Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) has granted Australian-based mineral producer Ionic Rare Earths approval for works to commence on the construction of a Demonstration Plant at the company’s Makuutu Mine, a rare-earths mine located in eastern Uganda.

Makuutu is a clay deposit with confirmed ionic/absorption REE clays. The resource size currently scoped the potential life of mine in excess of 30 years. The exploration work to date confirms; the presence of ionic/absorption type clays with TREO grades in excess of 0.07% (700 ppm); and a resource size of approximately 300mt-450mt of REO bearing clays with an average thickness of 10m, under c.1m of top soil.

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