Partnerships To Study Carbon Sequestration Potential Of Eureka Nickel Deposit

VANCOUVER - With its continuing focus on sustainable domestic mining, Alaska Energy Metals Corporation (AEMC) announced its partnership with the Colorado School of Mines (Mine) and Virgina Polytechnic Institute (VT) to research the carbon sequestration potential of ultramafic rocks and tailings at its Eureka Deposit, Alaska. The innovative research will be conducted by a team of experts from Mines and VT who have been awarded an Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) grant to study the carbonation potential of ore deposit waste streams. The research will be performed under the umbrella of the Center to Advance the Science of Exploration to Reclamation in Mining (CASERM), a premier joint research center between Mines and VT, supported in part by the United States National Science Foundation and the United States Geological Survey.

Colorado School of Mines Professor of Economic Geology Dr. Thomas Monecke commented: “We are extremely excited to engage in this partnership with Alaska Energy Metals on a real-life project that will potentially provide a secure domestic source of energy-related metals while simultaneously sequester carbon to slow global warming. As a premier research mining university, we are focused on producing talent, knowledge, and innovations to serve the industry and benefit society at large, all to create a more prosperous future. Every step leaves a footprint, and this pilot project will allow us to move one step further in the right direction.”

Alaska Energy Metals President & CEO Gregory Beischer commented: “US domestic mining is essential for both the electrical energy expansion and for US national security. For these reasons, we have intentionally begun to study and assess the use of modern technological innovations like ultramafic mine tailings carbonation at the early stages of the development phase of our project.”