South Africa Grants Patent for American Manganese’s Recovery Process

American Manganese Inc. (TSXV:AMY) announced that South Africa has granted it “Patent No. 2013/01364″ for its manganese recovery process.

As quoted in the press release:

This patent is a significant milestone for the Company as the invention has secured another key asset that can be exclusively capitalized. The invention is a technical break-through as it enables the recovery of manganese from a low grade resource with significantly less energy and environmental impact than conventional processing methods.

The company’s ongoing activities include:

• Management is investigating potential domestic and international opportunities in manganese that have the potential to enhance the Artillery Peak Project.
• Management is investigating potential domestic opportunities in silicon and phosphorus that have the potential to take advantage of emerging technologies for the rechargeable battery industry.
• The Artillery Peak manganese project has the potential to move ahead and develop the resources to become a potential supplier of high purity EMD and/or CMD for the rechargeable battery industry.

Click here to read the full American Manganese Inc. (TSXV:AMY) press release.