Defense Metals Receives Positive Results from Ucore Rare Metals Inc. on its Wicheeda Rare Earth Carbonate Sample
VANCOUVER, BC, April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ – Defense Metals Corp. (“Defense Metals” or the “Company“; (TSXV: DEFN) (OTCQB: DFMTF) (FSE:35D) is pleased to announce that Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (“Ucore“)(TSXV: UCU) received and tested a Wicheeda mixed rare earth carbonate (“MREC“) sample at its Kingston, Ontario, RapidSX™ Commercialization and Demonstration Facility (“CDF“). Ucore confirmed that this testing of the MREC material provides determination of its suitability as an MREC product for commercial-scale processing with Ucore’s RapidSX™ technology at Ucore’s currently under development Louisiana Strategic Metals Complex (“SMC“) project in Alexandria, Louisiana, and subsequent planned SMCs, including a Canadian facility (see Ucore’s news release dated April 29, 2024).