HREE DISCOVERY AT YTTRIA RECONFIRMEDAND...

HREE DISCOVERY AT YTTRIA RECONFIRMED
AND UPGRADED
Highlights:
Torian Resources reconfirms presence of Yttrium and HREEs at
“YTTRIA” with a 10% upgrade due to improved assay digestion
• Replicate analyses of sample pulps from Yttria, have been re-analysed using a
mixture of acids (HF, HCl and HNO3) under high pressure (~25 bar) at
temperature of ~180º C in sealed Teflon vessels by microwave digestion (MMA)
and ICPMS
• Greater dissolution of refractory (hard to dissolve) REE-bearing minerals was
achieved using the MMA technique, with an increase in grade of ~10% from
previously reported samples analysed using aqua regia digests (AR).
• The new data confirm the presence of Yttrium and Heavy Rare Earth Elements
(HREEs) throughout shallow oxide horizons across multiple regional scale
survey lines at Yttria, close to the Arktos Fault
• Due to improved assay results all samples including those previously analysed
have been resubmitted for fusion dissolution and ICPMS analysis, which
enables the highest level of extraction to achieve optimum dissolution results.
These are expected within two weeks and will provide preliminary full intercept
assays of 30 AV drilled zones
• A further 118 AV samples have been submitted to complete interpreted
mineralised intervals (from an additional 34 AV intercepts) varying in widths of
1 through to 9m zones
• Rare Earth Elements (REEs) + Yttrium (Y) and the presence of anomalous
concentrations of Co (Cobalt)-Sc (Scandium)-Ni (Nickel)-Cr (Chromium) – Pd
(Palladium) and Pt (Platinum) were reconfirmed within clays and regolith
horizons for a distance of > 1km