Defense Metals Corp. is pleased to announce that it has received final metallurgical test results for the Wicheeda Rare Earth Element Property from SGS Canada Inc. . Results from a total 40 batch flotation tests designed to produce an optimized Wicheeda process flowsheet through iterative test procedures with varying process conditions informed the final Locked-Cycle Test that successfully produced : 48.7% total rare [...]
Defense Metals Corp. , , is pleased to announce it has submitted the initial batch of 124 core samples from its successful 13 hole, 2,005 metre summer 2019 Wicheeda Rare Earth Element Deposit diamond drill program to ALS Global analytical laboratories, Kamloops, BC. The samples are currently at ALS where they are undergoing sample preparation and multi-element ICP-MS analysis via lithium-borate fusion to determine [...]
Defense Metals Corp. is pleased to announce completion of the 2019 resource definition diamond drill program at its 1,708 hectare Wicheeda Rare Earth Element Project located near Prince George, Canada. Subsequent to announcing commencement of the 2019 Wicheeda drill program the Company completed 13 diamond drill holes totalling 2,005 metres. The diamond drill, camp and exploration crew have now demobilized from the [...]
Defense Metals Corp. is pleased to provide an operational update regarding the current resource definition diamond drill program at its 1,708 hectare Wicheeda Rare Earth Element Project located near Prince George, Canada. Subsequent to announcing the 2019 Wicheeda drill program , camp construction and site preparation for all planned diamond drill locations was completed. Core drilling started at the location of the [...]
Defense Metals Corp. is pleased to announce that Mr. Alex W. Knox has agreed to consult for Defense Metals as a technical advisor to its Wicheeda Rare Earth Element Project located 80 kilometres northeast of the city of Prince George, British Columbia. Mr. Knox has worked in the exploration and development of carbonatite and REE deposits since 1984, first with Molycorp Inc., at the time the owner of the producing Mountain [...]
Defense Metals Corp. announces the start of the 2019 diamond drill program at its 1,780 hectare Wicheeda Rare Earth Element Project located near Prince George, Canada. Defense Metals expects to complete this 2,000 metre core drilling program in about six weeks. The purpose of the 2019 Wicheeda drill program is to further delineate, and potentially expand the Wicheeda REE carbonatite deposit leading to completion of an [...]
Defense Metals Corp. is pleased to announce that it has engaged APEX Geoscience Ltd. to manage its previously announced 2019 Wicheeda Rare Earth Element Property diamond drill program. APEX is a leading minerals sector geological consulting services firm. Kris Raffle, P.Geo., Principal and Consultant of APEX will oversee Defense Metals' exploration programs. APEX is a privately-owned, independent geological consulting [...]
Defense Metals Corp. is pleased to announce that it has engaged Falcon Drilling Ltd. for a planned 2,000 metre surface core drill program at its Wicheeda Rare Earth Element Property located 80 kilometres northeast of the city of Prince George, British Columbia. The 2019 drilling and camp operations are fully permitted for up to 51 separate drill sites . Drill pads and a work camp are currently being prepared and drilling [...]
Defense Metals Corp. is pleased to announce the filing of an amended technical report titled "Wicheeda Rare Earth Element Project, British Columbia, Canada" dated effective June 20, 2019 , prepared by Sue Bird, P. Eng., Gary Giroux, P.Eng. and Tracey Meintjes, P.Eng, all of whom are independent "qualified persons" within the meaning of NI 43-101 . The Technical Report has been prepared to correct deficiencies, identified [...]
Defense Metals Corp. is pleased to announce that it has received successful metallurgical test results for the Wicheeda Rare Earth Element Property from SGS Canada Inc. . Results from the initial 21 of a planned 25 batch flotation tests completed to date during 2019 showed progressive improvement from early to late stage testing, culminating in test F21 that achieved: 80% recovery of cerium, lanthanum, and neodymium [...]
Defense Metals Corp. is pleased to announce that further to its news release on May 29, 2019, it has closed an over-subscribed non-brokered private placement of 3,763,333 units for gross proceeds of $564,500 . As previously disclosed, each Unit was priced at $0.15 and is comprised of one common share and one common share purchase warrant . Each Warrant is exercisable to purchase one common share of the Company at a price [...]
Defense Metals Corp. is pleased to announce that it intends to complete a non-brokered private placement of up to 3,333,334 units at a price of $0.15 per Unit for gross proceeds of up to $500,000. Each Unit will be comprised of one common share and one common share purchase warrant . Each Warrant is exercisable to purchase one common share of the Company at a price of $0.30 per share for a period of 12 months from the [...]