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Thanks Hangseng.

Just found this. I must say, the concept itself is quite instructive and potentially lucrative.

REMOTE ION EXCHANGE (“RIX”) Smaller ore US deposits may not support a large central plant and but rather would call for RIX. In an RIX system, each orebody is still mined with its own native groundwater, and the recovery process is the same, except that the surface facility is off-site. The resin, once loaded with uranium, is transferred out of the ion exchange column, drained, and trucked via trailer to a central plant for removal of the captured uranium. The clean ion exchange resin is then transferred back to the RIX in the same way.

Each RIX is a self contained, stand-alone unit that recovers uranium in pressurized down flow ion exchange columns. A pressurized system keeps the uranium solution contained within a closed loop that eliminates the potential for release of radon gas to the atmosphere. (Radon gas is a natural byproduct of uranium decay, and is always present along with the parent uranium.) The entire unit is curbed to provide containment from spills or leakage.

The RIX system allows development of only one central process plant to be used for multiple orebodies. This lowers capital outlay and allows recovery from smaller ore deposits.