Texas Mineral Resources Selected as a Consortium Member in a U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) Contract to Assess and Catalog Northern Appalachian Basin Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals Resources
b"DoE Award is TMRC\xe2\x80\x99s 5th U.S. Government Award\nSIERRA BLANCA, TX, May 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire \xe2\x80\x92 Texas Mineral Resources Corp. (OTCQB: TMRC)\nDoE award is TMRC\xe2\x80\x99s fifth U.S. Government award\nTexas Mineral Resources Corp. (TMRC), an exploration company targeting the heavy rare earths and a variety of other high-value critical elements and industrial minerals, is pleased to announce that the\xc2\xa0 Department of Energy\xe2\x80\x99s (DoE) National Energy Technical Laboratory (\xe2\x80\x9cNETL\xe2\x80\x9d) has selected a consortium led by the Pennsylvania State University ,\xc2\xa0 which includes Texas Mineral Resources, for an award targeting critical mineral recoveries from waste streams.\xc2\xa0The grant, \xe2\x80\x9cCarbon Ore, Rare Earths and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative for U.S. Basins,\xe2\x80\x9d will assess and catalog Northern Appalachian Basin rare earth elements and critical minerals resources and waste streams, develop strategies to recover minerals from these streams, and assess the infrastructure, industries and businesses in the Northern Appalachian Basin to determine supply chain gaps.\n\xe2\x80\x9cWe are honored to be selected as a consortium member by the Pennsylvania State University to assist in studying the potential of the Northern Appalachian region to supply critical minerals,\xe2\x80\x9d commented Anthony Marchese, TMRC chairman.
- b"DoE Award is TMRC\xe2\x80\x99s 5th U.S. Government Award\nSIERRA BLANCA, TX, May 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire \xe2\x80\x92 Texas Mineral Resources Corp. (OTCQB: TMRC)\nDoE award is TMRC\xe2\x80\x99s fifth U.S. Government award\nTexas Mineral Resources Corp. (TMRC), an exploration company targeting the heavy rare earths and a variety of other high-value critical elements and industrial minerals, is pleased to announce that the\xc2\xa0 Department of Energy\xe2\x80\x99s (DoE) National Energy Technical Laboratory (\xe2\x80\x9cNETL\xe2\x80\x9d) has selected a consortium led by the Pennsylvania State University ,\xc2\xa0 which includes Texas Mineral Resources, for an award targeting critical mineral recoveries from waste streams.\xc2\xa0The grant, \xe2\x80\x9cCarbon Ore, Rare Earths and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative for U.S. Basins,\xe2\x80\x9d will assess and catalog Northern Appalachian Basin rare earth elements and critical minerals resources and waste streams, develop strategies to recover minerals from these streams, and assess the infrastructure, industries and businesses in the Northern Appalachian Basin to determine supply chain gaps.\n\xe2\x80\x9cWe are honored to be selected as a consortium member by the Pennsylvania State University to assist in studying the potential of the Northern Appalachian region to supply critical minerals,\xe2\x80\x9d commented Anthony Marchese, TMRC chairman.
- \xe2\x80\x9cWe believe the technological strength and experience of the consortium will go a long way toward a positive result from this project.\xc2\xa0 Creating value from waste is an environmental goal shared by all citizens, especially when considering the strategic nature of the minerals potentially located in the northern Appalachian region.\xc2\xa0 The consortium is fully committed to work with local companies, capital sources and public officials in order to create potentially meaningful economic opportunity for an industry and region which for too long has been in a period of decline.\xe2\x80\x9d\nThis is the fifth U.S. Government award relating to the production of rare earth and critical minerals in which Texas Mineral Resources has participated.\xc2\xa0 In 2016, TMRC successfully completed a demonstration-of-concept project funded by the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Strategic Materials Division to separate and refine specific high-purity rare earth elements, using a continuous ion exchange (CIX) and continuous ion chromatography (CIC) processing method.
- In 2019, a consortium including Texas Mineral Resources successfully completed a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy grant to produce multiple separated rare earth minerals from Pennsylvania coal mining waste material.\xc2\xa0 The CIX/CIC method used in both U.S. Government grants is the method being used to process rare earths and additional U.S. Government-listed Critical Minerals from the Round Top (TX) project, being developed by TMRC\xe2\x80\x99s funding and development partner, USA Rare Earth, LLC.\xc2\xa0 The new DoE award marks the third grant from the National Energy Technical Laboratory in which TMRC will participate, including a NETL grant to continue work targeting production of mixed rare earth oxides from coal waste awarded last month.\nAbout Texas Mineral Resources Corp.\nTexas Mineral Resources Corp.'s focus is to develop and commercialize, along with its funding and development partner USA Rare Earth LLC, its Round Top heavy-rare earth, technology metals, and industrial minerals project located in Hudspeth County, Texas, 85 miles southeast of El Paso.
- Additionally, the Company\xe2\x80\x99s strategy is to develop alternative sources of strategic minerals through the processing of coal waste and other related materials as well as developing other domestic mining projects in more traditional metals.\xc2\xa0 The Company\xe2\x80\x99s common stock trades on the OTCQB U.S. tier under the symbol \xe2\x80\x9cTMRC.\xe2\x80\x9d\n"