TORONTO, Jan. 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Giyani Metals Corp. (TSXV:EMM, GR:A2DUU8) (" Giyani " or the " Company "), developer of the K.

Hill Battery-Grade Manganese Project in Botswana (" K.Hill " or “ the Project ”), is pleased to provide an update on the start of production at the Demonstration Plant (“ Demo Plant ”) in Johannesburg. H ighlights: The Production ramp-up (C5 Commissioning) phase has commenced, and the team continues to work determinedly towards first production of battery-grade manganese (HPMSM).

The Demo Plant materially advanced Hot Commissioning (C4 Commissioning) during January 2025. C4 and C5 commissioning naturally progress in parallel in the final stages of commissioning. Demo Plant product samples are on track to be produced in Q1 2025 and then provided to potential off-takers to begin qualification trials as part of the offtake process, which will form an integral component of Project Financing.

The Demo Plant is designed to identify opportunities, improve the design, and significantly derisk the project as Giyani will better understand how the Commercial Plant (to be built in Botswana) will respond in advance of construction, commissioning, and ramp-up. The Demo Plant also enables final optimisation of the engineering design and flowsheet in order to reduce operating costs and carbon profiles, in parallel with the Definitive Feasibility Study (“ DFS ”) which is underway and expected to be completed in 2025. In addition to targeted opera.