Elevate Uranium Limited (ASX:EL8; OTC:ELVUF) has announced a significant milestone in proving up its U-pgradeTM beneficiation process with its Pilot Plant. The company is due to complete final factory testing on the Plant this week and, once complete, the Plant will be shipped to Namibia in early August. The Plant is expected to arrive in October and begin operation by November. The Plant will demonstrate the performance of U-pgradeTM by beneficiating at least 60t of uranium ore sourced from Elevate’s Namibian project.
Murray Hill, Managing Director of Elevate Uranium commented, “The U-pgradeTM Pilot Plant marks a pivotal step in Elevate’s development journey. Our team has worked diligently to ensure its readiness, and its operation in Namibia is central to validating the process at a continuous, scalable size. As we look to further optimise the development pathway in Namibia, the data and insights collected will be key to the technical studies which we aim to start during the period of Pilot Plant operation. We’re extremely pleased with progress to date and we look forward to this next phase and reporting on future milestones as they are achieved. QAQC analysed results from operation of the Plant will take four to five months to collate and report.”
Elevate’s Senior Metallurgist, Andrew Jones, will be relocating from Perth to Namibia to manage the arrival of the Plant, as well as the reassembly and operation. Once in operation, the Plant will confirm the U-pgradeTM beneficiation process is scalable and ready to be commercialized.
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