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HPQ Confirms Fumed Silica Produced With Pilot Scale Reactor is Independently Verified as Meeting Commercial Grade “150”
New commercial milestone reached, lab scale results fully replicatedMONTREAL, Jan. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HPQ Silicon Inc. (“HPQ” or the “Company”) (“HPQ” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: HPQ, OTCQB: HPQFF, FRA: O08), a technology company driving innovation in advanced materials and critical process development, is pleased to announce that it has recently received independent verification of its most recent test results from a potential customer, under LOI [1]. These results confirmed that the fu
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