Rare Element Resources
Bear Lodge Project
Canadian NI 43-101 Technical Report
October 9
th
, 2014
10135-200-46 - Rev. 0
17-52
Water
Table 17.4 presents the estimated PUG water consumption. The mine will begin
producing water in year 4 or 5. This water will displace well water at a rate that
increases each year and eventually supply all of the water needs.
Table 17.4 - PUG Plant Water Balance
Water Balance
stpd
stpy
usgpm
Supply
Water Wells
485
150,160
150
Consumption
PUG Plant
220
57,280
44
Mine Truck Wash and Dust Control
265
92,880
106
(Metric units not reported)
(Roche, 2014)
Hydromet Plant
17.9.3.2
Pre-Concentrate
The Hydromet Plant is designed to process 591 short tons (536 tonnes) per day of
pre-concentrate. Tables 17.5 and 17.6 present respectively, a weighted average
of all the pre-concentrated ore types of the Hydromet feed elemental distribution
and the rare earth element distribution within the rare earth elements group.
