Arafura Produces a Separated Rare Earth Oxide Lanthanum Oxide Product

Arafura Resources Limited recently announced its success in producing a separated rare earth oxide Lanthanum Oxide product.

The successful separation of Lanthanum completes Arafura's goal of developing five individual separated oxide products for initial commercialization of the Nolans Project.

The Nolans Project will see the annual production of rare earth oxides from the Whyalla Rare Earths Complex reach 20,000 tonnes, which is equivalent to about 10 per cent of the world's supply.

Arafura's separation of Lanthanum follows the production of samples of four other Rare Earth Oxide (REO) products from the Nolans Bore resource last year.

The four REOs included Cerium Oxide, Nd/Pr Oxide Didymium Oxide, SEG Oxide 'Mids' REO and HRE Oxide 'Heavy' REO.

The products were produced at pilot scale and show another stage of development within Nolans Project.
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Arafura chief executive officer Chris Tonkin said the downstream technology program continues to deliver excellent outcomes.

"The production of the fifth and final product at pilot scale, not only proves Arafura's processes and provides valuable engineering data, but will also provide further opportunity to engage potential customer for this high volume product," Mr Tonkin said.

"Our demonstrated ability to produce separated oxide products is a major point of difference between Arafura and other rare earth projects currently being considered for development in Australia and elsewhere around the world."

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