Pure Energy Minerals Appoints Patrick Galletti to Board of Directors
Pure Energy Minerals Appoints Patrick Galletti
to Board of Directors
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - November 20, 2023) -
Pure Energy Minerals Ltd.
(TSXV: PE) (OTCQB: PEMIF)
("Pure Energy" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that Mr.
Patrick Galletti has been appointed to the board of directors of Pure Energy Minerals.
Mr.
Galletti
represents Schlumberger New Energy ("SLB"), a 17.8% shareholder of the Company.
Patrick Galletti is a distinguished professional with 25 years of expertise in the Oil & Gas industry and
brings a wealth of experience from diverse international roles, including Project Management,
Commercial Negotiations, and Business Management across O&G and Geothermal sectors. His
background spans North and South America, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Australasia, and
includes positions such as Managing Director for Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile, as well as Strategy
Director for the Americas. He currently serves as SLB New Energy Business Development Director. Mr.
Galletti holds a degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University.
Joe Mullin, Pure Energy's CEO & Director, commented, "Pure Energy is pleased to welcome Mr. Galletti
as a director of the Company.
His wealth of experience in the Americas will be an asset to Pure Energy
in its future endeavours and we look forward to his contributions to Pure Energy."
About Pure Energy
Pure Energy Minerals is a lithium resource developer that is driven to become a low-cost supplier for the
growing lithium battery industry.
Pure Energy has consolidated a pre-eminent land position at its Clayton
Valley Project in the Clayton Valley of central Nevada for the exploration and development of lithium
resources, comprising 950 claims over 23,360 acres (9,450 hectares), representing the largest mineral
land holdings in the valley.
Pure Energy's strategic partner, SLB, is operator of the Clayton Valley Project. In May of 2019, Pure
Energy and SLB signed an Earn-In agreement over the CV Project which requires significant investment
by SLB at the Project, to include the design and construction of a pilot plant capable of processing
lithium-bearing brines for high-quality lithium hydroxide monohydrate ("lithium hydroxide" or "LiOH∙H2O")
and/or lithium carbonate products at a specified rate.
For further details regarding SLB's participation,
please refer to Pure Energy's Annual General and Special Meeting Management Information Circular
dated April 4, 2019, available on
Sedarplus.ca
.
On January 3, 2019, the Nevada Division of Water Resources ("NDWR") approved and granted a Finite
Term Water Right to Pure Energy, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Esmeralda Minerals LLC, for the
extraction of up to 50 acre-feet of brine during a 5-year period from the CV properties. This water right is
deemed sufficient for brine testing requirements and SLB's future the pilot plant facility. In July of 2020,
the CV-09 well was completed pursuant to the Finite Term Water Right and results of initial sampling
were published by Pure Energy on October 14, 2020. On March 28, 2023, Pure Energy announced that
all permits were in place for the construction and operation of the DLE Pilot Plant, and SLB confirmed
that construction was underway.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
"Joseph Mullin
"
President and CEO, Pure Energy Minerals Ltd.
CONTACT:
Pure Energy Minerals Limited (
www.pureenergyminerals.com
)
Email:
Telephone - 604 608 6611
Cautionary Statements and Forward-Looking Information
The information in this news release contains forward looking statements that are subject to a number of
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ
materially from those anticipated in our forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause such
differences include: changes in world commodity markets, equity markets, costs and supply of materials
relevant to the mining industry, change in government and changes to regulations affecting the mining
industry. Forward-looking statements in this release may include future exploration and development on
the Clayton Valley Project. Although we believe the expectations reflected in our forward-looking
statements are reasonable, results may vary, and we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements.
The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except as required by
applicable laws.
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policies of TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
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