Volta Partners with The Idaho National Laboratory to Advance Metallurgical Work for Rare Earths and Gallium From the Springer Deposit, Ontario, Canada
Volta Partners with The Idaho National
Laboratory to Advance Metallurgical Work for
Rare Earths and Gallium From the Springer
Deposit, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 14, 2025) -
Volta Metals Ltd.
(CSE: VLTA)
(FSE: D0W)
("
Volta
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Material Transfer
Agreement to conduct advanced metallurgical work on rare earth elements and gallium from its Springer
Deposit, located in Ontario, Canada.
Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
INL is globally recognized for its expertise in advanced separation science and engineering and serves
as the U.S. Department of Energy's primary separation sciences R&D test bed. INL and the Department
of Energy's objectives are to reduce North America's reliance on adversarial nations for critical minerals,
secure a domestic supply chain for rare earths used in defense and electronics, as well as gallium for
artificial intelligence, and advance mineral processing technologies essential for national resilience.
INL researchers will contribute their technical expertise and recommendations to refine production
scalable mineral processes applicable for the Springer deposit. The test work will seek to identify and
advise on a recovery process for gallium and examine existing and emerging innovative mineral
processing methodologies for the rare earth elements present to support production capability for North
America's critical material needs.
The Springer REE-Ga Project
The project consists of 5,000 hectares of patented and non-patented claims and contains a historic NI
43-101 mineral resource for Total Rare Earth Oxides ("
TREO
") of
4.167mt
at
1.073% TREO
indicated
and
12.73mt at 1.119% TREO in the inferred
resource category at a cutoff of 0.9%. Mineralization
starts at surface, the deposit remains open for expansion, and the large property is underexplored for
REE-Ga mineralization.
The project is located 8 kilometers outside Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, near the Trans-Canada Highway, the
Sturgeon Falls Power Station, and the railway station. The Crystal Falls Power Station is located 7
kilometers east of the project site, and power lines and paved roads run across the Property. The project
site is accessible from Sudbury and North Bay and is workable year-round.
Springer also contains high-grade gallium, a critical mineral that is vital for semiconductors, AI
applications and national security applications. On Dec. 3, 2024, China announced an immediate ban
on the export of multiple critical metals, including gallium, exacerbating supply chain challenges.
Examination of the drill database and 3D modelling by the company as part of its due diligence suggests
that the Springer deposit may contain a significant gallium resource. There has been no petrographic or
metallurgical test work completed on the gallium; consequently, INL's test work will seek to determine
gallium deportment (that is where it reports to mineralogically) in addition to conducting an initial
assessment on its potential processing and recoverability.
The company intends to drill and update the
2012 resource estimate in the upcoming exploration season.
ABOUT VOLTA METALS LTD.
Volta Metals Ltd. (CSE: VLTA)
(FSE: D0W)
is a mineral exploration company based in Toronto,
Ontario, focused on rare earths, gallium, lithium, cesium, and tantalum. It owns, has optioned and is
currently exploring a critical minerals portfolio of rare earths, gallium, lithium, cesium, and tantalum
projects in Ontario, one of the world's most prolific, emerging hard-rock lithium districts. To learn more
about Volta and its Springer Rare Earth Elements & Gallium Deposit and Aki Critical Minerals Project,
please visit
www.voltametals.ca
.
About Idaho National Laboratory
Battelle Energy Alliance manages INL for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy. INL
is the nation's center for nuclear energy research and development, and also performs research in each
of DOE's strategic goal areas: energy, national security, science and the environment. For more
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ON BEHALF OF THE VOLTA METALS BOARD
Kerem Usenmez, President & CEO
Tel: 416.919.9060
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Website:
www.voltametals.ca
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