Morning, and another contradiction that makes me go Mmmmmm......

Morning, and another contradiction that makes me go Mmmmmm... You all saw the 600deg C Calciner to block Cerium from being recovered in the leach, because there is a lot of it and separating individual RE elements is difficult and expensive (best not to have very large amount of Ce diluting the RE-leach liquor).

Well played boys, big reduction in downstream separation costs! Doubt anyone read the Independent Studies Further Validate the Halleck Creek Project ARR release 6th May 24... doubt Schwarz did either, or he just doesn;t bother about facts getting in the way of a good story? I've highlighted the relevant paragraph for batboy's benefit... calcination at 600deg C restores crystallinity of the allanite grains, thus substantially reducing REE leach recoveries by ~25% compared to uncalculated feed.

I love how science cuts to the truth... money miners not so much I imagine. Still, plenty of time to come up with workarounds, or more problems with early assumptions... guess we'll find out in the years to come. GLTAH