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CENTRAL AMERICA NICKEL ANNOUNCES FILING OF PATENT FOR SEPARATION OF LIGHT AND HEAVY RARE EARTHS
Metallurgical testing for the extraction and separation of rare earth elements (REE) into elemental commercial concentrates has been conducted on material sourced from the Company's joint venture partner's, Auxico Resources Canada Inc. ("Auxico"), project in Vichada, Colombia ; the testing was conducted at the Coalia research center in Thetford Mines .
Of the rare earths subjected to this metallurgical process, Nd was concentrated at a rate of 5 times compared to the initial feed (grade of 8.73), Pr at a rate of 7 times (grade of 2.02), and Dy at a rate of 20 times (grade of 0.77). Both the light and heavy rare earth concentrates in Table 1 have been the object of further metallurgical testing in order to produce rare earths in refined elemental form using ligand chemistry, with initial results of up to 99% Nd, Pr, Sm and Gd.
Both CAN and Auxico have the objective of refining critical minerals into end user forms for the EV battery and power-train components manufacturing supply industry, and have jointly conducted scoping studies for the developing of processing and refining facilitie while leveraging the UAEx, alongside technology partners including Impact Global Solutions Inc. (IGS), Coalia, Polytechnique Montréal, and
McGill University . The main advantages of the UAEx process is that it enables minerals to separate from ore and into solution more efficiently and lower cost than traditional processing methods, with significantly less environmental impact, including substantially minimized CO emissions, waste and energy requirements.
Central America Nickel Inc. ("CAN") is a privately-held corporation based in Montreal , focused on the processing and purification of critical minerals and energy metals using patented and patent-pending technologies, in partnership with strategic partners. CAN has access, directly or through joint ventures, to minerals projects including nickel, cobalt, scandium, vanadium, lithium and rare earth elements located in several countries, including Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
For more information on the Company, contact: Pierre Gauthier , Chairman & CEO, Central America Nickel Inc., Tel: +1 514-299-0881, Email: pg@centralamericanickel.com
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