Rare Element Resources
Bear Lodge Project
Canadian NI 43-101 Technical Report
October 9
th
, 2014
10135-200-46 - Rev. 0
vii
General........................................................................................................................... 17-60
17.14.1
Bull Hill Oxide PUG METSIM Flow Sheet ...................................................................... 17-61
17.14.2
Bull Hill Oxide-Carbonate PUG METSIM Flow Sheet.................................................... 17-62
17.14.3
Whitetail PUG METSIM Flow Sheet............................................................................... 17-63
17.14.4
17.15
Outputs........................................................................................................................... 17-65
17.16
Hydrometallurgical Processing....................................................................................... 17-65
General........................................................................................................................... 17-65
17.16.1
Inputs.............................................................................................................................. 17-66
17.16.2
17.17
Model Parameters .......................................................................................................... 17-67
Leach Unit ...................................................................................................................... 17-67
17.17.1
Oxalate Precipitation Unit............................................................................................... 17-69
17.17.2
Thorium Removal Unit ................................................................................................... 17-70
17.17.3
Distillation Unit................................................................................................................ 17-72
17.17.4
Waste Neutralization Unit............................................................................................... 17-72
17.17.5
17.18
Output............................................................................................................................. 17-72
18
Project Infrastructure..............................................................................................18-1
18.1
Physical Upgrade Plant.................................................................................................... 18-1
18.1.1
Access and Site Roads (Phase 1) ................................................................................... 18-1
18.1.2
Communications (Phase 1).............................................................................................. 18-1
18.1.3
Power Supply Facilities (Phase 1 and 2) ......................................................................... 18-1
18.1.4
Buildings and Structures (Phase 1 and 2) ....................................................................... 18-3
18.1.5
Water Supply Facilities (Phase 1) .................................................................................... 18-6
18.1.6
Waste Management (Phase 1) ........................................................................................ 18-6
18.2
Upton Hydromet Plant.................................................................................................... 18-12
18.2.1
Access and Site Roads .................................................................................................. 18-12
18.2.2
Communications ............................................................................................................ 18-12
18.2.3
Power Supply Facilities .................................................................................................. 18-12
18.2.4
Buildings and Structures ................................................................................................ 18-12
18.2.5
Water Supply Facilities................................................................................................... 18-16
18.2.6
Natural Gas Supply ........................................................................................................ 18-16
18.2.7
Tailings Storage Facility ................................................................................................. 18-22
19 Rare Earths Markets and Pricing ...........................................................................19-1
19.1
Overview
......................................................................................................................... 19-1
19.2
Supply
............................................................................................................................. 19-2
19.2.1 China
............................................................................................................................... 19-3
19.2.2 Rest of World
................................................................................................................. 19-3
19.3
Demand
.......................................................................................................................... 19-4
19.4
Prices
.............................................................................................................................. 19-7
