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Namibia Critical Metals Drilling Program at Lofdal Heavy Rare Earth Project Underway
7,700 m of drilling planned at Area 4 with the objective to double the current resource siz...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nNamibia Critical Metals Drilling Program at Lofdal Heavy Rare Earth Project Underway7,700 m of drilling planned at Area 4 with the objective to double the current resource size1,500 m of drilling planned on exploration targets outside of Area 4Metallurgical test work initiated on 18 tonne bulk sample to optimize mineral sorting technologiesHALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA / ACCESSWIRE / March 11, 2020 / Namibia Critical Metals Inc. (\"Namibia Critical Metals\" or the \"Company\") (TSXV:NMI) today announced that drilling has commenced at the Lofdal Heavy Rare Earths Project (\"Lofdal\") in Namibia. Contracts have also been executed with process engineering firms in South Africa to initiate metallurgical test work to evaluate mineral sorting technologies. The drilling and metallurgical test work are both part of the budgeted CD$3,000,000 Term 1 work program being carried out under the Lofdal Joint Venture with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (\"JOGMEC\"). Details of the agreement with JOGMEC were provided in the Company press release dated January 27, 2020.Don Burton, President of Namibia Critical Metals stated \"We are extremely pleased be drilling again at Lofdal. The significance of the Area 4 deposit as a potential source of heavy rare earths which include dysprosium and terbium, has been historically overlooked with so much attention on the larger light rare earth projects. JOGMEC has recognized this potential which is why the first order of business for the JV is to expand the size of the mineral resource. We expect to be updating the market with drill results on a monthly basis for the duration of the drill program.\"The Lofdal Heavy Rare Earths Project is located 450 kilometers northwest of the capital city of Windhoek in the Kunene Region of north-western Namibia. The project area covers 314 square kilometers centered on the Lofdal carbonatite complex which hosts a number of rare earth occurrences, including the Area 4 deposit. Mineralization at Area 4 is dominated by xenotime, which is highly enriched in heavy rare earths. The objective of the drill program is to double the size of the current mineral resource at Area 4 and to test the potential of mineralization sampled at surface in the Northern Splay and Dolomite Hill targets (Figure 1 and Company press release February 11, 2020).Area 4 Resource Expansion Drill P...