U.S. Manganese successfully completed all identified milestones within the scope of the DLA project within the project schedule

October 28, 2021-Surrey, British Columbia        

American Manganese Inc. ("AMY" or "Company") (TSX.V: AMY) (OTCQB: AMYZF) (FSE: 2AM) is pleased to submit the final report to the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), marking the completion of Wendeng inventory Recycling and advanced material processing projects. The DLA project is AMY's second project supported by the US government.

The project started with representative samples from Wendeng stock in December 2020 and ended in September 2021 to produce electrolytic manganese (EMM). The purpose of the project is to conduct small-scale tests on unit operations to confirm that the US manganese process is suitable for pyrolusite stock materials, allowing manganese resources to be economically processed into high-purity manganese metal.

"As I said at the beginning of this process, this project provides an excellent opportunity for the people of Wenden, the American manganese industry and the entire U.S. mineral supply chain," said Congressman Paul Gosar (R-AZ). "At every step of this process, the work of American Manganese Corporation is open and transparent, and a solution has been proposed to convert the low-grade material inventory that was not needed by the U.S. taxpayers long ago into modern defense inventory materials. (EMM)). The United States is still 100% dependent on foreign EMM. When electrolytic manganese metal is a designated strategic defensive mineral, we cannot continue to rely on foreign supplies at all. Promoting this project is a powerful first step to ensure a sustainable source of supply for the United States."

As stated in the final project report:

"The patented American manganese process provides an important opportunity to produce electrolytic manganese metal, electrolytic manganese dioxide, and potential battery-grade manganese sulfate, using 350,000 short dry tons of defense stock materials located outside Wendeng, with a manganese grade of approximately 22% ,Arizona."

Project highlights include improving the process efficiency of the company's original manganese process and the production of manganese metal without adding toxic selenium. While meeting all project milestones, the results of the scoping study indicate areas that can benefit from additional research to achieve commercial-scale operations near Wendeng Reserve. 

"I am proud that in our final report submitted to the DLA, American Manganese successfully completed all the identified milestones in the project timeline, including the advanced material processing process we tested on a laboratory scale," commented President Larry Reaugh and USA Chief Executive Officer of Manganese Industry. "I believe that the use of AMY's patented process to process Wenden Stockpile materials is valuable, and we are actively seeking continued cooperation with DLA in the recycling of advanced materials."

There is no substitute for manganese in steel production. As Brian Gilbertson, the former CEO of BHP Billiton, said, “You cannot make steel without manganese. If you can’t make steel — the world will stop.” Responsible for overseeing U.S. defense inventories The DLA issued a 2022 inventory acquisition list, which continues to include electrolytic manganese metal.   

American Manganese Inc. is an important mineral company focused on using its closed-loop RecycLiCo™ process to upgrade lithium-ion battery waste into high-value battery cathode materials. With minimal processing steps and up to 99% extraction of lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese, the upgraded recycling process creates valuable lithium-ion battery materials that can be directly integrated into the remanufacturing of new lithium-ion batteries.

American Manganese's original patented manganese process is the cornerstone technology for the development of the company's lithium-ion battery cathode recycling process RecycLiCo™.

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