MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Aug. 11, 2011) - Matamec Explorations Inc. ("Matamec" or the "Company")(TSX VENTURE:MAT) has engaged the independent engineering firm Roche Ltd. from Montreal, Quebec, to complete its preliminary economic assessment study (PEA) of the HREE Kipawa Deposit located near Temiscaming in SW Quebec. The study is on schedule for publication at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Highlights from the study include:
André Gauthier, Matamec's president, says "we are fully confident that we have all the ingredients to produce a robust and positive economic study. Kipawa's outcropping, sub-horizontal deposit geometry, its proximity to infrastructure and its simple mineralogy makes it a deposit that will be easy to mine and process with competitive costs, even at lower REE prices."
Aline Leclerc, V-P Exploration (Geo.) Matamec and Robert Crépeau Eng., (Independent Consultant) are the Qualified Persons for this press release.
About Matamec
Matamec Explorations Inc is a junior mining exploration company whose main focus is in developing the Kipawa deposit and exploring more than 35km of strike length in the Kipawa Alkalic Complex for rare earths-yttrium-zirconium-niobium-tantalum mineralization on its Zeus property.
The company is also exploring for gold, base metals and platinum group metals. Its gold portfolio includes the Matheson JV property located along strike and in close proximity to the Hoyle Pond Mine in the prolific mining camp of Timmins, Ontario.
In Quebec, the Company is exploring for lithium and tantalum on its Tansim property and for precious and base metals on its Sakami, Valmont and Vulcain properties. As well, it is exploring for gold together with Northern Superior Resources Inc. on the Lesperance/Wachigabau property.
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