Manganese X Energy Corp. announced that Manganese X has received an encouraging progress report from Kemetco Research Inc. Kemetco is working to develop a commercializable flow sheet to produce a battery-grade manganese product for the growing electric vehicle and energy storage industries using the safe and sustainable North America mineralization at Battery Hill property located in Woodstock, New Brunswick. Kemetco reported that they have achieved a MnSO4 purity of) 99.8% with low contamination factors in the final manganese sulfate product, which is required by the EV and back up storage industries. Assay tests are currently being performed by Kemetco to confirm the required commercial specifications of impurities. Also additional upgrading techniques and approaches are being aggressively pursued.