MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Feb. 8, 2017) - Critical Elements Corporation ("Critical
Elements" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:CRE) (OTCQX:CRECF) (FRANKFURT:F12) announced today that it retained the services of
Hill+Knowlton Strategies ("H+K") in order to increase its visibility at both local and international level, including Europe and
the United States.
The agreement is for a 12-month period with a monthly fee of $5,800.
With nine offices across the country, Hill+Knowlton Strategies
Canada is a leader in both public relations and government relations. Headquartered in Toronto, the company is the No.
1-rated strategic communications firm in the country. Its experts specialize in corporate communications, public affairs, marketing
communications, crisis, energy, technology, health care, social and digital communications, financial communications and
transactions. The only communications firm to have earned the Order of Excellence from Excellence Canada, it has been recognized
as one of the Best Workplaces in Canada for eight consecutive years. Its parent company, Hill+Knowlton Strategies Inc., has 87
offices in 49 countries as well as an extensive associate network; and it is a member of WPP (NASDAQ:WPPGY), one of the world's largest communications services groups.
About Critical Elements Corporation
A recent financial analysis (Technical Report and Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) on the Rose lithium-tantalum Project,
Genivar, December 2011) of the Rose project, 100% owned by Critical Elements, 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 are not mineral reserves
and do not have demonstrated economic viability). (The preliminary economic assessment is preliminary in nature). (See press
release dated November 21, 2011.)
The conclusions of the PEA indicate the operation would support a production rate of 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 Indicated resource of 26.5 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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