Defense Metals Receives Positive Results from Ucore Rare Metals Inc. on its Wicheeda Rare Earth Carbonate Sample
VANCOUVER, BC, April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Defense Metals Corp. ("Defense Metals" or the "Company"; (TSXV: DEFN) (OTCQB: DFMTF) (FSE:35D) is pleased to announce that Ucore Rare Metals Inc. ("Ucore")(TSXV: UCU) received and tested a Wicheeda mixed rare earth carbonate ("MREC") sample at its Kingston, Ontario, RapidSX™ Commercialization and Demonstration Facility ("CDF").
- VANCOUVER, BC, April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Defense Metals Corp. ("Defense Metals" or the "Company"; (TSXV: DEFN) (OTCQB: DFMTF) (FSE:35D) is pleased to announce that Ucore Rare Metals Inc. ("Ucore")(TSXV: UCU) received and tested a Wicheeda mixed rare earth carbonate ("MREC") sample at its Kingston, Ontario, RapidSX™ Commercialization and Demonstration Facility ("CDF").
- SGS Canada Inc. in Lakefield, Ontario, shipped the sample to Ucore's CDF on behalf of Defense Metals.
- This sample was generated during Defense Metals' 2023 hydrometallurgical piloting test work performed on concentrate produced by earlier flotation pilot plant testing of a 26-tonne bulk sample from Defense Metal's wholly-owned Wicheeda Property in British Columbia.
- "We are pleased that Ucore has concluded that our Wicheeda MREC material is well suited for their RapidSX™ technology and commercial-scale REE separation and oxide production plans.