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Defense Metals Attends U.S. Embassy, Ottawa 2021 SelectUSA Virtual Investment Summit As A Canadian Delegation Member
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Defense Metals Attends U.S. Embassy, Ottawa 2021 SelectUSA Virtual Investment Summit As A Canadian Delegation Member\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n ,\n \n June 7, 2021\n \n /CNW/ - Defense Metals Corp. (\"\n \n Defense Metals\n \n \") (TSXV: DEFN) (OTCQB: DFMTF) (FSE: 35D) is pleased to announce that having been invited by the U.S Embassy in\n \n Ottawa\n \n , it will be attending the 2021 SelectUSA Investment Summit to be held virtually\n \n June 7-11, 2021\n \n .\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Defense Metals is currently advancing the road accessible Wicheeda Critical Rare Earth Element (REE) Property, which is located close to infrastructure approximately 80 kilometres northeast of\n \n Prince George, British Columbia\n \n (BC). The Wicheeda project has\n \n indicated mineral resources of 4,890,000 tonnes averaging 3.02% LREO (Light Rare Earth Elements) and inferred mineral resources of 12,100,000 tonnes averaging 2.90% LREO\n \n \n 1\n \n \n \n .\n \n \n The Company continues to rapidly advance the Wicheeda REE deposit on multiple fronts. Highlights of current, ongoing and planned work during 2021 include:\n \n \n \n Plans for a minimum 2,000 metre and up to 5,000 metre resource expansion and definition drill campaign (\n \n see Defense Metal news release dated\n \n May 26, 2021\n \n )\n \n \n \n Continuation of ongoing environmental baseline monitoring program initiated approximately one year ago\n \n (see Defense Metal news release dated\n \n July 8, 2020\n \n \n )\n \n \n Nearing completion of infill hydrometallurgical optimisation test-work (\n \n see Defense Metal news release dated\n \n May 11, 2021\n \n \n )\n \n \n Preparation of high-grade REE mineral concentrate samples for shipment and evaluation by multiple potential future offtake partners or refineries (\n \n see Defense Metal news release dated\n \n April 12, 2021\n \n \n )\n \n \n Resource optimization and economic scoping studies preparatory to a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA)(\n \n see Defense...