RE:RE:Scale up, options, and sources. Ryan: "you get an output that is 3 to 7 to 5 times greater than what a solvent extraction loop might do" Reminds me of Trump - ever increasing exaggeration, then catches himslef gettin g too carried away and walks it back a little.
PDAC ended March 8. The March 16 PR doesn't mention speed or cost savings. Says "Solvent extraction by RapidSX™ is highly effective, efficient, adaptable, and easy to implement in contrast to conventional mixer settlers." Maybe with more CDF experience, Ucore decided to pivot away from speed and cost claims?
March 16 PR: Ucore Hosts RapidSX™ Demo Plant Tours and Updates on Successful REE Separation Commissioning Trials Fuller quote from PR:
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Concurrently, the Company has successfully completed the first phase of extraction circuit testing during its SX-1 synthetic monazite trials at the Demo Plant. SX-1 is designed to separate the heavy REE (“HREE”) from the light REE (“LREE”); the results showed that the target separation was achieved and could be enhanced by further tuning of the operational parameters – which is the specific objective of the commissioning trials. Solvent extraction by RapidSX™ is highly effective, efficient, adaptable, and easy to implement in contrast to conventional mixer settlers.
Once commissioned, the Demo Plant is designed to demonstrate the techno-economic advantages, scale-up (currently projected at ≈6X), and commercial durability of the RapidSX™ technology platform."