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Traditional Dene ceremony marks first production at Nechalacho rare earth mine
Image by Bill Braden for Cheetah Resources.
The Nechalacho Rare Earth mine hosted last week the ceremonial commissioning of the sensor-based ore sorter at Canada’s first producing rare earth mine, in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Vital Metals Limited (ASX: VML) began rare earth production at its Nechalacho project, 110 kilometres east of Yellowknife in early July.
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Members of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation joined in the event and witnessed the first production of rare earth concentrate from one of the world’s richest deposits.
Vital Metals becomes Canada’s first rare earth producer
Vital Metals’ Nechalacho rare earths project in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Image from Vital Metals.
Vital Metals Limited (ASX: VML) has begun rare earth production at its Nechalacho project in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
The company is now the first rare earth producer in Canada and the second in North America, besides California’s Mountain Pass mine.
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“Mining activities are over 30% complete with waste material removed from the pit to enable the first blast of ore on 28 June and we are now stockpiling ore for the crusher,” Vital Metals’ managing director Geoff Atkins said in a media release.