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Ucore Upscales its REE Demo Plant Capabilities and Streamlines the RapidSX Commercial Deployment Plan
Ucore's enhanced Demo Plant will be able to process: Tens of tonnes of mixed rare earth c...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Ucore Upscales its REE Demo Plant Capabilities and Streamlines the RapidSX Commercial Deployment PlanUcore's enhanced Demo Plant will be able to process:Tens of tonnes of mixed rare earth concentrates on a per annum basis.Many feedstock sources, including planned light and heavy rare earth element feedstocks for the Strategic Metals Complexes (SMC).All RapidSX™ splits required to produce individual praseodymium, neodymium, terbium, and dysprosium.Planned product qualification trials in Q4-2022 for prospective North American metal/alloy makers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).Full-scale SMC techno-economic assessment and engineering data transfer.Halifax, Nova Scotia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 12, 2022) - Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSXV: UCU) (OTCQX: UURAF) (\"Ucore\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to provide an update on the Innovation Metals Corp.[i] (\"IMC\") RapidSX™ rare earth element (\"REE\") separation technology platform and the Company's commercial Strategic Metals Complex (\"SMC\") technology deployment process (the \"Program\"). The work is taking place at the companies' laboratory partner's (Kingston Process Metallurgy Inc. (\"KPM\")) facility in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.Since the Company's December 29, 2021, technology update, the Ucore, IMC, and KPM commercialization team (the \"Team\") has continued to assess and develop the RapidSX™ technology platform at the Commercialization and Development Facility (\"CDF\"). The critical component in this process is the design and construction of the RapidSX™ REE demonstration-scale plant (\"Demo Plant\") that will reside within the 5000-square-foot CDF. \"IMC's solvent extraction process, RapidSX™, has different components that allow us to Westernize this standard chemical process so that 'technology risk' is eliminated while in compliance with North American environmental and worker safety standards. The cellular design is scalable and allows for rapid production capacity expansion in a safe and responsible manner,\" said Dr. Boyd Davis, a Principal of KPM.Figure 1 - Engineered Design of the Currently Under Construction 51-Stage RapidSX™ REE Demo PlantTo view an enhanced version of Figure 1, please visit:https://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/1119/130641_976b1681f419aaca_001full.jpgUp through Q1-2022, the Team had planned, desi...