Post by
AndyScience on Aug 11, 2020 1:04pm
Ucore's CDF Separation Facility
I know a lot of people are Qs about their timing on SMC facility in Alaska. On their website it mentione Design will take most of 2021 which means no revenue. However, if you read their website on CDF they are using that facility for several things.
THE RAPIDSX™ CDF WILL BE USED TO:
1) VALIDATE THE PHYSICAL DESIGN OF THE RAPIDSX™ PLATFORM AT SCALE;
2) VALIDATE THE SPECIFIC PROCESS FLOWSHEETS DEVELOPED FOR PARTICULAR REE AND OTHER FEEDSTOCKS UNDER CONSIDERATION;
3) GENERATE SAMPLES FOR POTENTIAL CUSTOMER AND LICENSEE EVALUATION; AND
4) TO COMPLETE A DETAILED TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF RAPIDSX™-BASED SEPARATION, AS PART OF THE COMMERCIALIZATION PROCESS.
Item 1 will be very important to have a facility to do research and refining production issues and test to scale...When IBC MRT do come into the picture this facility will be critical for interoperability and integration testing.
Item 2 is as important as the technology, refining process to specific REE minerals and validating the feedstock processes. As MRT are integrated processes might change and need refining.
Item 3 as I said before, Ucore wants to license their technology and processes to miners or investor who are interested in a Separation facility. This is a perfect demo size facility to show and tell...as well as help customer refine processes to their needs.
Item 4 is pretty much the end goal.
As I see this, once the CDF is up and running, they might be able to sell license to various REE mining companies or private investors (remember Hexagon is partners). Selling licenses is lucrative, usually involve design, deployment and support services. So we might not need to wait till the SMC to be up to see some revenue...This is how things go in tech. With their continuous win in court against IBC, license could include MRT if and when their have final acquisition, a bonus for potential future enhancement.
Comment by
PipinoCuevas on Aug 11, 2020 3:08pm
The reason I bring up the previous NR because it say design etc for both MRT and NON MRT This was why I was wondering why new design would take so long Figure alot of this maybe shouldve been done before This is not a bash Just a legit discussion point
Comment by
PipinoCuevas on Aug 11, 2020 3:14pm
Think I answered my own question re reading this they engaged ibc to design it, hence it did not get done My mistake disregard previous posts
Comment by
ausheds on Aug 11, 2020 3:21pm
Pip, haven't you worked out by now, Ucore only constructs PDF's.
Comment by
PipinoCuevas on Aug 11, 2020 5:39pm
Andy Re: Li You bring up something interesting LEXI was going to use MRT for Li but has not advance for yrs IDK if its because of court case ,economics or whatever goes back 3 yrs ago I beleive