Progress of Projects Such as the Alto Hill Rare Earth Mine in Brazil

Published: Jan 26, 2025 15:19

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[Progress of the Monte Alto Rare Earth Mine Project in Brazil] The Monte Alto project of Brazil Rare Earths has revealed high-grade mineralization. The total rare earth oxides grade reached as high as 45.7%, niobium oxide grade 1.7%, scandium oxide grade 0.0382%, tantalum oxide grade 0.0962%, and uranium grade 0.5781%.

High-grade mineralization has been observed at the Monte Alto project of Brazil Rare Earths.

The total rare earth oxide grade reaches as high as 45.7%, niobium oxide grade is 1.7%, scandium oxide grade is 0.0382%, tantalum oxide grade is 0.0962%, and uranium grade is 0.5781%.

The TREO grade of this ore is the highest reported globally.

The ore body remains unconstrained along strike and at depth.

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Lode Resources has observed exceptionally high-grade mineralization in core samples from the Montezuma project in Tasmania.

Drilling intersected 8.6 meters of ore with an antimony grade of 5% and gold at 0.7 g/mt, including 2.6 meters of mineralization with an antimony grade of 12%, silver at 1,677 g/mt, and gold at 1.16 g/mt.

Sample analysis indicates that the ore body is wider than previously thought.

The company has preliminarily designed a 10,000-meter drilling program.

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