INTRODUCTION
Vanadium is a unique strategic metal that is often in high demand but short supply. Currently, with worldwide stocks declining, the race is on to find new sources. However, nearly all the new potential areas where Vanadium can be extracted are located in politically unstable or logistically remote regions. A junior resource firm laying claim to potentially some of the largest Vanadium deposits on earth, all of which are located in politically secure Quebec, Canada, is Apella Resources. The company is making strong headway with their Vanadium-Titanium-Iron projects.

APELLA’S VANADIUM PROJECTS UPDATE
Apella’s three Vanadium-Titanium-Iron projects are all located in the province of Quebec:

Lac Dore North Vanadium-Titanium-Iron Project
target="_blank">The Iron-T Vanadium-Titanium-Iron Project covers a significant portion of the renowned Bell River Complex near the town of Matagami, in the west-central region of Quebec. The property consists of 134 designated claim cells totaling 10,600 acres. Previous work on the Iron-T delineated and confirmed the presence of significant Vanadium, Titanium, and Iron mineralization over a distance of about 20 kilometres. Apella’s most recent channel sampling program, the results of which are detailed in Apella’s news release of October 30th, 2008, also yielded economic grades of Vanadium, Titanium and Iron. The company has since filed, on SEDAR, a NI 43-101 report on the Iron-T Project.

In the coming weeks Apella plans to embark on an ambitious drilling program that is hoping to show similarities between the Iron-T Vanadium-Titanium-Iron property and typical world class Vanadium deposits such as Lake Doré Complex in Chibougamau, Quebec, the Windimurra Complex in Australia, the Panzhihua layered intrusion in China, and the Bushveld Complex in South Africa.

http://www.apellaresources.com/informative-articles" target="_blank">WHAT IS VANADIUM?
A mineral primarily used in high-strength steel alloys, Vanadium offers strength and hardness while resisting corrosion. Vehicle axles, crankshafts, gears, surgical instruments, oil pipelines and high-speed tools are all created utilizing the resource.

Vanadium is also an essential component used in next-generation high-capacity batteries that can be charged and recharged indefinitely while remaining environmentally friendly. Hybrid automobiles and wind/solar/nuclear energy sources should all benefit from Vanadium batteries, as they are brought into the marketplace in the near future.

Vanadium also serves as a catalyst for sulphuric acid, plastic dyes, pigments, and glass, and is used in superconducting magnets.

LOOKING AHEAD
The future looks bright for Apella’s Vanadium properties. As the global economy continues to recover, the appetite for resources strengthens, and technology plays a greater role in shaping the world of tomorrow, Vanadium prices could climb in the weeks and months ahead. Here are several examples of Vanadium’s potential:

• Green Automobiles – Vanadium has been proven to double the energy density of conventional lithium ion batteries (the type of batteries used in most electric vehicles currently under development). Suburu has already decided to choose Vanadium lithium ion batteries for their concept electric vehicle, the G4e. As Vanadium becomes a key ingredient in the process of manufacturing electric vehicles, demand for the resource can increase dramatically.
• Green Energy – U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged to double the production of alternative energy in the next three years. Wind, solar, and nuclear energy sources require batteries that can retain large amounts of energy, while being capable of being recharged thousands and thousands of times. High capacity industrial Vanadium Redox Flow batteries are eco-friendly, can be charged and recharged more than 10,000 times, and are capable of maintaining their charge almost indefinitely.
• Interior Climate Control – Vanadium Dioxide (VO2) is a ground-breaking substance that may revolutionize interior climate control. Scientists at the University of Western Ontario have discovered that at 68 degrees Celsius Vanadium Dioxide turns from being a semiconductor to a metal. In its metallic state it reflects infrared light, or heat, away. When this material is coated as a thin film onto glass it has the potential of decreasing the greenhouse effect within cars and homes. The substance is now being tested and studied in laboratories worldwide, and a commercially-viable product will be potentially available within the next several years.

IN CLOSING
Apella is securely positioned as Vanadium becomes an essential ingredient of the green revolution set to occur all around us. With the global economy coming back to life, other uses for the mineral, primarily involving steel, can also help to propel its use forward.

Apella has an experienced management team led by Patrick O’Brien, President/CEO; Adrian O’Brien, Director Of Business Development; and Dr. Christian Derosier, Vice-President of Exploration. Their expertise is supplemented by an Advisory Board composed primarily of geologists and mining engineers with extensive industry experience in eastern Canada. The newest addition to the Advisory Board is Dr. Mehmet Taner, a world renowned Vanadium expert credited with the discovery of the Bell River Vanadium Deposit which is part of the Company’s Iron-T project in Matagami, Quebec.

Through savvy management and foresight, Apella has potentially secured one of the largest combined sources of Vanadium in the world. The company is firmly poised to do great things in the future.