AMERICAN MANGANESE INC. ANNOUNCES PUBLICATION OF LITHIUM ION BATTERY CATHODE RECYCLING PROCESS PATENT PENDING

 AMY Process Patent Still Under Patent Pending Protection in 152 Countries and Jurisdictions

 May 29, 2018 - Vancouver, BC

 Larry W. Reaugh, President and Chief Executive Officer of American Manganese Inc. (“American Manganese” or “AMY” or the “Company”), (TSX.V:  AMY; OTC-US:  AMYZF; FSE:  2AM), is pleased to announce that the Company's U.S. patent application has been published on May 17, 2018 under publication no. WO2018/089595 and titled: PROCESS OF COBALTOUS SULPHATE/DITH-IONATE LIQUORS DERIVED FROM COBALT RESOURCE.

The publication is available for viewing and downloading on WIPO's website at the following address: https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2018089595).  The product application discusses the Company's hydrometallurgical process for the successful recycling and recovery of cathode materials such as: lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese and aluminum from lithium ion batteries.

 Publication of the patent process takes us away from the area of a black box technology and now discloses the underlying process, which we believe will assist the Company in moving forward with potential partnerships”, says Larry W. Reaugh, C.E.O.

With increasing metal prices, decreasing resource availability and environmental regulations becoming stricter, ownership of this intellectual property creates a significant global opportunity for American Manganese.