Appia Rare Earths & Uranium Corp. (the “Company” or “Appia”) (CSE: API) (OTCQX: APAAF) (FWB: A0I0) (MUN: A0I0) (BER: A0I0) announced today the latest desorption test results for rare earth elements (REE) from the Target IV Ionic Adsorption Clay (IAC) deposit at the PCH project in Goias, Brazil. A total of 182 samples from 17 Reverse Circulation (RC) drillholes were sent to ALS Laboratories in Lima, Peru (ALS) and the results consistently confirmed the REE IAC mineralization style on the majority of Target IV developed over the Ipora Granite and representing improved recoveries of Magnet Rare Earth Oxides (MREO) and Heavy Rare Earth Oxides (HREO) as expected.
Stephen Burega, President, stated, “The combination of the significant size of mineralized area, high grades, good recoveries and rapid desorption, confirm the attractiveness of the deposit as an eventual world-class project. With each batch of desorption tests, we further our overall understanding of the nature of the IAC mineralization found at the PCH project, and we are very excited by the increase in recovery rates.”
Highlights
- Discrete desorption interval samples from RC drillholes located on Ipora Granite lithology (see Map 1) returned recoveries up to:
- 47.72% TREO on drillhole PCH-RC-029 from 5 to 6 metres.
- 67.18% HREO on drillhole PCH-RC-045 from 6 to 7 metres.
- 58.85% Dy+Tb on drillhole PCH-RC-049 from 3 to 4 metres.
- 81.67% Nd+Pr on drillhole PCH-RC-034 from 3 to 4 metres.
- The most significant recovered desorption intercepts for the main mineralized zone were:
- PCH-RC-034 8m@32.92% TREO; 49.18% HREO; 57.29% NdPr; 46.22% TbDy from 3m.
- PCH-RC-049 4m@29.92% TREO; 51.87% HREO; 49.46% NdPr; 46.74% TbDy from 3m.
- PCH-RC-045 4m@23.09% TREO; 53.77% HREO; 32.47% NdPr; 43.32% TbDy from 4m.
- PCH-RC-048 5m@25.89% TREO; 39.80% HREO; 48.13% NdPr; 36.58% TbDy from 0m.
- PCH-RC-076 5m@27.97% TREO; 51.74% HREO; 46.49% NdPr; 45.14% TbDy from 3m.
- PCH-RC-014 5m@24.91% TREO; 45.64% HREO; 48.36% NdPr; 38.53% TbDy from 0m.
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