VanadiumCorp Engages Dr. Luke Longridge and CSA Global as Technical Advisors
VanadiumCorp Engages Dr. Luke Longridge
and CSA Global as Technical Advisors
VANCOUVER
,
Feb. 6, 2019
/CNW/ - VanadiumCorp Resource Inc. (TSX-V: "VRB") (the
"Company") is pleased to announce it has engaged that Dr.
Luke Longridge
of CSA Global as a
technical advisor and Qualified Person to assist with the development of the Company's mineral
assets. Dr. Longridge's extensive vanadium mine development experience is a welcome addition as
VanadiumCorp formalizes plans to develop both of the Company's vanadium-titanium-iron mining
assets in the Province of
Quebec
.
Dr. Longridge is a senior structural and economic geologist with CSA Global, and is a registered
professional natural scientist (Pr.Sci.Nat) with the South African Council for Natural Scientific
Professions (SACNASP). He recently moved to
Vancouver, BC
from
South Africa
after completing
his tenure with Bushveld Minerals (LON: BMN/
$408M USD
market cap) as Exploration Manager.
Bushveld Minerals is now established as one of only three primary vanadium producers in the world.
Dr Longridge has over a decade of technical and project management experience in both exploration
and mining, working on magnetite and other deposits within the Bushveld Complex, the largest
igneous complex and one of the most economically significant mineral deposit complexes in the
world. Dr. Longridge's vanadium mining expertise on the Bushveld Complex is invaluable as the
Company's mining assets have geological and metallurgical similarities to Bushveld Complex
magnetite deposits.
CSA Global is an international geological, mining and management consulting company with over 30
years experience providing strategic mining services and advice to companies in the international
mining industry. VanadiumCorp Resource Inc. has engaged Dr. Longridge and additional consultants
under CSA Global to help expedite development plans for Lac Dore and Iron-T Vanadium-Titanium-
Iron Projects.
Dr. Longridge states, "There are several geological similarities between the magnetite mineralization
at the Bushveld Complex in
South Africa
and the Lac Dore and Bell River Complexes in
Quebec
, and
I look forward to working with VanadiumCorp Resource Inc. in their endeavour to develop their
vanadiferous titanomagnetite deposits in
Quebec
."
Adriaan Bakker
, Chief Executive Officer of VanadiumCorp states, "I am pleased to have Dr.
Longridge join VanadiumCorp's industry leading technical team. His vanadium expertise will prove
vital in
North America
for development of our mining projects within one of the most attractive mining
jurisdictions of the world."
VanadiumCorp Resource Inc.
plans to develop it's 100% owned Lac Dore and Iron-T vanadium-
titanium-iron assets adjacent to the adjacent Blackrock Metals Inc. project, which is currently
permitted to build a mine and mill to produce a vanadium-rich magnetite concentrate. VanadiumCorp
is also developing it's jointly owned "VanadiumCorp-Electrochem" Processing Technology ("VEPT"),
a novel chemical process invented by Dr.
Francois Cardarelli
that addresses the direct and
sustainable recovery of vanadium, iron, titanium, and silica from feedstocks such as vanadiferous
titanomagnetite, iron ores and other industrial by-products containing vanadium.
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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