Stans Energy Corporate Update
06 August 2013 - 6:15PM
Business Wire
Stans Energy Corp., (“Stans Energy” or the “Company”), (TSX-V:
HRE, OTCQX: HREEF), is pleased to provide an update on continuing
corporate development issues surrounding the Aktyuz Licence Area,
the engineering projects carried out by the Company’s contractors
for feasibility study purposes and the impact of ongoing legal
procedures on project development at Kutessay II, the company’s
100% owned flagship project in Kyrgyzstan.
Aktyuz Licence Area
Stans Energy has received the physical copy of the exploration
licence for the Aktyuz Licence Area. As earlier reported on June
24, 2013, Stans Energy had been granted a licence extension for the
Aktyuz Licence Area by the State Agency for Geology and Mineral
Resources of Kyrgyzstan (SGA). Now the company is pleased to report
that the licence was issued including Licence Agreement #4
negotiated by the Company over the last month. Licence Agreement #4
for Licence 2512 MP outlines the parameters for satisfaction of all
obligations between both Stans Energy and the SGA. Licence 2512 MP,
valid through December 31 2015, will be posted to the company’s
website.
Feasibility Study
In 2012 Stans Energy engaged the services of both local Kyrgyz
and international contractors to complete design and engineering
required for resuming production at Kutessay II. These projects are
to be included in technical reports required for compliance with
Licence Agreement #3 for Kutessay II.
Pilot Scale
- Information Research Centre LLC (IRC
LLC) has completed testing of the historic milling methods and has
optimized the flow sheet to produce concentrate amenable for full
separation with 65% TREE recovery and 6% REO content. The new
milling flow sheet which incorporates:
- Crushing
- Ball Milling
- Gravitational separation
- Flotation
- Steaming
- Scavenging
- Drying
- The Russian Research Institute of
Chemical Technology (VNIIHT OJSC) has completed testing of the new
cracking technology to produce a concentrate free of radioactive
and gangue minerals. The Russian State Export Control Agency and
the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission are arranging customs
clearance of the summary report for export to Stans Energy. Once
the report is cleared, the Company will be able to publish and
incorporate those findings in a feasibility study.
- The separation of the individual Rare
Earths using solvent extraction is also being developed by VNIIHT
and the Company will receive volume one of the five volume report
once it has been released by customs agency, with the other four to
follow.
Design and Engineering
- Geological engineering and surveying of
the new Milling and Processing site is 70% complete.
- Design of a new 14,500 m3 tailings
impoundment is in progress with completion expected by September
2013.
- Design and mining conditions
feasibility of the combined open pit and underground mine are
complete.
Legal Update
All outstanding project development and construction as outlined
in the Company’s February 27, 2013 Corporate Update are on hold due
to the injunction filed by the State Prosecutors Office of
Kyrgyzstan in May 2013. The injunction blocks any communication
between Stans Energy’s local subsidiary; Kutisay Mining LTD., and
the State Agency for Geology and Mineral Resources of Kyrgyzstan
(SGA). As part of the Company’s ongoing obligations to satisfy
conditions of Licence Agreement #3, dated June 15, 2012, Stans
Energy is required to submit the completed Design and Engineering
Reports, as described above for state approval. The current
injunction prevents the Company from delivering the reports. Once
approved by the SGA these documents would form the basic elements
of the feasibility study, which can only then be published.
Stans Energy has undertaken a review of its existing operations
in Kyrgyzstan and has laid-off 50% of its staff at the Kashka Rare
Earth Processing Facility. The services of the Company’s design and
engineering contractors were engaged prior to the injunction of May
2013. Further engagement of the contractors beyond the original
scope of work outlined above is on hold pending the successful
outcome of the ongoing court cases.
“We hope to resolve these legal matters in a timely manner which
would allow us to focus full attention on developing our current
assets and help end users secure a safe supply of non-Chinese rare
earth elements. The Company will continue to carefully manage and
conserve its treasury balance,” states Robert Mackay, President and
CEO.
About Stans Energy
Stans Energy Corp. is a resource development company focused
on advancing Heavy Rare Earth (HRE) properties in areas of Central
Asia and Russia. In December 2009, Stans acquired a 20-year mining
license for the past-producing Kutessay II rare earth mine from the
Kyrgyz Republic. On May 26, 2011 Stans completed the purchase of
the Kashka Rare Earth Processing Plant (KRP) the same plant that
previously refined REEs from Kutessay II ores. The KRP was the only
hard rock plant to produce all rare earth elements outside of
China, producing 120 different metals, alloys, and oxides. For over
30 years, Kutessay II produced 80% of the rare earth metals for the
Former Soviet Union.
About VNIIHT OJSCThe Russian Research Institute of
Chemical Technology (VNIIHT) was founded in April 1951. VNIIHT’s
objective was to focus on the exploration and development of
technologies and raw materials for use in the Soviet nuclear energy
sector. VNIIHT technologies continue to be implemented in the main
stages of the nuclear fuel cycle. This includes the processing of
Uranium and Rare Metal Ores through to the generation of
nuclear-pure materials. VNIIHT’s sixty years of chemical technology
experience, combined with their capabilities of executing the
complete cycle of rare earths research, development, and
production, will give Stans Energy Corp. a significant advantage
relative to its competitors outside of China.
About IRC LLCThe Information Research Centre LLC is an
internationally accredited laboratory under United Kingdom
Accreditation Standards, Great Britain (Laboratory #4431), and the
Kyrgyz Center of Accreditation (Accreditation Certificate
#KG417/KCS.IL.007). The laboratory is accredited for
compliance with the international standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005.
The accreditation includes the determination of the
concentration of elements using Atomic Absorption, Inductively
Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry and X-ray fluorescence
techniques.
We seek safe harbour.
Contact Details Robert Mackay David Vinokurov Stans
Energy Corp Stan Energy Corp President & CEO VP Corporate
Development
robert@stansenergy.com
david@stansenergy.com
647-426-1865 647-426-1865
www.stansenergy.com
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: This document includes
forward-looking statements as well as historical information.
Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, use of
proceeds from the Offering, the completion of the Offering, the
continued advancement of the company's general business
development, research development and the company's development of
mineral exploration projects. When used in this press release , the
words “will”, “shall”, "anticipate", "believe", "estimate",
"expect", "intent", "may", "project", "plan", "should" and similar
expressions may identify forward-looking statements. Although Stans
Energy Corp. believes that their expectations reflected in these
forward looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve
risks and uncertainties and no assurance can be given that actual
results will be consistent with these forward-looking statement.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from
these forward-looking statements include the potential that
fluctuations in the marketplace for the sale of minerals, the
inability to implement corporate strategies, the ability to obtain
financing and other risks disclosed in our filings made with
Canadian Securities Regulators.
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