Rare Element Resources
Bear Lodge Project
Canadian NI 43-101 Technical Report
October 9
th
, 2014
10135-200-46 - Rev. 0
17-61
Bull Hill Oxide PUG METSIM Flow Sheet
17.14.2
Following are the inputs to the METSIM model for the Bull Hill Oxide ore:
17.14.2.1
BHOx Primary Screening
The recoveries for the primary screening step for the main components of
the Bull Hill Oxide Resource are presented in Table 17-10.
Table 17.10 - BHOx Primary Screening Recoveries
Stream
Recovery (Wt %)
%
SiO2
Al2O3
CaO
MnO
Fe2O3
REO
+Y
CREO
+Pr
Th+U
-6+20M (Prim)
51.9
58.4
56.8
35.8
47.7
49.3
26.2
26.5
29.1
-20+32M (Prim)
12.5
12.8
12.5
10.6
14.2
13.5
9.51
9.31
9.55
-32+48M (Prim)
3.77
3.53
3.48
4.21
4.41
4.17
4.14
4.08
4.02
-48+150M (Prim)
8.07
7.41
7.31
10.2
8.77
8.33
10.6
10.8
9.65
-150M (Prim)
23.7
17.8
19.9
39.2
24.9
24.7
49.5
49.3
47.6
(SGS Lakefield, 2014)
17.14.2.2
BHOx Secondary Screening
The recoveries for the secondary screening step for the main components of
the Bull Hill Oxide Resource are presented in Table 17-11.
Table 17.11 - BHOx Secondary Screening Recoveries
Stream
Recovery (Wt %)
%
SiO2
Al2O3
CaO
MnO
Fe2O3
REO
+Y
CREO
+Pr
Th+U
+150M (Sec)
52
55.5
53.9
34.5
51
50.5
31.3
29.8
30.2
-150M (Sec)
48
44.5
46.1
65.5
49
49.5
68.7
70.2
69.8
(SGS Lakefield, 2014)
17.14.2.3
BHOx Secondary Gravity Separation
The recoveries for the secondary gravity separation step for the main
components of the Bull Hill Oxide Resource are presented in Table 17-12.
