{"id":52058,"date":"2024-10-18T15:02:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T14:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=52058"},"modified":"2024-10-18T15:02:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T14:02:59","slug":"namibia-critical-metals-secures-key-environmental-approval-for-lofdal-heavy-rare-earth-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/namibia-critical-metals-secures-key-environmental-approval-for-lofdal-heavy-rare-earth-project\/52058\/","title":{"rendered":"Namibia Critical Metals secures key environmental approval for Lofdal Heavy Rare Earth Project"},"content":{"rendered":"
This certificate permits the Company to carry out exploration, processing, and mining activities on its Lofdal tenement and is valid until September 2027.<\/p>\n
The Company is also pleased to report significant progress in its Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) for the expanded ‘Lofdal 2B-4’ project. The scope of the PFS has been broadened to include sorting test work using recently advanced XRF and XRT sorting technologies, which aim to upgrade lower-grade run-of-mine material.<\/p>\n
Additionally, the Company is conducting trade-off studies on electricity supply, assessing various combinations of photovoltaic, battery, and diesel backup options, grid connection, and electricity generation from an on-site acid plant.<\/p>\n
These studies are focused on optimizing a sustainable power supply for the mining operation. The PFS is expected to be completed by Q1 2025.<\/p>\n
Darrin Campbell, President of Namibia Critical Metals, commented: “We are very pleased to receive the environmental clearance certificate as the pre-feasibility study for the new large mine project Lofdal 2B-4 is near completion, which will be followed by increasing ground activities at Lofdal.<\/p>\n
“I am also very excited about the opportunities we see with the significantly advanced sorting technologies which have recently improved due to the introduction of AI applications. These technologies may help to bring lower-grade material back into the processing stream.<\/p>\n
“This is important from a sustainability point as the currently regarded ‘stockpile’ material below the cut-off point for the planned flotation plant makes up about a third of the mined mineralised material.”<\/p>\n