Rare Element Resources
Bear Lodge Project
Canadian NI 43-101 Technical Report
October 9
th
, 2014
10135-200-46 - Rev. 0
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Table 17.16 - WT Primary Screening Recoveries
Stream
Recovery (Wt %)
%
SiO2
Al2O3
CaO
MnO
Fe2O3
REO
+Y
CREO
+Pr
Th+U
-6+20M (Prim)
55.9
59.8
59.4
52.8
56.6
46.4
41.2
41.4
39.8
-20+32M (Prim)
18.4
18.8
18.7
17.5
20.4
18.2
15.8
15.1
15.3
-32+48M (Prim)
4.88
4.98
4.98
4.84
4.61
4.72
4.2
4.19
4.09
-48+150M (Prim)
6.44
5.95
5.98
7.72
6.31
7.18
7.01
7.04
6.99
-150M (Prim)
14.3
10.5
11
17.2
12.1
23.6
31.5
32.3
33.8
(SGS Lakefield, 2014)
17.14.4.2
WT Secondary Screening
The recoveries for the secondary screening step for the main components of
the Whitetail Resource are presented in Table 17-17.
Table 17.17 - WT Secondary Screening Recoveries
Stream
Recovery (Wt %)
%
SiO2
Al2O3
CaO
MnO
Fe2O3
REO
+Y
CREO
+Pr
Th+U
+150M (Sec)
65.9
70.7
70.4
52.8
71.7
57.6
45.7
43.2
44.8
-150M (Sec)
34.1
29.3
29.6
47.2
28.3
42.4
54.3
56.8
55.2
(SGS Lakefield, 2014)
17.14.4.3
WT Secondary Magnetic Separation
The recoveries for the secondary magnetic separation step for the main
components of the Whitetail Resource are presented in Table 17-18.
Table 17.18 - WT Secondary Magnetic Separation Recoveries
Stream
Recovery (Wt %)
%
SiO2
Al2O3
CaO
MnO
Fe2O3
REO
+Y
CREO
+Pr
Th+U
Magnetic Conc (Sec)
25.6
14
14.1
23.5
85.3
74.7
63.4
58.3
59.5
Magnetic Tails (Sec)
74.4
86
85.9
76.5
14.7
25.3
36.6
41.7
40.5
(SGS Lakefield, 2014)
17.14.4.4
WT Primary Magnetic Separation
The recoveries for the primary magnetic separation step for the main
components of the Whitetail Resource are presented in Table 17-19.
