Commerce Resources Corp. Completes Flotation Pilot Plant for the Ashram Rare Earth Deposit in Quebec

Rare Earth Deposits & Mining / Rare Earth Exploration, Mining, Processing, & Uses

Date posted: 04/24/15

Commerce Resources Corp. announced the completion of the flotation pilot plant, the first phase in a series of flowsheet pilot plant tests on material from the Company 100 per cent owned Ashram Rare Earth Deposit in Quebec, Canada. The primary objective of the pilot plant was to produce sufficient bulk quantities of flotation concentrate for downstream processing through to production of several kilograms of mixed rare earth concentrate, with a secondary objective of demonstrating flotation performance at the pilot level on a continuous basis. The Company is pleased to report that both of these objectives were achieved. Approximately 4.3 tonnes of Ashram Deposit bulk sample material, collected in 2012, was processed through a 6-inch flotation column on a continuous basis to produce approximately 1.4 tonnes of flotation concentrate for downstream processing. The pilot plant was operated at Hazen Research Inc, in Colorado, USA, in collaboration with Eriez Flotation Division, based in Pennsylvania.