Power Metals Announces Appointment of Cesium Advisory Committee and Announcement of $200,000 Ojep Grant
POWER METALS ANNOUNCES
APPOINTMENT OF CESIUM ADVISORY
COMMITTEE AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF
$200,000 OJEP GRANT
VANCOUVER, BC
,
Sept. 24, 2024
/CNW/ -
Power Metals Corp
("
Power Metals
" or the
"
Company
") (TSXV: PWM) (FRANKFURT: OAA1) (OTCQB: PWRMF) is pleased to announce that
it has formed a Cesium Advisory Committee and has been selected to receive grant funding of up to
$200,000
under the Ontario Junior Exploration Program ("OJEP") from the Ontario Government to
support exploration of critical minerals within
Ontario
that includes cesium at the Company's Case
Lake Project ("CLP").
CESIUM ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The Company has formed a "Cesium Advisory Committee" in response to an extreme level of
interest with various major global chemical specialists on the Case Lake Project. The committee has
appointed Dr.
Nigel Brand
given his technical credentials and work conducted at the Sinclair Cesium
Mine in Norseman,
Western Australia
to evaluate and maximize the Company's next steps on our
West Joe Cesium Project. The Committee will also consist of current Power Metals Corp board and
executives in
Haydn Daxter
(CEO),
Johnathan More
(Chairman and Director), and
Chris Evans
(Director and MD at Winsome Resources).
Dr.
Nigel Brand
has been a geochemist working in the global mineral exploration industry for over 34
years including Western Mining Corporation,
Anglo American
and for the last sixteen years as a
consultant with Geochemical Services, providing expertise globally in diverse climatic and geological
environments and with Portable Spectral Services pushing the frontiers of spectral technologies and
their applications. Dr.
Nigel Brand
was pivotal in the development of the Sinclair Cesium Mine in
Norseman,
Western Australia
. Dr.
Nigel Brand
also serves as Adjunct Senior Research Fellow,
School of Earth Sciences at the University of
Western Australia
.
APPROVAL OF OJEP GRANT
The Ontario Junior Exploration Program ("OJEP") grant amount will cover up to 50% eligible
exploration costs, to a maximum of
$200,000
in relation to expenditures incurred by the Company
during the period from
April 1, 2024
, to
February 28, 2025
, on the CLP. The receipt of grant funding
represents another milestone for the Company, along with leveraging government support in
advancing our exploration activities for critical minerals.
Johnathan More
, Chairman of Power Metals commented "I am extremely excited with the ongoing
support from the Government of
Ontario
as we advance our high-grade cesium project at Case
Lake. In addition, we welcome Dr.
Nigel Brand
as the Company develops a robust committee to
maximize value and the development of the West Joe Cesium Project."
Haydn Daxter, Power Metals CEO commented "We are very pleased to acknowledge the ongoing
support from the Government of
Ontario
with a
$200,000
grant through OJEP. This will enable
further test work and exploration activities on the property as we continue to develop our cesium
deposit at West Joe. In addition, we are extremely excited with the appointment of Dr.
Nigel Brand
as part of our Cesium Advisory Committee as we continue to advance discussions with various
global cesium chemical specialists."
Case Lake Property
The Case Lake Property is located 80 km east of
Cochrane
, northeastern
Ontario
close to the
Ontario
-
Quebec
border. The Property consists of 585 cell claims in Steele, Case, Scapa, Pliny,
Abbotsford
and Challies townships, Larder Lake Mining Division. The Property is 10km by 9.5km in
size with 14 granitic domes. The Case Lake pegmatite swarm consists of six spodumene dykes
known as the North, Main, South, East and Northeast dykes on the Henry Dome, and the West Joe
dyke on a new dome, collectively forming mineralization trend that extends for approximately 10km
(Figure 1).
Power Metals have completed several exploration campaigns that have led to the discovery and
expansion of new and historic spodumene bearing LCT pegmatites at Case Lake. The Company has
drilled a total of 19,607 meters of core between 2017 and 2024 at the Property. The Case Lake
Property is owned 100% by Power Metals Corp. A National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report has
been prepared on Case Lake Property and filed on
July 18, 2017
(Figure 1).
Pelletier Property
The Pelletier Property is located 50km south of
Hearst
, northeastern
Ontario
close to a network of
forestry roads. The Property consists of 337 mineral claims that account for a total of 7000 hectares
in Franz, Roche, Scholfield, and Talbot townships in the Porcupine mining division. The Pelletier
Project is characterized by LCT prospective S-type pegmatitic granites intruding into
metasedimentary and amphibolite of the Quetico at or near Archean terrane boundary between the
Quetico and
Wawa
sub-provinces (Figure 1).
Decelles Property
The Decelles Property contains 669 claims, covering 38,404 hectares of LCT prospective ground
near the mining centers of Val-dÓr and
Rouyn-Noranda
, approximately 600km from
Montreal
. Power
Metals acquired the Decelles and Mazerac properties from Winsome Resources in 2023 in a deal
that allowed Winsome to increase its stake to 19.59% (Refer to press release announced on
August
24, 2023
). The geology of Decelles property is part of the Archean Pontiac sub-province where S-
type LCT prospective, pegmatite bearing, granitic Decelles Batholith intrudes into metasedimentary
units of the Pontiac Group. Spodumene and Beryl bearing pegmatites have been reported
historically within the
Pontiac
sub-province in association with S-type garnet-muscovite granite. The
Decelles property is adjacent to Vision Lithium's Cadillac property where discovery of high-grade
lithium pegmatites was reported in 2022 (Figure 1).
Mazerac Property
The Mazerac Property is located approximately 30 km east of Power Metals' Decelles property near
well-established mining camps in the Abitibi region of
Canada
and is accessible by network of
mining-grade forestry roads. The Mazerac property contains 259 claims that cover 14,700 hectares
of LCT prospective ground near the mining center of Val-dÓr and
Rouyn-Noranda
. The regional
geology of Mazerac is similar to Decelles where S-type LCT prospective, pegmatite bearing,
granites of Decelles Batholith intrude into metasedimentary units of the Pontiac Group. Spodumene
and Beryl bearing pegmatites have been reported historically within the
Pontiac
sub-province in
association with S-type garnet-muscovite granite (Figure 1).
Figure 1 – Power Metals Corp Project Locations Map in Ontario and Quebec Canada (CNW
Group/Power Metals Corp.)
Pollucite and Cesium
Pollucite is a rare mineral that hosts high grade cesium and is associated with highly fractionated,
rare element pegmatites. The main source of cesium known globally is pollucite
(Cs,Na)
(Al
Si
O
)•2H
O, (
https://www.gov.mb.ca/iem/geo/industrial/pollucite.html
). Currently the
Tanco mine in
Manitoba, Canada
is the only operating cesium deposit and holds over 60% of the
known reserves globally.
Scientific and Technical Disclosure
The scientific and technical disclosure included in this news release has been reviewed and
approved by
Amanuel Bein
, P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration for Power Metals, a Qualified
Person under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure of Mineral Projects.
Power Metals
Power Metals Corp. is a diversified Canadian mining company with a mandate to explore, develop
and acquire high quality mining projects. We are committed to building an arsenal of projects in both
lithium and high-growth specialty metals and minerals. We see an unprecedented opportunity to
supply the tremendous growth of the lithium battery and clean-technology industries. Learn more at
www.powermetalscorp.com
.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Johnathan More
, Chairman & Director
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