Positive Results for Phase #1 Metallurgical Test Work on the Isortoq Project, Greenland

4 December 2014

December 3, 2014
Vancouver, B.C. – West Melville Metals Inc.today announced that the first phase of the metallurgical test work being conducted on the Isortoq Project by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Perth, Australia has been successfully completed.
Summary Highlights

• Positive metallurgical test results with scope for further improvements with optimization.
• A simple beneficiation process yields a clean, high grade concentrate (50.2% Fe; 20.9% TiO2 and 0.34% V2O5).
• Best leaching results achieved in the hydrochloric acid system, with separation of iron and vanadium from titanium (titanium remains in the leach residue)
• Leach efficiency of >95% for vanadium and >80% for iron, with >95% of extraction occurring within 30 minutes.

These results represent the successful completion of the first stage in the development of a hydro-metallurgical process flow sheet aimed at commercially extracting iron, titanium and vanadium from the Isortoq deposit.

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