Pacific Wildcat Resources Corp. (TSXV:PAW) announced updates on the Metallurgical Development Program for the Mrima Hill Niobium and Rare Earths Project in Kenya.

As quoted in the press release:

Key points of the update are: A simple hydrometallurgical process route to crack and separate both niobium and rare earths has been demonstrated at laboratory scale, and Bench scale testing achieved 90% dissolution for niobium and 99% for the rare earths. The Mrima Hill deposit hosts significant rare earth content (PAW has an initial Exploration Target* for the Total Rare Earth Oxide  Mineralisation of between 30 million to 40 million tonnes at grades ranging from 4.0% to 5.0% TREO) in addition to its initial NI 43-101 compliant inferred niobium resource estimate of 105.3 million tonnes at 0.65% Nb2O5 (Including 12 million tonnes of 1.21% Nb2O5).

PAW’s President and CEO, Darren Townsend, said:

We are very pleased with the progress that has been made to date on developing a metallurgical process for the Mrima Hill Niobium and Rare Earth Project. Mrima Hill is in the unique position of having a combination of very high grade Niobium and Rare Earths mineralisation located together and as a result this process flow sheet takes full advantage of this endowment.

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