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Ucore Hosts RapidSX(TM) Demo Plant Tours and Updates on Successful REE Separation Commissioning Trials
Ucore's Kingston, Ontario, RapidSX™ Rare Earth Element ("REE") Separation Demonstration Pl...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Ucore Hosts RapidSX(TM) Demo Plant Tours and Updates on Successful REE Separation Commissioning TrialsUcore's Kingston, Ontario, RapidSX™ Rare Earth Element (\"REE\") Separation Demonstration Plant (\"Demo Plant\"):hosted dozens of industry and government visitors for private tours and presentations in early Marchhas successfully achieved the first phase of extraction testing during its synthetic monazite commissioning trials Halifax, Nova Scotia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 16, 2023) - Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSXV: UCU) (OTCQX: UURAF) (\"Ucore\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to provide an update on activities at its RapidSX™ Demonstration Plant (\"Demo Plant\") for the separation of heavy and light rare earth elements (\"REEs\"). The Demo Plant is located within Ucore's RapidSX™ Commercialization and Demonstration Facility (\"CDF\") in Kingston, Ontario, and is run by its laboratory partner, Kingston Process Metallurgy Inc. (\"KPM\").Figure 1 – The 52-Stage RapidSX™ REE Separation Demo Plant in Kingston, OntarioDesigned to Process HREE & LREE Feedstocks Derived from Bastnasite, Eudialyte, Ionic Clay, Monazite, Xenotime, and other Mineralization Sources. Plant presentations and tours below.To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit:https://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/1119/158683_rapidsx_tour2.jpgIn early March, the Company hosted dozens of industry and government visitors for private tours and presentations at its CDF in Kingston, Ontario. The by-invite-only tours introduced and/or updated key existing and prospective strategic partners by demonstrating the operational advantages of Ucore's RapidSX™ 52-stage REE separation processing system. Ucore highlighted the uniqueness of being able to qualify original equipment manufacturers (\"OEM\") planned product requirements and outlined the next stages of commercial deployment activities made possible by the upscale design and function of the Demo Plant. Ucore is now executing a commercial deployment strategy of its RapidSX™ technology platform, which involves \"copying and pasting\" the current activities within the CDF to its first planned commercial scale REE separation and oxide production plant.The Company, its engineering partner, Mech-Chem Associates, Inc. (\"Mech-Chem\"), and the scientific team at KPM are dev...