Vanadiumcorp to Establish a Vanadium Electrolyte Manufacturing Test Facility
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VANADIUMCORP TO ESTABLISH A VANADIUM ELECTROLYTE MANUFACTURING TEST FACILITY
Vancouver, British Columbia – December 13, 2022 – VanadiumCorp Resource Inc. (TSX-V: VRB) (OTCBB:
APAFF) (FSE: NWN) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the commencement of engineering design and site
selection for a vanadium electrolyte manufacturing facility to be located near Sherbrooke, Quebec. The
Company also reports that the field program at its Lac Doré property near Chibougamau, Quebec, has collected
representative titanomagnetite-mineralized samples from historical trenches to commence advanced
metallurgical tests.
VanadiumCorp management has assessed the supply and demand outlook for vanadium to the years 2030 and
2050. We see a strong case for advancing the Lac Doré vanadium-titanium-iron mining project and, in parallel,
developing a value-added manufacturing capacity for vanadium electrolytes. Concurrent advancement will
maximize the value of our mineral deposit and our knowledge base in Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries
(“VRFBs”).
Lac Doré project work in October-November resampled historical trenches in the titanomagnetite horizons. A
large sample is available now for grinding and separation tests. Additional hydrometallurgical testing is planned
to commence in January 2023 to test the quality of our mineral concentrates and optimize the future production
of vanadium and titanium strategic metals.
Engineering design and site selection have commenced for a modular vanadium electrolyte manufacturing
facility near Sherbrooke, Quebec. Led by Company Directors Gilles Dupuis, P. Eng. and Gilles Y. Champagne,
Ph.D., our engineering scoping defines an initial vanadium electrolyte production capacity of 315,000 litres/year
(provisioning about 6.3 MWh of energy storage capacity in VRFBs). Quality testing of Lac Doré vanadium
pentoxide product will be the primary use for the facility. In a later stage, cold-weather demonstrations of VRFBs
in Canada's remote northern communities, farms, and off-grid industrial locations will test the Company's final
electrolyte formulations.
Deployment of VRFBs for long-duration energy storage will expand dramatically as worldwide energy production
shifts to renewables, according to consensus amongst industry, the International Energy Association (IEA), and a
recent MIT Research Review (2022). Under the IEA’s Net-Zero by 2050 Roadmap, the share of power generated
from renewables – mainly solar, wind and hydropower -- would rise from current levels of around 10 percent to
60 percent. Fossil fuel usage would shrink from almost 80% to about 20%. Increasingly, governments require
that renewable power projects have co-located long-duration storage capacity --a technical strength and cost
advantage of VRFBs.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) notes that vanadium is 75% undersupplied for that 2050 Net-Zero goal.
The IMF also reports that current vanadium production is the most regionally concentrated of all Net-Zero
metals.
The key to the adequate supply of vanadium and titanium strategic metals will be adopting alternate, more
efficient extractive technologies.
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About VanadiumCorp
VanadiumCorp Resource Inc. is a mineral exploration company headquartered in Quebec and Vancouver,
Canada, with 100% ownership of two strategic vanadium, titanium, and iron properties in Quebec. The Iron T is
near Matagami, and the Company's flagship Lac Doré property is near Chibougamau.
Our executive chairman, Mr. Ian Mallory, recently sat down with Greenshoe Minute host Mark Bunting to
provide a corporate update on latest Company developments. The Greenshoe Minute update is currently airing
nationally on BNN Bloomberg television. The video can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/-gjU26_osDc
Definition diamond-drilling and resampling surface trenching on the Lac Doré property by the Company
culminated in preparing a Technical Report and Mineral Resource Estimate by CSA Global Consultants Canada
Limited ("CSA"), with Dr. Luke Longridge, P. Geo. as the lead consultant. CSA produced a Technical Report titled
"Lac Doré Project, Chibougamau, Québec, Canada, December 10, 2020." The full technical report is available on
the Company's website and SEDAR. Longridge recommended a program of step-out diamond drilling and
metallurgical testing.
The Technical Report describes Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources of 215 million tonnes containing 53
million tonnes of recoverable vanadiferous titanomagnetite. The titanomagnetite concentrate is estimated to
have 1.49 billion pounds of V2O5 (not factored for recoveries from titanomagnetite).
VanadiumCorp also owns 100% of the newly patented hydrometallurgical process, VEPT (the "VanadiumCorp,
Electrochem, Process Technology"), invented by Dr. Francois Cardarelli, that consists of digesting vanadiferous
feedstocks into concentrated sulfuric acid. The technology addresses the recovery of vanadium, titanium,
ferrous sulphate, and silica products from mineral concentrate feedstocks, such as titanomagnetite. The VEPT
process is also valid for recovering vanadium from industrial residues, such as slags from oxygen blast furnaces
(BOF-slags). Dr. Cardarelli's sulphuric acid process is novel because it adapts a proven and widely used industrial
process to extract valuable metals from titanomagnetite and industrial residues.
Qualified Person
Mr. Paul McGuigan, P. Geo., a "Qualified Person" (as defined in NI 43-101 -Standards for Disclosure for Mineral
Projects) and CEO and Director of the Company, has reviewed and approved the technical disclosures in this
news release.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF VANADIUMCORP
Paul McGuigan, P. Geo
Director, Chief Executive Officer
Website: www.vanadiumcorp.com
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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These assumptions include: cost estimates for exploration programs; cost of drilling programs; prices for
vanadium, titanium and iron metals remaining as estimated; currency exchange rates remaining as estimated;
capital estimates; our expectation that work towards the establishment of mineral resource estimates and the
assumptions upon which they are based will produce such estimates; prices for energy inputs, labour, materials,
supplies and services (including transportation); no labour-related disruptions at our operations; no unplanned
delays or interruptions in scheduled work; all necessary permits, licenses and regulatory approvals for our
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