CENTRAL AMERICA NICKEL ANNOUNCES FILING OF RARE EARTH EXTRACTION PATENT USING PROPRIETARY ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY
MONTREAL, Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Central America Nickel Inc. (the "Company" or "CAN") is pleased to announce that it has filed a PCT application (PCT/CA2023/051387) and a patent application in the Democratic Republic of the Congo titled "Process for Extraction of Rare Earth Elements" for the extraction of rare earth elements using the Company's Ultrasound Assisted Extraction (UAEx) technology.
- MONTREAL, Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Central America Nickel Inc. (the "Company" or "CAN") is pleased to announce that it has filed a PCT application (PCT/CA2023/051387) and a patent application in the Democratic Republic of the Congo titled "Process for Extraction of Rare Earth Elements" for the extraction of rare earth elements using the Company's Ultrasound Assisted Extraction (UAEx) technology.
- The patent-filed process is a combination of a process for the extraction and recovery of rare earth elements, and the selective extraction and separation of radioactive components (uranium and thorium) from rare earth components with the use of CAN's ultrasound technology, the Ultrasound Assisted Extraction (UAEx), as a process intensification method.
- Given the complexity of extracting and refining rare earths elements, the use of CAN's proprietary technology and processes could represent a major extractive industry advancement.
- Rare earths are listed on the critical mineral lists outlined by the governments of Canada and the United States.