Pure Energy Minerals Limited Announces New Strategic Advisor - Mr.
Tom Currin - Former Division Planning Coordinator for FMC Inc.'s
Lithium Division
VANCOUVER, B.C., Dec. 11, 2012 /CNW/ - Pure Energy Minerals
Limited ("Pure Energy" or the "Company") (TSX-V: PE) is pleased
to announce that it has entered into an advisory services agreement
(the "Agreement") with MIZ Comercializadora, S.A. de R.L.
("MIZ") pursuant to which MIZ has agreed to provide the
Company with certain services, including advising the Company on
processing methodology with a focus on the identification of
alternative lithium extraction and recovery strategies (the
"Services"). The Agreement is for an initial term of three
months, subject to monthly renewal thereafter, unless earlier
terminated in accordance with its terms.
Mr. Tom Currin, a specialist in
Lithium Brine Chemical Process Development, will provide the
Company with the Services under the Agreement and will act as
Strategic Advisor to the board of directors.
Mr. Currin brings 35 years of lithium project expertise in the
fields of engineering, processing, and evaluation. Mr. Currin is
currently President and Co-Founder of MIZ Comercializadora, S.de
R.L., a privately held company providing engineering services,
lithium chemical products and recycling services to the lithium
chemical industry. Prior to founding MIZ, Mr. Currin held various
technical and management positions within the Lithium Division of
FMC Inc. ("FMC"), a Fortune 500 diversified chemicals,
mining and machinery company. FMC is one of the primary producers
of lithium worldwide including Lithium Extraction operations in
Argentina. In the last five years,
Mr. Currin has performed evaluations of Lithium Projects in
Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Australia. Most recently Mr. Currin managed
Li3 Energy's Salar de Maricunga Exploration and Development
Project.
Mr. Currin adds a critical element to the team with a breadth of
operational business experience in the Lithium industry. Mr. Currin
has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering
from North Carolina State University
and holds or has held memberships in the Combustible Metals
Committee of the National Fire Protection Association, the Metals
Section Executive Committee of the National Safety Council and in
the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
" I am pleased to join the Pure Energy team and look forward to
developing an accelerated project to recover Lithium and other by
products from a US source in the mining friendly jurisdiction of
Nevada" commented Mr. Currin.
"We are very excited to have Mr. Currin join our team,"
commented Pure Energy's CEO Jason
Dussault. "I was thrilled when he agreed to join us as our
new Strategic Advisor and believe that his wealth of experience in
extraction solutions will be a significant asset for our Company.
Mr. Currin has numerous contacts in the industry and has already
begun working with them to create opportunities and solutions and
to build customer relationships with Pure Energy."
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Pure Energy Minerals
Limited
Jason
Dussault, Chief Executive Officer
For further information contact: (604) 608 6611
About Pure Energy
Pure Energy Minerals Limited is an innovative junior mining
company based in Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada. The Company is engaged in the acquisition,
exploration and development of mineral properties throughout the
world. Currently Pure Energy is focusing its efforts on lithium
mining opportunities and related technologies. The Company's Alkali
Flats Project in Esmeralda County
Nevada represents a 4,800 acre claim block in proximity to
the Clayton Valley Playa, where lithium rich brines and evaporates
have been accumulating for tens of thousands of years. The area is
home to the only U.S. based lithium producing plant, the Silver
Peak plant operated by Chemetall Foote Corporation, a subsidiary of
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. The Silver Peak plant has been in
production since 1967.
For further details about the Company and its projects please
visit Pure Energy's website at:http://pureenergyminerals.com/
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