National Entry Phases Filed in South Africa, India and the United States for VanadiumCorp- Electrochem Processing Technology (VEPT)
National Entry Phases Filed in South Africa,
India and the United States for VanadiumCorp-
Electrochem Processing Technology (VEPT)
VANCOUVER
,
Feb. 26, 2019
/CNW/ - VanadiumCorp Resource Inc. (TSX-V: "VRB") (the
"Company") and Electrochem Technologies & Materials Inc. ("Electrochem") are pleased to
announce the filing of the national entry phases in
South Africa
,
India
and
the United States
of the
international patent application: WO 2018/152,628 (A1) METALLURGICAL AND CHEMICAL
PROCESS FOR RECOVERING VANADIUM AND IRON VALUES FROM VANADIFEROUS
TITANOMAGNETITE AND VANADIFEROUS FEEDSTOCKS". Subsequent filings are planned in
other key jurisdictions.
National Phase Entry in
South Africa
: 2019/00743
National Phase Entry in
India
: 201917004662
National Phase Entry in
the United States
: 16/322,642
The filing of the National Phase Entry in
South Africa
,
India
and
the United States
will support future
licensing and partnership opportunities in these jurisdictions.
The jointly owned VanadiumCorp Electrochem Process Technology ("VEPT") describes a novel
chemical process invented by Dr.
Francois Cardarelli
that addresses the recovery of vanadium, iron,
titanium, and silica feedstocks such as vanadiferous titano-magnetite, iron ores and concentrates
such as magnetite, hematite and vanadium containing wastes such as BOF-slags, and other
industrial by-products also containing vanadium.
For convenient access to the PCT publication for VEPT, both Vanadiumcorp and Electrochem have
allowed for direct download from both company websites using the following links:
VanadiumCorp:
https://goo.gl/N8pPfU
Electrochem:
https://goo.gl/i5QzqF
VanadiumCorp Resource Inc.
VanadiumCorp also holds a significant vanadium-titanium-iron
bearing resource base in mining friendly
Quebec, Canada
including the 100% owned Lac Dore
Project adjacent to Blackrock Metals Inc. and the Iron-T Project 3 km from the Glencore Matagami
(Zinc-Copper) Mine. In
December 2018
, VanadiumCorp and Electrochem signed a patent option
agreement (POA) with Ultra Power Systems Pty Ltd. to purchase an exclusive license and construct
a process plant for VEPT in
Western Australia
. Jointly developed and owned with Electrochem, this
innovative chemical process allows for integrated and low carbon footprint recovery of vanadium,
ferrous sulfate, and titanium hydrolysate needed on a global scale.
Electrochem Technologies & Materials Inc.
is a private Canadian corporation that invents,
develops, patents, scales-up and commercializes proprietary chemical, metallurgical and
electrochemical technologies that are innovative, and sustainable. Electrochem currently owns
twenty four patents worldwide. The company also manufactures industrial electrodes, recycles rare
earths and produces tantalum and tungsten fine chemicals at its production facilities in
Boucherville
.
On behalf of the board of VanadiumCorp:
Adriaan Bakker
President and Chief Executive Officer
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in
the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this release.
SOURCE
VanadiumCorp Resource Inc.
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For further information:
Adriaan Bakker, President and CEO, VanadiumCorp Resource Inc. (TSX-
V: "VRB"), By phone: 604-385-4489, By email: [email protected], Website:
www.vanadiumcorp.com
CO: VanadiumCorp Resource Inc.
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