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Rain City Resources Inc. Announces Strategic Alliance with Fraunhofer Chile to Advance Its Next-Generation DLE Platform Across the Lithium Triangle
Alliance enhances technical validation, pilot readiness, metallurgical development and execution capacity in Argentina, Bolivia and ChileCalgary, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - May 13, 2026) - Rain City Resources Inc. (CSE: RAIN) - Rain City Resources Inc. ("Rain" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with Fundación Fraunhofer Chile Research, part of the broader Fraunhofer network, one of the world's most respected applied research platforms and.
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