Mining News: News Nuggets: Independent analysis verifies SuperLig dysprosium recoveries

Ucore Rare Metals Inc. Sept. 26 said an independent third-party review has confirmed previously reported operational success of the SuperLig-One pilot plant near Salt Lake City, Utah. Under the observation of Ed Bentzen of Resource Development Inc., a pregnant leach solution from the Bokan Dotson-Ridge project in Southeast Alaska was submitted to the SuperLig-One purification circuit. Under Bentzen’s direction, output samples from the circuit, containing purified dysprosium, were then analyzed by both an independent commercial laboratory, Activation Laboratories, located in Ancaster, Ont., and an independent university laboratory, Brigham Young University, located in Provo, Utah. These laboratory results confirm and authenticate the 99.99 percent dysprosium purity obtained earlier by IBC Advanced Technologies Inc. “This is an exciting time for Ucore,” said Ucore President and CEO Jim McKenzie. “Our next steps will include the scoping of a full-scale production plant to process high demand specialty metals, possibly in the Houston area, and preparation for the licensing and joint-venturing of our pre-existing catalogue of SuperLig® products (which include dozens of customized molecules designed to locate and appropriate a variety of specialty metals) via a hub and spoke growth model.”

-Shane Lasley