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New Technology for Recovering Iron and Vanadium from Vanadiferous Titanomagnetite
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nNew Technology for Recovering Iron and Vanadium from Vanadiferous Titanomagnetite\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nVANCOUVER, Feb. 28, 2017\n\n\n\nTSX-V: \"VRB\"\n\n\n\nVANCOUVER, Feb. 28, 2017 /CNW/ - VANADIUMCORP RESOURCE INC. February 28, 2017, VanadiumCorp Resource Inc. (TSX-V: \"VRB\") is pleased to announce that it has applied jointly with Electrochem Technologies & Materials Inc. \"Electrochem\" for a US provisional patent application (US 62/463,411) for a combined metallurgical and chemical process. Successful test work commenced by Dr. Francois Cardarelli at Electrochem's facilities in Boucherville, Quebec yielded high recoveries of both iron and vanadium values from a vanadiferous titanomagnetite concentrate that was extracted, prepared and beneficiated by IOS Services Geoscientifiques Inc., directly from the Company's 100% owned Lac Dore Vanadium Project in Chibougamau, Quebec.\n\n\n \n \n\n \nConventional pyrometallurgical processes utilize either direct soda ash roasting of the magnetite followed by water leaching, or the arc smelting and slagging of the magnetite followed by soda ash roasting of the vanadium-rich slag. Smelting or roasting is capital intensive with high operating costs, technical risks and significant emissions of greenhouse gases that pose serious environmental issues. Hydrometallurgical processes for the extraction of vanadium have been proposed in the last decade as a lower cost alternative in replacement of the conventional processes but they fail to produce a high quality iron co-product.\n\nThe Vanadiumcorp-Electrochem Technology addresses these key issues and allows the full recovery of vanadium for the production of either a vanadium electrolyte (VE) or vanadium chemicals used for preparing vanadium battery electrolyte as well as the concurrent production of a high quality and competitive iron co-product.\n\nAdriaan Bakker, CEO of Vanadiumcorp states, \"Direct co-recovery of high quality and competitive iron product adds significant value to our resources and production potential. Our en...