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Southeast U.S., Australia, Brazil, Africa & elsewhere
Monazite sand is currently produced as a low-cost byproduct of heavy mineral
sand (HMS) mining globally
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Main target metals at HMS mines are zirconium & titanium minerals, with monazite sand
recovered as a low-cost byproduct
WHY FOCUS ON MONAZITE?
A SUPERIOR RARE EARTH MINERAL – ALREADY PRODUCED AT EXISTING MINES
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Average REE Distribution of S.E. U.S.
Monazite
(%TREO Basis)
50%
45%
40%
35%
Monazite sand concentrate is very high-grade
30%
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Our current feed is ~53% TREO (Total Rare Earth Oxides)
25%
20%
15%
• Monazite has superior distributions of REES needed for permanent magnets 10%
(% TREO Basis):
5%
0%
La Ce Pr Nd Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho
Y
Er
Tm Yb
Lu
~22.1% NdPr + ~13.8% "Heavies" ($25,118/ton "basket value")
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Typical U.S. "bastnaesite" ore contains only ~16.3% NdPr + ~1.3% “Heavies"¹ ($10,329/ton)
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Much greater recoveries of magnetic REE's from monazite (phosphate) vs. bastnaesite (fluoride)
"Light" Rare Earths
"Heavy" Rare Earths
The historic "problem" with monazite is that it contains higher concentrations of uranium & thorium
Energy Fuels can recover the uranium & thorium - unlocking the REE value of monazite
1 Source: "A Lanthanide Lanthology" by Barry Kilborn
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