Alaska Energy Metals Partners with Colorado School of Mines and Virginia Polytechnic Institute to Study Carbon Sequestration Potential of the Eureka Nickel Deposit, Alaska, USA

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With its continuing focus on sustainable domestic mining, Alaska Energy Metals Corporation (TSX-V: AEMC, OTCQB: AKEMF) (“Alaska Energy Metals”, “AEMC” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce its partnership with the Colorado School of Mines (“Mines”) and Virgina Polytechnic Institute (“VT”) to research the carbon sequestration potential of ultramafic rocks and tailings at its 100% owned 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.

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