(MENAFN- ProactiveInvestors - N.America) NioCorp Developments Ltd. (TSX:NB) has a pilot plant run as part of the feasibility study for its Elk Creek niobium, scandium, and titanium project.
The Whole Ore Pre-Leach Pilot Plant (WPL) validated results from earlier bench-scale testing, with pilot plants and will allowmore testing to get underway at the SGS Lakefield metallurgical testing facility in Lakefield, Ontario. The pilot tested the continuous operation of the WPL operation as well as providing scandium-bearing solutions for a subsequent scandium solvent extraction pilot plant. The WPL treated approximately 1.34 tonnes of representative material from the Elk Creek resource, with scandium extraction in line with expectations and previous bench test results. Scott Honan, president the NioCorp subsidiary developing Elk Creek said: ''The WPL pilot provides us with the materials needed to conduct the remaining pilot testing for the Elk Creek feasibility study, and these remaining pilot plants will commence shortly at SGS-Lakefield.''
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