VANCOUVER, BC, March 22, 2021 /CNW/ -- QMC Quantum
Minerals Corp., (TSX.V: QMC) (FSE: 3LQ) (OTC PINK:
QMCQF) ("QMC" or "the Company") has appointed
Daniel Leroux, M.Sc., P. Geo, as a
technical advisor to assist the Company with the focus of
increasing the resource at Irgon Lithium Mine Project and bringing
it to production in Manitoba.
Similarly, Mr. Leroux will also help QMC to develop the Namew Lake
District project containing nickel, copper, and gold. Mr.
Leroux was the former Global Business Manager – Geological Services
for SGS and managed staff and consultants that worked on many
significant world-wide lithium pegmatite projects including Sigma
Lithium (Brazil) and Nemaska
Lithium (Quebec).
Daniel Leroux commented: "I am
excited join the QMC team as a technical advisor and help them
advance their Irgon Lithium Project towards production. With
a project which has the Irgon pegmatite dike system as well as
several additional lithium pegmatite dikes swarms identified to
date and nearby infrastructure in place, unlike many other
projects, the Irgon Project could be a low-cost producer. QMC
will be an important part of the Canadian Government's recently
announced 31 minerals considered critical for the sustainable
economic success of Canada
(March 11, 2021)."
Balraj Mann commented: "We are
excited to have Daniel joining the team with his expertise.
Access to his global network of experts and service providers will
help move the Company's Irgon Lithium Mine Project towards
production. QMC will be an important part of the supply chain due
to its close proximity to EV and battery manufacturing
plants. The Irgon Lithium Mine's pegmatite dikes additionally
contain cesium, niobium, tantalum, and other rare-earth
metals."
Mr. Leroux is a bilingual (French-English) economic geologist
with over 25+ years of diversified geological, project generation,
mining, mineral processing, project management, corporate and
executive experience with both major and junior mining companies
and with geological and mining consultancy firms. Mr. Leroux
is currently the CEO and Vice President Exploration of Zodiac Gold
Inc. a Canadian based private mineral exploration and development
company with gold projects located in Liberia. From 2003 to
2015, he was the co-owner and Vice President of A.C.A. Howe
International Limited (A.C.A. Howe), a geological and mining
consulting firm established in 1960 that operated offices in
Toronto, Canada and London, UK until the Canadian operation was
acquired by CSA Global in 2016. A.C.A Howe was instrumental
in the discovery of the Bernic Lake (Cabot/Sinomine) tantalum mine
in the early 1960's. From 2011 to 2013, Daniel was the Vice
President Exploration and in 2014, the President of RDX Minerals
Inc. a private Canadian-based junior mining company. From
1988-1990, Daniel worked for Inco Exploration and Technical
Services (now Vale) and with Placer Dome in 1991.
Mr. Leroux holds both a B.Sc. degree (Geology) and a Master of
Science in Mineral Exploration degree from Laurentian
University. He is a registered member of the Association of
Professional Geoscientists of Ontario ("APGO"), the Association of
Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan ("APEGS") and l 'Ordre des
géologues du Québec ("OGQ").
Options
The board of directors has authorized the grant of 500,000
incentive stock options to certain consultants at an exercise price
of 35 cents per option. The
options are exercisable on or before March
22, 2026. The stock option grant is subject to
acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange.
About the Company
QMC is a British Columbia based
company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of
resource properties. Its objective is to locate and develop
economic precious, base, rare metal resource properties of merit.
The Company's properties include the Irgon Lithium Mine Project and
two VMS properties, the Rocky Lake
and Rocky-Namew, known collectively as the Namew Lake District
Project. Currently, all of the Company's properties are located in
Manitoba.
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On behalf of the Board of Directors of
QMC QUANTUM
MINERALS CORP.
"Balraj
Mann"
Balraj Mann
President and Chief Executive Officer
604-601-2018
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