News - Scoping Study!Nemaska Exploration Engages Industrial Minerals Consultants for Scoping Study on Whabouchi Lithium/Beryllium Project
Aug 24, 2010 08:00 ET
QUEBEC, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Aug. 24, 2010) - Nemaska Exploration Inc.(«Nemaska» or the «Company») (TSX VENTURE:NMX) is pleased to announcethat it has engaged Equapolar Consultants to oversee the lithiummetallurgical tests currently underway at the SGS Canada Lab inLakefield, Ontario, and to complete a scoping study on the Whabouchi(Lithium/Beryllium) project. The principal of Equapolar, Gary Pearse, isan engineer, economic geologist and mineral economist with more than 40years experience, largely as a rare metals and industrial mineralsconsultant. During his career he managed scoping studies,pre-feasibility studies and feasibility studies, authored numeroustechnical papers and managed or consulted on significant pegmatiteprojects. Mr. Pearse will be charged with producing a PreliminaryEconomic Assessment (scoping study) on the Whabouchi project.
Mr. Guy Bourassa, President and CEO of Nemaska commented, "We aredelighted to be working with someone of Gary's calibre, whose extensiveexperience in hard rock lithium projects will enable us to continue tofast track our Whabouchi project. Gary has already been to the projectand was immediately impressed by the size and continuity of the exposedpegmatite zone. We look forward to the results of his work and toproviding our shareholders with various mining scenarios and economicmodels for developing the project."
About Nemaska
Nemaska Exploration Inc. is a mineral exploration company involved inthe James Bay region of Quebec. Its main assets are the Whabouchi (about2,240 hectares), Lac Levac (about 7,212 hectares), Lac Arques (about35,270 hectares), and Lac des Montagnes (about 16,695 hectares)properties, all 100 % owned. These properties are contiguous and coverabout 70 km of the Lac des Montagnes green belt polymetallic formation.They are easily accessible year round by either the Route du Nord fromChibougamau (280 km) or the Route de la Baie James from Matagami (380km) and are located near the Cree community of Nemaska and the Némiscau airport.
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