Strategic Resources Explores Construction of a Larger Iron Ore Pellet Operation at Port Saguenay
Strategic Resources Explores Construction of a Larger Iron Ore Pellet
Operation at Port Saguenay
MONTREAL
,
Nov. 20, 2023
/CNW/ -
Strategic Resources Inc.
(TSXV:SR) (the "Company" or "Strategic") announced that it has received written
confirmation from the Quebec Ministry of Environment ("QME") that it can build a larger iron ore pelletizer at Port Saguenay in
Quebec
. The Company's
November 2022
NI 43-101 Feasibility Study (the "Study") included a pellet plant sized at 1 million tonnes per annum to process iron-vanadium-titanium
concentrate at its Saguenay Metallurgical Facility site. Strategic has received confirmation from the QME that it can build up to a 4 million tonne per annum
pelletizing unit by modifying the existing certificate of authorization to produce iron ore pellets for the steel industry. The QME notice enables the Company to
utilize its existing environmental authorizations, which accelerates timelines, reduces costs and project execution risk in pursuit of this compelling opportunity.
Following the receipt of the QME's confirmation, the Company is now looking to secure third party iron ore pellet feed to be processed into iron ore pellets
on a merchant basis for use in the high purity green steel market. Pelletizing capacity is required in
North America
to address the need for high purity
materials used in electric furnace steel mills, an important industrial strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions globally.
Sean Cleary
, CEO commented:
"This is an exciting near-term opportunity for the Company to take advantage of the advanced development of the
BlackRock Project at Port Saguenay. The industry is in need of pelletizing capacity and we have a world class permitted location to execute our business
plan. Natural gas availability and hydroelectric power makes Port Saguenay a much more desirable site than other site locations, many of which require
bunker fuel to pelletize iron ore. This option could eventually increase the scale and profitability of the overall BlackRock project, while providing a measured
approach to a phased construction of the overall BlackRock Project."
The Company's evaluation of phasing the project with the larger pelletizer will include discussions with potential partners, including iron ore producers and
traders. Key project stakeholders and partners, notably the Cree and Innu nations as well as the Government of
Quebec
, local communities and officials at
Port Saguenay will be consulted on the phasing plan.
Detailed work with Strategic's preferred original equipment manufacturer, Metso Outotec has already been completed. Strategic will now engage an
engineering firm to evaluate altering the site configuration of the Saguenay metallurgical facility to accommodate the larger pelletizer module. The Company
expects that work to be completed by early Q1 2024.
The Company believes that by prioritizing the larger pellet operation as a first step in constructing the BlackRock Project, Strategic dramatically reduces the
execution and financing risks to achieve cashflow and commercial production. A potential partnership on the pelletizer may further reduce the net overall cost
of capital for the BlackRock Project to Strategic shareholders.
About Strategic Resources
Strategic Resources Inc. (TSXV:SR) is a critical mineral exploration and development company focused on high-purity iron and vanadium projects in
Canada
and
Finland
. The Company is developing its flagship BlackRock Project, which is a fully permitted and ready to construct mine, concentrator and metallurgical
facility located at the Port Saguenay seaport in Québec with full access to the St. Lawrence Seaway. The Company's Head Office is in
Montreal, Quebec
.
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STRATEGIC RESOURCES INC.
Signed:
"Sean Cleary"
Sean Cleary
,
CEO & Chairman
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responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information
Certain statements and information herein, including all statements that are not historical facts, contain forward-looking statements and forward-looking
information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements or information include but are not limited to statements or
information with respect to the potential phasing of the BlackRock project, the potential construction of a larger pelletizer and completion of engineering
work by Q1 2024. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements or information can be identified by the use of words such as "will" or "projected" or
variations of those words or statements that certain actions, events or results "will", "could", "are proposed to", "are planned to", "are expected to" or "are
anticipated to" be taken, occur or be achieved.
Although management of the Company believes that the assumptions made and the expectations represented by all forward-looking statements or
information are reasonable, there can be no assurance that a forward-looking statement or information herein will prove to be accurate. Forward-looking
statements and information by their nature are based on assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may
cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information. These factors include, but are not limited to: risks associated with
the business of the Company; business and economic conditions in the mining industry generally; the supply and demand for labour and other project
inputs; changes in commodity prices; changes in interest and currency exchange rates; risks relating to inaccurate geological and engineering
assumptions (including with respect to the tonnage, grade and recoverability of reserves and resources); risks relating to unanticipated operational
difficulties (including failure of equipment or processes to operate in accordance with specifications or expectations, cost escalation, unavailability of
materials and equipment, government action or delays in the receipt of government approvals, industrial disturbances or other job action, and
unanticipated events related to health, safety and environmental matters); risks relating to adverse weather conditions; political risk and social unrest;
changes in general economic conditions or conditions in the financial markets; and other risk factors as detailed from time to time in the Company's
continuous disclosure documents filed with Canadian securities administrators. Strategic does not undertake to update any forward-looking information,
except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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