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.
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