Blythfan,from what Mark told me the Zirconium will be seperated...

Blythfan,

from what Mark told me the Zirconium will be seperated in the first step (physical separation) as it has a seperate host rock. With the second step (chemical separation) the uranium will precipitate to the top of the pyrochlore and could be easily skimmed. Then you'll give Fe into the concentrate and will finally get your 24:1 Niob/Ta concentrate which are the 6,000t per annum. It's quite a simple process but a small pilot plant might be necessary to get it bankable. He further said that the whole processing facility in Kanyika will be smaller than many pilot-plants *lol* . As I mentioned the term "bankable" ... offtake-agreements with Chinese partners are not always regarded as "bankable" inourdays...just because I know that you are invested in Aurox as well...

Cheers

Lenni