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*** No energy-intensive smelting is required ***
One of the key differences between the processing options being considered for the Pitfield titanite ore and those commonly found in the ilmenite industry is that a low temperature acid leach process is likely all that is needed to extract the titanium and produce a high-quality product. No energy-intensive smelting is required and a higher value product can be produced on-site.
Half one of 2025 will commence with the second stage of resource in-filling drilling expected to include approximately 2,000 metres of diamond core and up to 24,000 metres of RC drilling. Demonstration plant design and engineering will be undertaken, and the product specifications will be refined. The first half of 2025 will also see environmental and social permitting work commence. The target for the second half of 2025 will be to commence construction of the demonstration plant as well as undertake licencing and permitting for a small-scale mining operation.
Wow, great news out this morning!.....
"The final product from the leaching stage is expected to have a very high TiO2 concentration, approaching the same content as natural rutile (>95%), which would make it a highly desirable feedstock for a titanium dioxide pigment producer."
Empire Metals
@Empiremetalsltd
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“The diamond core drilling, the second campaign of diamond drilling at Pitfield, represents the start of a major project development push, aimed at providing key samples for mineralogical and metallurgical characterisation”
Rio Tinto is definitely interested in TiO2, having acquired a large stake in a Madagascar titanium mine also only 6 months ago
https://www.mining-technology.com/news/rio-tinto-madagascar-qmm-mine/?cf-view
Rio Tinto is definitely interested in TiO2, having acquired a large stake in a Madagascar titanium mine also
https://www.mining-technology.com/news/rio-tinto-madagascar-qmm-mine/?cf-view
Https://twitter.com/Empiremetalsltd/status/1763098358900457546
Empire Metals Limited (LON: EEE), the AIM-quoted resource exploration and development company, is pleased to announce the commencement of the next major exploration campaign at the Pitfield Project in Western Australia ('Pitfield' or the 'Project'), with a total of 800 metres of Diamond Core drilling planned to be completed in March. This will be followed up mid-March with a 40 hole Reverse Circulation ('RC') drilling campaign covering 6,000m, expected to take approximately 10 weeks.
4 hrs ago
https://twitter.com/Empiremetalsltd/status/1760988002480775302
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