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Search Minerals Announces Results of Magnetic Separation Testing to Produce Rare Earth Concentrates
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Search Minerals Inc. (TSXV: SMY) (“Search” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce that SGS Ca
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Search Minerals Inc. (TSXV: SMY) (“Search” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce that SGS Canada Inc. (“SGS”) has reported on pre-concentration of the rare earth content of DEEP FOX, FOXTROT and FOX MEADOW mineral samples using Low Intensity Magnetic Separation (LIMS) and Wet High Intensity Magnetic Separation (WHIMS). This program was initiated following the successful use of LIMS to concentrate magnetite and WHIMS to concentrate rare earth elements prior to zirconia flotation with a channel sample of SILVER FOX deposit mineralization (see Search Minerals new release January 12, 2021). HIGHLIGHTS – RARE EARTH CONCENTRATION The DEEP FOX, FOXTROT and FOX MEADOW results for WHIMS concentration of REE’s are shown below. A sample of DEEP FOX mineralization containing 1.15% TREO/Y was treated sequentially by LIMS and WHIMS. The WHIMS concentrate was enriched to 5.55% TREO/Y containing enriched levels of the key magnet making elements (Nd/Pr/Tb/Dy). The overall recovery of TREO/Y to the WHIMS Concentrate was 78.3% A sample of FOXTROT mineralization containing 1.13% TREO/Y enriched to 4.81% TREO/Y in the WHIMS concentrate with an overall recovery of 78.3%. A sample of FOX MEADOW mineralization containing 0.92% TREO/Y enriched to 3.91% TREO/Y in the WHIMS concentrate with an overall recovery of 81.8%. Further work at SGS Canada is planned to investigate increases in recovery and grade of the WHIMS rare earth concentrates and to demonstrate REE recovery via the Search Direct Extraction process applied to the concentrates. DEEP FOX Nd (g/t) Pr (g/t) Tb (g/t) Dy (g/t) TREO/Y Mineral Sample 1633 419 44 266 1.15% WHIMS Concentrate 8061 2097 204 1183 5.55% Recovery (%) 80.3 81.0 73.1 71.7 78.3 FOXTROT Nd (g/t) Pr (g/t) Tb (g/t) Dy (g/t) TREO/Y Mineral Sample 1553 418 35 223 1.13% WHIMS Concentrate 6760 1830 132 824 4.81% Recovery (%) 80.1 80.9 70.3 69.4 78.3 FOX MEADOW Nd (g/t) Pr (g/t) Tb (g/t) Dy (g/t) TREO/Y Mineral Sample 1480 381 33 184 0.92% WHIMS Concentrate 6163 1623 115 663 3.91% Recovery (%) 82.6 85.9 65.9 64.6 81.8 SGS Magnetic Separation Testing was conducted on three samples of mineralization from the DEEP FOX, FOXTROT and FOX MEADOW deposits within the Port Hope Simpson Critical...