Resently granted Patents noticed in Sedar FORM 10-Q filingThe Company has made two filings with the US Patent Office seeking patent protection on various aspects of its relevant technical program ideas, using technical information from preliminary bench scale testing with actual copper SX raffinate solutions. The first of those applications, filed in 2018, was granted in April 2021, US Patent No, 10,988,828, titled ‘Extraction of Scandium Values from Copper Leach Solutions”. The Company believes this extraction technology can be demonstrated with a working and successful copper plant installation, with proven knowhow. The Company intends to pursue a copper industry partner to demonstrate the economic viability of this technology, and to fully participate in the operation, ownership and production economics associated with a plant asset that is developed in concert with that partner.
On March 5, 2018, the Company also announced that it filed for patent protection on certain process refinements for master alloy manufacture that it believes are novel methods, and also on certain product variants that it believes represent novel forms of introducing scandium more directly into aluminum alloys. In April of 2021, the Company was granted Patent No. 10,988,830, titled “Scandium Master Alloy Production.