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Canadian Mining Venture Secures Another Brazilian Mining Claim

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Highlights

  • Appia acquired an additional 1,969.06-hectare mining claim adjacent to existing mineral rights in Brazil through public bidding.
  • The new claim expands potential rare earth mineralization targets Taygeta and Merope, increasing the total project area.
  • The company faces financial challenges typical of prospecting ventures.
  • There are potential risks for investors despite promising exploration results.

Appia Rare Earths & Uranium Corp. traded as (CSE: API) (OTCQB: APAAF) (FWB: A0I0) (MUN: A0I0) (BER: A0I0) announced it secured one (1) additional mining claim on the Eastern border adjacent to its existing mineral claims at the PCH project through a public bidding process conducted by the Brazilian National Mining Agency (“Agencia Nacional de Mineração” or “ANM”).

The new mining claim (see Map #1) will increase the total project area by an additional 1,969.06 hectares to the existing mineral rights which now covers an impressive 42,932.24 hectares. This important addition to the project enables Appia to expand the potential rare earth mineralization associated with the ionic adsorption clay (IAC) targets – Taygeta and Merope – previously identified and currenty under exploration through auger drilling. (See Press Release May 14th, 2024 – Click here (opens in a new tab)).

Stephen Burega, President, said, “The addition of this new mineral claim is very important as it extends the potential of our Eastern targets – Taygeta and Merope. Both of these target zones have shown a consistent IAC mineralization and strong desorption results for the magnet rare earths that we are looking to identify. And we expect that both target zones will extend into this new claim area.”

This company faces plenty of financial challenges like most prospecting ventures.

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Map 1 – Location of Tenement 860.009/2020 (in yellow) and PCH Targets (in green).

The technical information in this news release, including the information related to geology, drilling, and mineralization, has been reviewed and approved by Andre L. L. Costa, Appia’s VP Exploration for Brazil, with more than 30 years of relevant experience. Mr. Costa is a APEGS Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) and a Fellow of Australian Institute of Geoscientists (FAIG), a Qualified Person (QP) as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

About Appia Rare Earths & Uranium Corp. (Appia)

Appia is a publicly traded Canadian company in the rare earth element and uranium sectors. The Company holds the right to acquire up to a 70% interest in the PCH Ionic Adsorption Clay Project (See June 9th, 2023 Press Release – Click HERE (opens in a new tab)) which is 42,932.24 ha. in size and located within the Goiás State of Brazil. (See January 11th, 2024 Press Release – Click HERE (opens in a new tab)) The Company is also focusing on delineating high-grade critical rare earth elements and gallium on the Alces Lake property, and exploring for high-grade uranium in the prolific Athabasca Basin on its Otherside, Loranger, North Wollaston, and Eastside properties. The Company holds the surface rights to exploration for 94,982.39 hectares (234,706.59 acres) in Saskatchewan. The Company also has a 100% interest in 13,008 hectares (32,143 acres), with rare earth elements and uranium deposits over five mineralized zones in the Elliot Lake Camp, Ontario.

Appia has 149.4 million common shares outstanding, 170.8 million shares fully diluted.

Some analysts consider this a value trap.

So what is a “value trap”? It is a stock that appears to be a great bargain due to a low valuation based on metrics like price-to-earnings ratio (P/E), but is actually a poor investment because underlying problems prevent the company from growing or performing well, meaning the low price is not indicative of true value and could lead to further declines instead of potential gains for investors; essentially, it’s a stock that looks cheap on the surface but is cheap for a reason.

This and many companies like it face substantial financial challenges due to the high-risk nature of the industry. Causes for these challenges range from high initial costs and market volatility to difficulty securing financing, environmental and regulatory compliance costs, operational risks, and infrastructure needs.

Due to these factors, many prospecting mining companies experience periods of financial instability and depend on a combination of high commodity prices, strong investment backing, and successful exploration results to mitigate these challenges.  We cannot be certain as to the present company, but investors should be cautious.

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