Equity Partnership and Co-Design Agreement Set New Standards in Collaborative Project Development in the Critical Minerals Transition The McLeod Lake Indian Band and Defense Metals Corp. , announced today a strategic Equity Partnership and Co-Design Agreement, solidifying their joint commitment to the successful advancement of the Wicheeda Project, a rare earth elements project in central British Columbia. McLeod Lake [...]
/Not for distribution to U.S. newswire services or for dissemination in the United States/ Defense Metals Corp. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Co-Design Agreement with the McLeod Lake Indian Band , regarding ongoing project development of Defense Metals' 100% owned Wicheeda Rare Earth Element Project located 80 kilometres northeast of Prince George, British Columbia. The Co-Design Agreement Pursuant to [...]
Defense Metals Corp. is pleased to announce the Q4-2023 execution of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Ucore Rare Metals Inc. to explore collaborative opportunities as both companies move towards their respective commercialization efforts for a North American rare earth element supply chain. As one of the first projects under this MOU, Defense Metals will ship a mixed rare earth carbonate sample from its [...]
Defense Metals Corp. announces that it has completed all infrastructure geotechnical field data collection in support of the preliminary feasibility study for its 100% owned Wicheeda Rare Earth Element Project located near Prince George, B.C., Canada. Craig Taylor, CEO of Defense Metals, commented: "We are very excited to have completed our 2023 Phase 3 geotechnical program. I would like to congratulate the APEX and SRK [...]
Defense Metals Corp. is pleased to announce it has completed the previously announced Phase 2 open pit diamond core and sonic infrastructure geotechnical drilling program. The work, with the support of APEX Geoscience Ltd., was completed by SRK Consulting Inc. one of the principal consultants for the ongoing preliminary feasibility study regarding the Company's Wicheeda Rare Earth Element Project located near Prince [...]
Defense Metals Corp. is pleased to announce that it has filed the detailed Technical Report of its updated Mineral Resource Estimate for its 100% owned Wicheeda Rare Earth Element deposit located in British Columbia, Canada. The Technical Report is dated October 27, 2023, effective August 28, 2023, is entitled "Technical Report on the Wicheeda Property, British Columbia, Canada", and was prepared by APEX Geoscience Ltd [...]
Defense Metals Corp. is pleased to announce that SGS Canada Inc. in Lakefield, Ontario has shipped samples of mixed rare earth oxide and mixed rare earth carbonate to interested parties on behalf of the Company. These samples were generated during 2023 hydrometallurgical piloting test work performed on concentrate produced by earlier flotation pilot plant testing of a 26-tonne bulk sample taken from the Company's [...]
Defense Metals Corp. is extremely pleased to report the most recent results of the extensive comminution and beneficiation test work that has been conducted by SGS Canada Inc. in Lakefield, Ontario on variability samples from the Wicheeda Rare Earth deposit. Craig Taylor, CEO of Defense Metals, stated: "Our recent results shows that the Wicheeda feedstock can be crushed, ground and floated to produce a rare earth [...]
Defense Metals Corp. is pleased to announce it has commenced Phase 2 of its planned infrastructure and open pit geotechnical drilling. Sonic overburden characterization and diamond core drilling is expected to be complete within 4 to 6 weeks, with results to follow. The work, with the support of the Defense Metals' technical team and APEX Geoscience Ltd., is being completed by SRK Consulting Inc. one of the principal [...]
Join Ellis Martin for a conversation with Craig Taylor, CEO of Defense Metals delivering critical metals to meet national security plus green technology needs. The company just upgraded and expanded it mineral resource estimate for its Wicheeda Rare Earth Element Project. To Listen to the Interview, please visit: https://www.abnnewswire.net/lnk/4Z0X0Z90 About Defense Metals Corp.: Defense Metals Corp. is focused on the [...]
Defense Metals Corp. is pleased to announce an updated Mineral Resource Estimate for the development of its Wicheeda Rare Earth Element deposit located in British Columbia, Canada. Highlights of the 2023 Wicheeda REE Deposit Mineral Resource Estimate The 2023 MRE comprises a: 6.4 million tonne Measured Mineral Resource, averaging 2.86% Total Rare Earth Oxide ; a 27.8 million tonne Indicated Mineral Resource, averaging [...]
Defense Metals Corp. is pleased to announce that a recently completed ground radiometric geophysical survey over the Wicheeda Rare Earth Element deposit, located near Prince George, Canada, has identified new anomalies that may represent previously unknown REE mineralized carbonatite located largely within the current mineral resource pit shells, as set forth in the 2021 preliminary economic assessment . Highlights: Based [...]