Several known rare earth element, rare metal, carbonatite, and nepheline syenite prospects are located in the Rocky Mountain Rare Metal Belt of British Columbia. These include the Aley niobium prospect, the SE Cap, N Cap, S Seebach, and MagAnomaly 1 rare earth element prospects, and the Wicheeda, Chuchinka, Tacheeda, and Blue River rare earth element prospects. The document provides a map of the region showing the locations of these prospects and indicates their commodities and owning companies.
The rare earth elements (REE) are fifteen elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71, from lanthanum to lutetium (“lanthanides”), plus yttrium (39), which is chemically similar to the lanthanide elements and thus typically included with the rare earth elements. Although industrial demand for these elements is relatively small in tonnage terms, they are essential for a diverse and expanding array of high-technology applications.
REE-containing magnets, metal alloys for batteries and light-weight structures, and phosphors are essential for many current and emerging alternative energy technologies, such as electric vehicles, energy-efficient lighting, and wind power. REE are also critical for a number of key defense systems and other advanced materials.....
The rare earth elements (REE) are fifteen elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71, from lanthanum to lutetium (“lanthanides”), plus yttrium (39), which is chemically similar to the lanthanide elements and thus typically included with the rare earth elements. Although industrial demand for these elements is relatively small in tonnage terms, they are essential for a diverse and expanding array of high-technology applications.
REE-containing magnets, metal alloys for batteries and light-weight structures, and phosphors are essential for many current and emerging alternative energy technologies, such as electric vehicles, energy-efficient lighting, and wind power. REE are also critical for a number of key defense systems and other advanced materials.....
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Secutor Capital Management Corporation Update on Commerce Resources Corp. (Fe...Rare Earths / Rare Metals
Secutor Capital Management Corporation update on Commerce Resources Corp. On February 11, Commerce announced the start-up of the mineral processing
mini pilot plant for Ashram. During 2014, Commerce completed bench scale testing of the deposit and confirmed a mineral processing flowsheet that included a grinding circuit, a flotation circuit, a weak hydrochloric acid (HCl) leach to remove carbonate, and Wet High Intensity Magnetic Separation (WHIMS) to remove fluorite. The resultant mineral concentrate assayed 43.6% total rare earth oxide (TREO) with recoveries of 70.7%. A mini pilot plant is the next step to substantiate the Company’s flowsheet and the viability of its rare earth concentrate products. Commerce estimates that $1.2 million will be
required to complete downstream metallurgical work at Ashram, including the operation of the hydrometallurgical pilot plant portion...
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A broad range of non-fuel metals and minerals are critical to the United States commercial manufacturing base, the US hopes for a transition to a green-energy economy, sustained innovations in the high-tech sector, and advanced weapons systems to allow our military to e!ectively fulfil its mission to protect the homeland and project American power around the globe.
As a result, access to critical and minerals and metals becomes a matter of national security. Given that, one would expect that formulating a coherent national mineral strategy to ensure such access would be a public policy imperative.
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Map of the Rocky Mountain Rare Metal Belt (August 2011 Update)
1. Known Rare Metal, Rare Earth Element,
Carbonatite and Nepheline Syenite Prospects
ROCKY MOUNTAIN RARE METAL BELT,
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Yukon N.W.T. 0 50
Scale: 1:5,250,000
100 150 200 250
! ZEN Kilometers
Atlin
RO
!
ASH-COT Xeno
CK
Carbo
YM
Aley
PELL
SPECTRUM
MINING CORP.
Loonie
MEL
Wicheeda
OU
NT
SE Cap, N Cap,
S Seebach,
AI
MagAnamoly 1
Chuchinka
N
Mackenzie
OLD LIMESTONE
RA
Carbonatite !
Syndicate
Prince Alberta
RE
George
!
Arctic Star Exploration Corp.
BEAR RIDGE
Ice River
ME
Cap, Seebach,
Javorsky Quesnel
!
TA
Elkford
LB
!
Tacheeda
TRIDENT !
Blue River KIN
British
!
PERRY RIVER - ZIRCONIUM MTN
Columbia
!
!
APOLLO IRC
!
EL
NAME COMMODITY COMPANY
!
HIREN
Aley Nb Taseko Mines KamloopsCLAIRE !
SE Cap, N Cap,
!
LINDMARK
!
S Seebach, MagAnamoly 1 REE Northcore Resources
MUNROE
!
T
!
Cap, Seebach, Javorsky REE Arctic Star Exploration
Carbo REE, Nb Canadian Int'l Minerals / !
Commerce Resources Merritt
Carbonatite Syndicate REE Bolero Resources
Chuchinka REE Electric Metals / Int'l Montoro Kelowna SPECTRUM
Lonnie REE, Nb Rara Terra Minerals / Kin, Trident, Claire,
American Manganese Lindmark, IRC, MINING CORP.
Tacheeda REE Int'l Montoro
Trident, Kin, Hiren,
Munroe, Hiren
IRC ,Munroe REE, Ta, Nb Critical Elements Rock Canyon
Blue River (Upper Fir) Ta, Nb Commerce Resources
Wicheeda REE Spectrum Mining Vancouver Washington
Idaho Montana