
Capacitor Metals, a member of the Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center (T.I.C.) attended the 67th General Assembly (GA) on September 13 -16, 2026 in Yinchuan, China. This annual event is the most important event for all companies involved in both critical metals, tantalum and niobium. This GA saw the largest number of attendees ever as both metals are seeing significant global demand growth from their importance in AI, data centers, aerospace, robotics and defence. Tantalum is also faced with ongoing supply side issues with a greatly increased global interest in new sources of raw material. Capacitor Metals is committed to advancing its Upper Fir Deposit towards ethical commercial production to address this continued increased global demand.
Capacitor Metals President Chris Grove says;
“I have been to many GA’s over the years but I’ve never witnessed the general height of interest in new sources of tantalum, and we’ve never received the volume of interest in our Blue River project specifically, such as was the case in Yinchuan with the ongoing increase of demand and the much more intense focus on the traceability of ore sourcing. It was also great to be mentioned as the only T.I.C. member to have supplied raw materials to the Horizon Europe funded Bloom project.”
Dr. Daniel F. Persico (8 time T.I.C President), President -MTAL LLC, Critical Minerals Consultancy has this to say;
“The issues associated with tantalite and colombite sourced from Central Africa, are only exacerbated by the continued rising demand, for tantalum, from the electronics and adjacent market segments. This demand, driven in a large part by AI, as well as aerospace and defense, has strained the ability of the tantalum supply chain, to meet both current and future requirements. As such, the Capacitor Metals’ Blue River project is essential to increasing and diversify the supply of tantalum, on a global basis.”
Of special importance, the Anders Ekberg prize was awarded this year to the academics who have advanced the potential game changing Theta Phase Tantalum Nitride technology which has vastly superior conductivity to copper, and also boasts significantly lower heat transfer.
Check out picture from T.I.C conference in attendance with
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Marko Komac (Treasurer, International Raw Materials Observatory, Vice-President, IUGS, RA Chair, Natural Hazards PoE Coordinator, EFG), Chris Grove, and Ian Margerison (Executive Marketing Manager, Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center)

On Behalf of the Board of Directors Capacitor Metals Corp.
Chris Grove President and CEO Tel: 236 484 – 0284
Email: cgrove@capacitormetals.com Web:www.capacitormetals.com
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements, which includes any information about activities, events or developments that the Company believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future. Statements in this document which are not purely historical are forward-looking statements, including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations, or intentions regarding future events. Forward looking statements in this news release include statements regarding the Offering and the proposed use of proceeds; statements that the Company is specifically focused on the development of its Blue River tantalum and niobium deposit in British Columbia; and statements that the Company is positioning to be one of the lowest cost, ethically sourced tantalum-niobium producers globally.
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Last modified: September 28, 2026