Kipawa Feasibility Study Concentrates Rare Earth Ore by Magnetic Separation, Then Leaches and Purifies It Into Heavy and Light REE Products
The Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the Kipawa Project, prepared by Matamec Explorations Inc. in March 2012, outlines a two-site processing strategy for Rare Earth Oxides (TREO). The mine site operations involve crushing, grinding, and magnetic separation to produce a concentrate, which is then shipped to a hydrometallurgical facility near Temiscaming for further processing. The design criteria specify an annual feed of 1,500,000 tonnes of ore at 0.5% TREO, targeting a total TREO recovery of 81% and an annual production of 6,000 tonnes of TREO.



