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Green Shift Commodities Provides Metallurgical Update for Berlin Deposit with High Recoveries through Membrane Technology
TORONTO, Nov. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Green Shift Commodities Ltd. (TSXV: GCOM), (“Green Shift” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the results of fur
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[{"type":"text","content":" TORONTO, Nov. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Green Shift Commodities Ltd. (TSXV: GCOM), (“Green Shift” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the results of further test work that show membrane technology being utilized for testing at the Company’s Berlin Deposit to be highly efficient in separating uranium, battery commodities and rare earth elements found in the Company’s Berlin Deposit (“Berlin”). Prior test work showed that not only could membranes significantly reduce the size of the processing plant but could simplify the recovery of phosphoric acid in comparison to the design modelled in the previous economic assessment of the Project completed in 2013. The current reported results are from tests undertaken during the second phase of a three-phase testing program, completed earlier this year. Highlights The test work was successful in achieving uranium, nickel, vanadium and rare earth element recoveries of over 95%. Phosphoric acid recovery is comparatively lower and other membranes will be tested to improve its recovery. The greater efficiency of membranes in separating rare earth elements could significantly increase the potential of the Berlin Deposit. Trumbull Fisher, Director, and CEO commented, “We are very pleased and encouraged by the improved recoveries achieved by membranes in recovering the green energy metals during metallurgical testing on our Berlin asset. This asset contains commodities that are critical to the global green movement as we drive towards cleaner sources of energy and energy storage. In addition, we continue to seek other battery metal assets that would compliment Berlin’s core commodities and be accretive to our Company’s vision of becoming a go-to source of clean energy commodities.” Membrane Efficiency Test work completed to date demonstrates that membrane separation is a highly efficient process at concentrating uranium, nickel, vanadium, rare earth elements, molybdenum and zinc from a liquid that was synthesized to match the pregnant leach solution (“PLS”) – the liquid generated from leaching the mineralized rock - from the Berlin Deposit. The results show that metals are effectively separated from the PLS. While phosphoric acid recovery is not as good with the selected membranes, further work will consider options to improve this – aiming for a target range of 80% to 90% recovery. Table...