At the moment, nearly all rare earth comes from China, which has proven to be unstable. Worse, according to Forbes, China is stockpiling rare earths and critical minerals for its own domestic use, as companies and governments face worldwide shortages due to new demand for electric vehicles. For example, analysts at UBS say electric vehicle demand could trigger a big increase in rare earth prices over the next few years, “especially for neodymium and praseodymium (commonly traded as NdPr) which could double from $50/kilogram to $100/kg by 2024. That’s part of the reason the U.S. – which relies on 80% of China for rare earth imports aggressively looking for other rare earth hot spots, which could be beneficial for Monumental Minerals Corp. (TSXV:MNRL) (OTC:MNMRF), Lynas Rare Earths Ltd. (OTC:LYSCF), MP Materials Corp. (NYSE:MP), Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (OTC:UURAF)(TSXV:UCU), and Rare Element Resources Ltd. (OTC:REEMF).
Monumental Minerals Corp. (TSXV:MNRL)(OTC:MNMRF) Just Announced Reconnaissance Trip to the Jemi Heavy Rare Earth Project
Monumental Minerals Corp. announced the appointment of an advisory board to assist with the exploration and drill target definition of the Jemi heavy rare earth element (HREE) Project located in Coahuila, Mexico, about 40 km south of the Texas, USA border.
The Jemi Project hosts numerous rare earth element (REE) occurrences containing potentially economic concentrations of the high value magnetic REEs including neodymium (Nd), praseodymium (Pr), dysprosium (Dy) and terbium (Tb) with associated tantalum (Ta), niobium (Nb), and zirconium (Zr). Jemi sits within the North American Alkaline Igneous Belt, an under explored north-south trend over 3000km long of alkaline igneous rocks and carbonatites that are host to numerous REE, gold and other critical element deposits.
The REE mineralization discovered to date at Jemi exhibits characteristics and mineralogy consistent with peralkaline intrusion related deposits, which represent an important potentially economic style for the highest value HREE. Deposits of this type are being explored and prepared for development in Australia, Europe and North America.
At present, ionic clay deposits in southern China and Myanmar are the primary source of the world’s HREE, however the limited resource size, high environmental legacy of such deposits and increasing export restriction, is driving the discovery and development other more sustainable sources of HREE. The REEs Dy and Tb are typically enriched in peralkaline deposits and are essential for the performance of high strength permanent magnets for electric vehicles and wind turbines.
Exploration at Jemi is currently at an early stage, with less than 5% of the Project having been evaluated for HREE. A site visit is currently being planned and is expected to occur within the coming weeks to lay next steps for exploration.
Proposed Advisory Board
Mark Saxon, FAusIMM, MAIG – Senior Technical Advisor
Mr. Saxon brings thirty years of experience in the resources industry, representing junior and senior companies in Australia, Canada and Europe. An Honours BSc graduate in Geology from the University of Melbourne, he received a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment in 2007. Mr. Saxon’s experience covers most facets of the exploration and mining business in a wide range of geological environments, with a particular focus on discovery, processing, marketing and the political context of critical raw materials. Mr. Saxon has extensive experience in the exploration of peralkaline REE deposits.
Cal Everett, B.Sc, Technical Advisor
Mr. Everett is a geologist with more than 20 years of surface and underground exploration experience with senior mining companies. He moved to the financial sector in 1990 and spent 12 years with BMO Nesbitt Burns focused on resource equities, and seven years with PI Financial Corp. in senior resource institutional sales and capital markets. From 2008 to 2015, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Axemen Resource Capital. Mr. Everett holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economic Geology from the University New Brunswick. Mr. Everett is currently Chief Executive Officer and president of Liberty Gold Corp. (TSXV: LGD)
Dan Harmening, Technical Advisor
Dan Harmening is a Professional Land Surveyor and prospector with over 25 years of experience in the minerals exploration and mining business. He is the President, CEO and cofounder of Lago de Oro Resources and cofounder of 3rd Rock Exploration, both registered in USA and Mexico. Mr. Harmening is currently negotiating a sale agreement of Lago de Oro Resources SA de CV Mexico to a Canadian junior mining company. Previously, he vended several projects in Mexico, including the Jemi Rare Earth property into what is now Discovery Silver Corporation. He has facilitated over $40 million in private placements and open market investments in junior mining companies, and has consulted to several companies leading to major deposit discoveries in Nevada. Mr. Harmening holds a B.S. in Geomatics from Oregon Institute of Technology.
Craig Taylor, Strategic Advisor
Mr. Taylor is currently the CEO of Defense Metals (TSXV: DEFN) an advanced LREE exploration company that most recently completed a PEA on the Wicheeda Rare Earth deposit located in Prince George, British Columbia. From March 2008 until December 2016, Mr. Taylor was CEO of Saber Capital Corp., a former capital pool company, which was acquired by Aleafia Health in a $173mm transaction. In addition, he was a director of Valor Ventures, CPC that completed at QT with Advantage Lithium and was eventually acquired by Orocobre. Mr. Taylor was a founding director of Clear Mountain Resources Corp., a TSX-V listed company (now named Patriot One Technologies Inc.). Mr. Taylor has served as director and officer of several other public companies engaged in mineral exploration and development.
Other related developments from around the markets include:
Lynas Rare Earths Ltd. is taking the next step in its ESG journey with our commitment to the Science Based Targets initiative. In line with this commitment, and our Greenhouse Gas Policy, we will develop science-based targets with the Paris Agreement goal to limit the global temperature increase to well-below 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels. The Science Based Targets initiative is a collaboration between CDP, World Resources Institute (WRI), the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). Science-based targets provide a clearly defined pathway to future-proof growth by specifying how much and how quickly companies need to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Lynas Rare Earths CEO, Amanda Lacaze, said: “Lynas Rare Earths was built from the ground up as an ethical and responsible producer of Rare Earth materials and we embrace sustainability principles across all of our operations. As a science-based business, our commitment to the Science Based Targets initiative reflects our determination to make a positive impact today and work towards more challenging targets in the longer term.
MP Materials, announced its financial results. “The MP Materials team continues to deliver, with record quarterly production and shipments driving strong growth in revenue and Adjusted EBITDA,” said Chairman and CEO, James H. Litinsky. “Our performance reflects continued execution and cost discipline at Mountain Pass coupled with strong global demand for rare earth materials. Also in the quarter, we continued to march toward our goal to restore the full rare earth supply chain to the United States, including progress on our Stage II optimization project and Stage III downstream expansion into magnetics.”
Ucore Rare Metals Inc. announced that on November 10, 2021, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service issued a 1-year authorization for Ucore to commence with the Dotson Ridge 2021 Surface Exploration Project Plan of Operations. The Company has elected to conduct the sampling work during next summer’s field season and now has all required state and federal Project permits for this work. On May 12, 2021, Ucore announced the Project to upgrade its Bokan-Dotson Ridge heavy rare earth element mineral resource, disclosed in accordance with National Instrument 43-101, with a budget of approximately $400,000. The Project is expected to result in converting approximately 17-20% of the mineral resource to a new Measured mineral resource category; with over 90% of the new Measured material being drawn from currently Indicated mineral resource material and 10% from currently Inferred mineral resource material. This will be accomplished through the execution of approximately 50 additional channel samplings along the ≈2 km of exposed vein outcroppings of the Dotson Ridge Zone. Secondly, the Company will conduct bulk sampling activities to obtain ≈50 tonnes of additional mineralized material to facilitate prospective pilot-scale testing of its metallurgical recovery methods currently under laboratory-scale finalization at SGS Canada’s Lakefield facility.
Rare Element Resources Ltd. announced the finalization of negotiations with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for an Assistance Agreement providing approximately $21.9 million of government funds for the engineering, construction and operation of a rare earth separation and processing demonstration plant to be located in Wyoming. The DoE/EERE has notified General Atomics, an affiliate of Synchron, the Company’s largest shareholder, of the finalization of the award. The Company is a subrecipient to General Atomics in the demonstration project, which will incorporate the Company’s proprietary technology. As previously reported, RER, along with team members General Atomics, and its affiliates, and LNV, an Ardurra Group, Inc. company, as engineering and construction subcontractor, received notice on January 20, 2021 that it had been selected as a potential award recipient, subject to finalization of pre-award negotiations. Those negotiations have been successfully completed and the award has been finalized, resulting in an approximately US$21.9 million contribution by the DoE/EERE toward the total cost of the demonstration project. The award represents approximately one-half of the total estimated costs for the project, with the remainder of the funding to be secured by the Company. The Company, along with the other team members, is expected to finalize within the next several weeks contractual arrangements with General Atomics to perform work on the project.
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