Vancouver, British Columbia, January 30, 2023: Nevada Sunrise Metals Corp. (“Nevada Sunrise”, or the “Company”, formerly Nevada Sunrise Gold Corp.) (
TSXV: NEV, OTC: NVSGF) is pleased to announce that it has contracted McClelland Laboratories Inc. of Sparks, NV (“MLI”) to perform metallurgical leach tests on samples of lithium mineralization intersected by the Company at the Gemini Lithium Project (”Gemini”, or the “Project”) in Esmeralda County, Nevada. Gemini is located in the Lida Valley, approximately 25 miles (38 kilometres) southwest of the only producing lithium mine in the United States at Silver Peak, Nevada.
“Nevada Sunrise looks forward to the ongoing collaboration between MLI and our Nevada-based metallurgical consultant, Mr. Willem Duyvesteyn”, said Warren Stanyer, President and CEO of Nevada Sunrise. “We anticipate that the work of MLI’s technical team will provide critical information about the lithium mineralization and extractability from sample material generated during our 2022 drilling campaign, to help guide future exploration and development at Gemini.”
MLI has offered metallurgical, environmental, analytical testing and consulting services to the mineral exploration industry since 1987 and operates an ISO 17025 accredited facility that provides quality laboratory services during all phases of project development and operation. Willem Duyvesteyn, M.Sc., is renowned as an innovator in his field of and is the primary inventor and author of over 100 patents for mineral and hydrocarbon extractive technologies, including numerous applications for the extraction and leaching of metals and minerals from ores, brines, and solutions (see Nevada Sunrise news release dated November 15, 2022).