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IBN Announces Latest Episode of The MiningNewsWire Podcast featuring Pat Ryan, CEO of Ucore Rare Metals Inc.
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via IBN – IBN , a multifaceted co...
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[{"type":"text","content":"IBN Announces Latest Episode of The MiningNewsWire Podcast featuring Pat Ryan, CEO of Ucore Rare Metals Inc.\n\n\n\n AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via\n \n IBN\n \n –\n \n IBN\n \n , a multifaceted communications organization engaged in connecting public companies to the investment community, is pleased to announce the release of the latest episode of\n \n The MiningNewsWire Podcast\n \n as part of its sustained effort to provide specialized content distribution via widespread syndication channels.\n \n\n The MiningNewsWire Podcast features revealing sit-downs with executives who are shaping the future of the global mining industry. The latest episode features Pat Ryan, P.Eng., Chairman and CEO of\n \n Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSX.V: UCU) (OTCQX: UURAF)\n \n , a critical metals technology company developing scalable rare earth element (“REE”) refining infrastructure in North America.\n \n\n To begin the interview, Ryan explained how his background helped shape Ucore’s mission.\n \n\n “As I looked more closely at the supply chains for electric vehicles, I realized there are no metallic supply chains to feed these particular vehicles. I was a board member of Ucore at that time… and encouraged the board to look at actually building manufacturing plants, processing, and moving forward… Rare earth is just another market, but a very new one, and it needs a 21st-century digital manufacturing approach.”\n \n\n He then detailed how Ucore’s refining platform gained validation from the U.S. government.\n \n\n “The U.S. DoD put a bid out… to find the technology for processing and refining in the mid-market, something that’s very competitive. We had a $4 million U.S. contract to run our commercial demonstration plant using multiple feedstocks… generating heavy and light rare earth products and running thousands of hours. The DoD came to our Kingston plant and to central Louisiana, where we’re essentially doing a copy and paste of Kingston, and they really liked what they saw… They invested $18.4 million in mid-May, and by the end of May, we had a groundbreaking in Louisiana.”\n \n\n Finally, he described how Ucore is transitioning from early-stage discussions to integrated commercial partnerships, with direct invo...