Download PDF versionJUNE 13, 2014 – MONTREAL, QUEBEC – Critical Elements Corporation (TSX-V: CRE) (US OTCQX: CRECF) (FSE: F12) announce that, at its annual meeting held on June 13, 2014, shareholders of the Company approved all the items, including:
- Election of Jean-Sébastien Lavallée, Jean-François Meilleur, Richard Saint-Jean, Jean-Raymond Lavallée and Marc Simpson as Directors;
- The appointment of KPMG s.r.l./S.E.N.C.R.L. as auditors of the Corporation for the current financial year.
The Critical Elements Corporation management will be in Japan from June 16 to 20, 2014 to pursue discussions with a number of potential users of lithium carbonate and Tantalum with the goal of entering into long-term sales contracts.
About Critical Elements Corporation
Critical Elements is actively developing its 100%-owned Rose Lithium-Tantalum flagship project located in Quebec.
A recent financial analysis of the Rose project based on price forecasts of US$260/kg ($118/lb) for Ta2O5 contained in a tantalite concentrate and US$6,000/t for lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) showed an estimated after-tax Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 25% for the Rose project, with an estimated Net Present Value (NPV) of CA$279 million at an 8% discount rate. The payback period is estimated at 4.1 years. The pre-tax IRR is estimated at 33% and the NPV at $488 million at a discount rate of 8%.(Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability). (See press release dated November 21, 2011.)
The operation is scheduled to produce 26,606 tons of high purity (99.9% battery grade) Li2CO3 and 206,670 pounds of Ta2O5 per year over a 17-year mine life.
The project hosts a current NI 43-101-compliant Indicated resource of26.5 million tonnes of 1.30% LI2O Eq. or 0.98% LI2O and 163 ppm Ta2O5 and an Inferred resource of 10.7 million tonnes of 1.14% LI2O Eq. or 0.86% LI2O and 145 ppm Ta2O5.
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Jean-Sébastien Lavallée, P.Geo.
President and Chief Executive Officer
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