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District Announces Promising Water Treatment Results from Collaboration with Xoma AB
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 19, 2026) - District Metals Corp. (TSXV: DMX) (Nasdaq First North: DMXSE SDB) (OTCQX: DMXCF) (FSE: DFPP); ("District" or the "Company") is pleased to report highly encouraging results from collaboration with Swedish water treatment innovator Xoma AB. The joint initiative is focused on advancing effective solutions for the purification of water impacted by metal leaching from mineralized Alum Shale recovered from the Viken Property located in...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 19, 2026) - District Metals Corp. (TSXV: DMX) (Nasdaq First North: DMXSE SDB) (OTCQX: DMXCF) (FSE: DFPP); ("District" or the "Company") is pleased to report highly encouraging results from collaboration with Swedish water treatment innovator Xoma AB. The joint initiative is focused on advancing effective solutions for the purification of water impacted by metal leaching from mineralized Alum Shale recovered from the Viken Property located in Jämtland County, central Sweden.","length":549,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The collaboration underscores District's commitment to working with Swedish-based partners and supporting domestic innovation as the Company advances its mineral projects in Sweden. By leveraging Swedish engineering expertise and environmental technology developed specifically for Nordic operating conditions, District aims to create robust solutions that meet or exceed environmental standards and regulations for all of its mineral projects in Sweden.","length":458,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Preliminary testing evaluated a stepwise microalgae-based purification process using water mixed with mineralized Alum Shale (leachate) designed to replicate conditions associated with natural Alum Shale weathering. Under certain environmental conditions Alum Shale has potential to mobilize metals into water.","length":310,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"District notes that Boliden Mineral AB and Xoma AB started collaborating in May 2025 on the evaluation and pilot deployment of Xoma's FLOW water-treatment technology at Boliden's Rönnskär smelter operation in Sweden.","length":224,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Strong Performance from Microalgae Treatment","length":44,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The initial study compared leachate against water treated through one, two, and three sequential purification steps, using both single and double doses of microalgae biomass.","length":174,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Results demonstrated a consistent and substantial reduction in key metal concentrations across all treatment stages. Notably, when a double algae dose was applied, drinking water quality thresholds for central parameters were achieved after just one treatment step for nickel ...