MANGANESE X
ENERGY
AND KEMETCO RESEARCH IMPROVE FLOWSHEET OPTIMIZATION TO PRODUCE HIGH
GRADE BATTERY MATERIAL FOR THE EV AND STORED ENERGY
SPACE
Montréal, Québec, Canada -- September 10, 2020 -- InvestorsHub
NewsWire -- Manganese
X Energy Corp. (TSXV: MN) (FSE: 9SC2) (OTC:MNXXF) ("Manganese
X" or
the "Company") is
pleased to announce that it
has
received additional favourable
metallurgical
results from Kemetco
Research
Inc.
(Kemetco)
in
the development process that has now demonstrated greater
efficiency and improved economics
leading
to
commercialization.
The
Company
completed phase 1 yielding manganese sulphate with a purity
exceeding 99.95 per cent with
low
levels of base and alkali metals using material from its Battery
Hill property. This has been a transformational achievement,
demonstrating its resource material which
can
be compliant with electric vehicles and other
requirements.
Various
Phase 2
bench scale
metallurgical bulk tests have been conducted, and results to
optimize leaching, neutralization and solid-liquid separation are
very positive.
The
Company
continues to advance the development of a workable extraction
process and flowsheet to further
reduce purification steps, which, if successful, could lead to
major cost benefits.
Agitated bench
scale leach tests under a range of operating conditions and feed
preparation meant to optimize manganese extraction will
continue. The
company,
together with Kemetco,
is developing a commercializable
flowsheet to
produce ultrahigh-purity battery-grade manganese products for the
growing electric-vehicle and energy storage sectors, using the
ethical and sustainable North American mineralization at Battery
Hill.
Martin
Kepman,
CEO
of Manganese
X Energy,
comments:
"we
are pleased to see continued validation for manganese usage in the
EV and stored energy space.
Manganese
sulphate
(MnSO4)
has emerged as a
critical EV battery material. MnSO4 is driven by the need to reduce
the $/kwh of a high-performance EV battery. Our
intention is to achieve a low-cost production process utilising
manganese ore that is readily available from our New Brunswick
property. Key considerations are low cost, high energy density and
long battery life. We have a terrific opportunity to exploit
our valuable
asset in
providing a made in North America energy solution that is ethical,
economic, and carbon friendly."
About Manganese X Energy
Manganese's X
mission is to acquire and advance high potential manganese mining
prospects located in North America with the intent of supplying
value added materials to the lithium ion battery and other
alternative energy industries.
In
addition, our company is striving to achieve new methodologies
emanating from environmentally and geographically
ethical and friendly green/zero emissions technologies, while
processing manganese at a lower competitive
cost. For more information, please
visit the
website at www.manganesexenergycorp.com.
On
behalf of the Board of Directors of
MANGANESE X ENERGY CORP.
Martin
Kepman
CEO
and Director
Email: martin@kepman.com
Tel: 1-514-802-1814
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