{"id":1166193,"date":"2020-02-18T08:15:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T14:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1014076"},"modified":"2020-02-18T11:15:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T17:15:28","slug":"ucore-to-test-innovation-metals-ree-oxides-extraction-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1166193","title":{"rendered":"Ucore to test Innovation Metals\u2019 REE oxides extraction technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ucore Rare Metal (TSXV: UCU) has executed a binding technical services agreement with Innovation Metals Corp. (IMC) to kick off a testing program for the processing of mixed rare-earth element concentrates into separated REE oxides.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The process uses Innovation Metals&#8217; proprietary RapidSX REE separation technology, which is an accelerated solvent-extraction-based REE separation mechanism for both heavy REE and light REE feedstocks, with expected significant technical and economic efficiencies for producing commercial-grade REO. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>As a result of the significantly increased kinetics of the RapidSX technology, the time to achieve equilibrium and separation is dramatically accelerated &#8211; from weeks to hours\/days <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Developed with $1.8 million in assistance from the U.S. Department of Defense&#8217;s Army Research Laboratory, RapidSX combines the time-proven chemistry of solvent extraction, the international REE industry&#8217;s standard commercial separation technology, with a new column-based platform, which significantly reduces time to process completion and plant footprint.<\/p>\n<p>IMC&#8217;s bench-scale test work will be based on a mixed REE concentrate produced from Ucore&#8217;s flagship Bokan project, located at Bokan Mountain in Alaska and\/or other commercially available, US allied-sourced, mixed REE concentrate feedstock sources currently under nearer-term consideration by Ucore. <\/p>\n<p>The study will assess yield potential for targeted REE compounds and will include preliminary technical and economic estimates of the separation and purification process, including capital and operating costs. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Based on IMC&#8217;s prior test programs and subject to the specific results of this study, the RapidSX REE separation technology, a derivative of SX technology, may offer a more efficient technological pathway for utilization in the company&#8217;s planned Alaska Strategic Metals Complex in Southeast Alaska,&#8221; 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