Quebec Innovative Materials Corp. Announces Assays over 99% Sio2 from Newly Discovered Zones At the Charlevoix Silica Project
the channel samples across the formation average over 98%, ranging as high a 99.88% SiO2. The demand for silicon metals is steadily increasing as a result of growing needs in various sectors such as solar panels, microprocessors, and silicon alloys. This heightened demand its valuable characteristics as a semi-conductor and due to its structural properties, thereby continuing to generate favorable supply-side prospects for both silicon metal and high-purity silica feedstock. QI Materials partnership with HPQ Silicon Inc. has resulted in confirmation that QI Material's silica meets the requirements for use as feedstock in HPQ's environmentally benign, silica to silicon metal processing technology HPQ is focussed on both green processing of silica to silicon metal and the production of silicon battery components for use in advanced silicon batteries. QIMC's focus on this partnership gives the Company exposure to an advanced battery supply chain and green processing technology that will be further explored as HPQ's plant construction continues. As a result of the availability of tonnage-sized samples due to the successful commissioning of
pilot plant, which consists of various crushing and sorting equipment, the Company is currently evaluating additional metallurgical testing and is expected to finalize analyses agreement and commence broad metallurgy testing shorty at an independent lab. The material testing will determine the chemically suitability for a wide variety of silica and silicon metal applications such, as medium quality feedstock, for metallurgical-grade silicon using traditional submerged arc-furnace processing. An approximately one-tonne sample of Charelvoix quartzite is being prepared for shipment for mineralogical analyses. It is expected the analyses will include X-ray diffraction analysis, chemical analyses through X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, grain size distribution, mineral processing analysis, automated optical sorting, and thermal stability testing.