Could Not Load Type Microsoft.VisualBasic.Information

Question

I am building .Net Core 2.0 web application that imports a .Net Framework 4.6.1 project class library. The solution builds properly, however, when reaching the below functionality, I receive this error:

System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'Microsoft.VisualBasic.Information' from assembly 'Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=10.0.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a

I have found Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll in: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.VisualBasic\v4.0_10.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a

However, the reference does not remain checked when attempting to add the it via Project -> Add Reference and browsing for it. I can check it, but when I return to the Reference Manager, the DLL is unchecked again.

The references and imported namespaces in the class library are as follows:

In case it matters, the functionality uses reflection, and is as follow (imports shown in case):

    Imports System.Data.SqlClient
    Imports System.Reflection
    Imports Microsoft.Win32


    Shared Function GetContentCostFieldMapping(Optional ByVal busGrp As String = Nothing, Optional ByVal program As String = Nothing) As CostFieldMapping
        Dim _conn As SqlConnection = Nothing
        Dim _row As CostFieldMapping = New CostFieldMapping

        Try
            _conn = New SqlConnection(_sqlDB)
            _conn.Open()

            Dim _cmd As SqlCommand
            Dim _dr As SqlDataReader

            _cmd = New SqlCommand("GetContentCostFieldMapping", _conn)
            _cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
            _cmd.Parameters.Add("@BusGrp", SqlDbType.NVarChar).Value = busGrp
            _cmd.Parameters.Add("@Program", SqlDbType.NVarChar).Value = program

            _dr = _cmd.ExecuteReader

            _row = SharedManager.GenericGet(Of CostFieldMapping)(_dr, False)
            Return _row
        Catch ex As Exception
            Helpers.LogMessage("Error: " + ex.Message + ". Stacktrace: " + ex.StackTrace)
        Finally
            If _conn IsNot Nothing AndAlso Not _conn.State = ConnectionState.Closed Then
                _conn.Close()
            End If
        End Try

        Return _row
    End Function

    Public Shared Function GenericGet(Of T As {Class, New})(dr As SqlDataReader, ByVal listFlag As Boolean)
        Dim results As Object
        If listFlag Then
            results = New List(Of T)()
        End If

        Dim businessEntityType As Type = GetType(T)
        Dim hashtable As New Hashtable()
        Dim properties As PropertyInfo() = businessEntityType.GetProperties()
        For Each info As PropertyInfo In properties
            hashtable(info.Name.ToUpper()) = info
        Next
        While dr.Read()
            Dim newObject As New T()
            For index As Integer = 0 To dr.FieldCount - 1
                Dim info As PropertyInfo = DirectCast(hashtable(dr.GetName(index).ToUpper()), PropertyInfo)
                If (info IsNot Nothing) AndAlso info.CanWrite AndAlso IsDBNull(dr.GetValue(index)) = False Then
                    SetValue(newObject, info, dr.GetValue(index))
                End If
            Next

            If listFlag Then
                results.Add(newObject)
            Else
                results = newObject
            End If
        End While
        dr.Close()
        Return results
    End Function

Not being able to add the DLL is the main issue, however, as I continue to debug, the debugger keeps throwing errors about missing libraries. Are the two projects incompatible? Is there a clean way to import a .NET Framework code library for use in a .NET core application?