VANCOUVER, July 18, 2012 /CNW/ - Tasman Metals Ltd. ("Tasman" or the "Company") (TSXV:TSM; Frankfurt:T61;
NYSE-MKT:TAS). Mark Saxon, President & CEO, is pleased to announce that Dr. Henning
Holmström has accepted the position of Managing Director of Tasman's
Swedish operating company "Tasmet AB" to represent the Company locally
as well as to implement Management's vision for the development of
Norra Karr. Dr. Holmström previously held the position of Project
Development Manager for the Company's flagship Norra Karr heavy rare
earth element (REE) project and was instrumental in the submission of
the Mining Lease application for Norra Karr as announced July 11,
21012.
Dr. Holmström has over 17 years of experience, and is a well known and
respected member of the Swedish mining community having filled
consulting, corporate and government roles prior to joining Tasman in
September 2011. He previously held a senior management position with
the international consulting group Golder Associates AB as the Client
Sector Leader of Mining in Scandinavia.
"Henning has provided great leadership for the Swedish team as we
collected the environmental data, undertook community meetings and
prepared the necessary documentation for the Mining Lease application"
said Mark Saxon, Tasman's President and CEO. "As Managing Director of
Tasmet AB, Henning will have a strong voice to with which to represent
Tasman Metals in Swedish and European forums, as Norra Karr progresses
towards development."
In addition, and in response to the rapid development of the Norra Karr
project, Tasman has recently expanded its Advisory Board with the
appointment of Ms. Heather White and Dr. Dag Øistein Eriksen who bring exceptional skills and experience to the Company.
Ms. White is a highly experienced consulting Mining Engineer, with 16
years in Canadian and international roles. Ms. White was recently
recognized for her leadership achievements as the 2012 Recipient of the
"Canadian Institute of Mining - Young Mining Leaders" Award. She has
held senior positions to Vice President level in major TSX listed
companies, and for two years was Mine Manager for the Voisey's Bay mine
in Labrador. Ms. White's major project development and management
experience provides Tasman's Swedish operating team with access to a
set of skills that are difficult to acquire.
Dr. Eriksen is based in Oslo, Norway, where he has had a long and
accomplished career in REE extraction and separation chemistry. During
the 1980's and early 1990's, Dr Eriksen was a senior scientist at Megon
AS (renamed as Extratec AS in 1991) that researched leaching of various
REE ores and developed the well known "Megon process" for the
extraction and purification of yttrium by solvent extraction. Through
his consulting roles, Dr. Eriksen is very well connected within Europe,
and ideally suited to advise Tasman as it assesses the various
processing and separation opportunities with which it has been
presented.
Tasman's 100% owned Norra Karr project is the only NI 43-101 compliant
REE resource in mainland Europe. Norra Karr lies 15km NNE of the
township of Gränna and 300km SW of the capital Stockholm in mixed
forestry and farming land. The short time taken from discovery to ML
application demonstrates the efficiency and advantage of operating in a
jurisdiction with a strong and transparent Mining Act and a long term
association with resource industries. The project is proximal to road,
rail, power and operating ports, plus skilled personnel, minimizing the
need for offsite infrastructure to be built by the Company.
Norra Karr is one of the largest and most economically robust projects
amongst its peers, due to the high contribution of the high value
critical REE's (dysprosium (Dy), yttrium (Y), neodymium (Nd), terbium
(Tb)). Substantial capital and operating cost benefits are provided by
the existing infrastructure and the simple mineralogy that allows
ambient temperature and pressure processing. Norra Karr's proximity
and easy road access to European markets stands as a unique operating
advantage for the project.
About Tasman Metals Ltd.
Tasman Metals Ltd is a Canadian mineral exploration and development
company focused on Rare Earth Elements (REE's) in the European region
and is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "TSM" and
the NYSE-MKT under the symbol "TAS". REE demand is increasing, due to
the metals' unique properties that make them essential for high
technology and environmentally-beneficial applications. Since over 95%
of REE supply is sourced from China, the European Union is actively
supporting policy to promote domestic supply of REE's, to ensure the
security of high-tech industry. Tasman's exploration portfolio is
uniquely placed, with the capacity to deliver "high-tech" metals from
politically stable, mining friendly jurisdictions with developed
infrastructure.
The Company's Norra Karr project in Sweden is one of the most
significant heavy REE resources in the world, and the only NI43-101
compliant REE resource in mainland Europe. The resource is unusually
low in radioactive metals relative to peer projects, with less than 15
ppm each of uranium and thorium.
For more information regarding rare earth elements, see the Rare Metal
Blog at www.raremetalblog.com or Resource Stock Digest at http://strategicmetalstocks.resourcestockdigest.com
On behalf of the Board,
"Mark Saxon"
Mark Saxon, President & CEO
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Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors Concerning Mineral Resources and
Reserves. In this news release, the definition of "mineral resources" is that used by the Canadian securities administrators and conforms to
the definition utilized by CIM in the
"CIM Standards on Mineral Resources and Reserves - Definitions and
Guidelines" adopted on August 20, 2000 and amended December 11, 2005.
The standards employed in estimating the mineral resources referenced in
this news release differ significantly from the requirements of the
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similar information reported by United States companies. The term "resources" does not equate to "reserves" and normally may not be included in documents filed with the SEC. "Resources" are sometimes referred to as "mineralization" or "mineral deposits." While the terms "mineral resource", "measured mineral resource", "indicated mineral resource" and "inferred mineral resource" are recognized and required by Canadian regulations, they are not
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the SEC. The terms "mineral reserve," "proven mineral reserve" and "probable mineral reserve" are Canadian mining terms as defined in accordance with National
Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101") and the CIM - CIM Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and
Mineral Reserves, adopted by the CIM Council, as may be amended from
time to time by the CIM. These definitions differ from the definitions
in the United States Securities and Exchange Commission Industry Guide
7 ("SEC Industry Guide 7") under the Securities Act of 1933. Under Canadian rules, estimates of
inferred mineral resources may not form the basis of feasibility or
prefeasibility studies, except in rare cases. Disclosure of "contained
ounces" in a resource is permitted disclosure under Canadian
regulations; however, the SEC normally only permits issuers to report
mineralization that does not constitute "reserves" by SEC standards as
in place tonnage and grade without reference to unit measures.
The estimation of measured, indicated and inferred mineral resources
involves greater uncertainty as to their existence and economic
feasibility than the estimation of proven and probable reserves. U.S.
investors are cautioned (i) not to assume that measured or indicated
resources will be converted into reserves and (ii) not to assume that
estimates of inferred mineral resources exist, are economically or
legally minable, or will be upgraded into measured or indicated mineral
resources. It cannot be assumed that the Company will identify any
viable mineral resources on its properties or that any mineral
reserves, if any, can be recovered profitably, if at all. As such,
information contained in this news release and the documents
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