American Manganese Comments on Tailings Storage at Artillery Peak

American Manganese Inc. (TSXV:AMY) responded to questions about tailings storage from its proposed manganese recovery process at Artillery Peak.

CEO Larry Reaugh commented:

The waste management approach we have taken for the Artillery Peak Project minimizes the potential for the uncontrolled release of contaminants into the environment during all of the project stages, as well as minimizing the demand for fresh water for mineral processing. Minimizing the environmental foot print of the proposed project makes good sense.

As quoted in the press release:

The hydrometallurgical process developed by the Company is capable of producing high purity electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD) and chemical manganese dioxide (CMD) critical for improving performance and safety of high tech lithium ion batteries.  The process tailing is subjected to 8 stages of counter current washing prior to high pressure filtration that yield a benign filter cake and re-usable process water.  The moisture content of the filter cake is expected to be in the order of 30%, which makes it suitable for dry stacking and co-disposal with waste rock from the proposed open pit mine.  The proposed open pit mine was designed and scheduled so as to provide on-going and final storage of the waste rock and process tailings within limits of the excavation.

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