan
.
Frank J. Basa
, CSR President and CEO, commented: "I'm excited about how we're advancing our cobalt strategy for the battery sector, moving closer to filling a
request for client specific test samples of cobalt hydroxide sourced from the Castle mine and created through our 100%-owned Re-2OX process.
"While in
Asia
, besides our dealings in
China
and with some large metal trading companies in
Japan
, we met with officials from a Japanese car manufacturer that
produces electric vehicles. Cobalt's critical role in electric vehicle batteries is going to drive even greater demand for cobalt product. As an innovative leader in the
northern Ontario Cobalt-Silver Camp, CSR is aggressively implementing its action plan to seize exciting opportunities in the growing cobalt sector," Basa
concluded.
Exploration Update
Surface drilling, additional underground sampling and preparations for underground drilling continue at the Castle mine near
Gowganda, Ontario
, a high-grade past
silver producer.
The shallow-dipping 300-metre thick
Nipissing
diabase intrusive that underlies a large portion of the Castle Property is interpreted to be a heat source that
mobilized various metals – notably, of course, silver intimately associated with cobalt, but also gold, nickel, copper and zinc.
Meanwhile, a work program is in progress at the Beaver Property, a high-grade past silver producer considered very prospective for cobalt mineralization, near the
town of Cobalt.
Private Placement Closing
Further to the Company's news release dated
July 14, 2017
announcing the closing of a non-brokered private placement, CSR confirms that it has now raised and
closed gross proceeds from that financing in the amount of
$897,500
and issued 4,487,500 units at a price of
$0.20
per unit.
75,000 units issued in connection with the private placement are subject to a four-month and a day hold period expiring
November 26, 2017
, in accordance with
applicable securities laws. All other terms of this completed private placement remain the same.
Qua
lity Assurance/Quality Control
An 82 kilogram sample of vein material recently taken from the first level of the Castle mine was crushed to -10 mesh and blended by SGS Laboratories in
Lakefield, Ontario
, from which a representative sample was submitted for analysis by Lead Fusion Fire assay for silver and gold. Other metals, including cobalt,
were assayed by ICP after multi-acid digestion.
A high-grade cobalt concentrate was recovered by SGS Laboratories using the Wilfley table. The material was fed to a one-quarter size Wilfley table using a
hopper and vibratory feeder. The Wilfley concentrate, middling and tailing streams were collected. All three products were filtered, dried, weighed and sampled for
assay.
No blank or standard was inserted within the sequence of this met test material by the company. CSR relies on internal SGS laboratory independent QA/QC
which allows the disclosure of the results provided.
Qualified Person
Claude Duplessis
, PEng, of Goldminds Geoservices Inc., a geological, environmental and mining consultant, is an independent qualified person in accordance
with National Instrument 43-101, and has reviewed and approved the contents of this news release.
About Castle Silver Resources Inc.
Castle Silver Resources Inc. (formerly Takara Resources Inc.) is a TSX Venture-listed junior natural resource company focusing on the exploration and
development of former silver and cobalt mine properties in northern
Ontario
including the Castle Silver mine near
Gowganda
and the Beaver and Violet mines near
Cobalt. Additional information on the Company's properties is available by visiting its website at
www.CastleSilverResources.com
.
"Frank J. Basa"
Frank J. Basa P. Eng
.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility
for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This news release may contain forward-looking statements including but not limited to comments regarding the
timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking
statements address future events and conditions and therefore, involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently
anticipated in such statements.
SOURCE
Castle Silver Resources Inc.
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For further information:
Frank J. Basa, P. Eng., President and CEO at 1-819-797-4144, or Wayne Cheveldayoff, Investor Relations,
[email protected], 416-710-2410
CO: Castle Silver Resources Inc.
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