Temas opens metallurgical laboratory in Ontario

Executive Summary

• Temas Resources Corp. has established its Technology Research and Development Centre (TRDC) metallurgical laboratory in partnership with Insight R&D Inc. in Southern Ontario, Canada.
• The facility is designed to accelerate the scale-up and commercial deployment of the company's proprietary Regenerative Chloride Leach (RCL) technology.
• The lab will support third-party test work, contract pipelines, joint ventures, and licensing opportunities, with initial third-party test work contracts already secured.

Key Details

• Facility Establishment: The TRDC metallurgical laboratory is located within the laboratories of Insight R&D Inc. in the Greater Toronto-Hamilton corridor, Southern Ontario.
• Technology Platform: The lab supports the company's 100%-owned RCL technology platform, which comprises granted process patents for extracting multiple metals and feedstocks, including refractory gold, titanium, polymetallic sulphides, nickel laterite, critical minerals, and rare earths.
• Third-Party Revenue: The facility will be used to support third-party test work, contract pipelines, joint ventures, and licensing opportunities. Temas has secured initial third-party test work contracts and has additional opportunities in the pipeline.
• Internal Operations: The lab will support in-house process optimization, pilot-scale testing, and the evaluation of the company's critical mineral deposits at La Blache and Lac Brule.
• Additional Functions: The facility will support small-scale production of precious, critical, and rare earth minerals, training of the local technical workforce, community engagement, sample preparation for exploration/geotechnical/metallurgical testing, and further process development activities.
• RCL Technology Attributes:
  • Processes low-quality feedstocks to render high-value end products in fewer steps than competing approaches.
  • Operates at atmospheric pressure and lower temperatures compared to conventional chloride/sulphate routes, pressure oxidation, or roasting.
  • Features closed-loop reagent recycling for materially lower operating costs and reduced environmental footprint.
  • Enhances recovery of critical metals, battery metals, platinum group minerals, precious/base metals, and rare earth elements.
• Competent Person Statement: Exploration results and mineral resources for the La Blache and Lac Brule titanium-vanadium projects in Quebec are based on information compiled by Blake Collins, BSc (honours), MAIG, principal consultant of Head Exploration Pty. Ltd.

Notable Quotes

• David Caldwell, Chief Operating Officer: "The establishment of the Temas TDRC allows the company to immediately proceed to test work and intellectual property (IP) deployment... To date, Temas has signed two third party contracts to test RCL and has many more projects in our sales pipeline."
• Tim Fernback, Chief Executive Officer: "The establishment our TDRC metallurgical lab facility is the first step in what we envision not only as a future Temas centre for refinement of our novel RCL technology, but also a platform for development of new industry-leading green metallurgical solutions."