Victory locks in Curtin processing pathway for higher-value rare earths

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Curtin’s C4P facility will be used to trial processing Victory’s heavy rare earth concentrate. Pic: Getty Images

Special Report: Victory Metals has secured access to Curtin University’s $18.4 million Cathode Precursor Production Pilot Plant (C4P) to trial conversion of heavy rare earth concentrate into mixed rare earth carbonate (MREC).

The initiative builds on Victory Metals’ (ASX:VTM) relationship with Curtin University and its Western Australian School of Mines, using infrastructure developed through collaboration with CSIRO and the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia.

Heavy rare earth mineral concentrate produced at its operational Burswood pilot plant in Perth will be transferred to C4P for processing into MREC.

Using the established facility gives the company a pathway to larger pilot-scale trials and product qualification without building an equivalent processing facility for this stage.

Chief executive officer Brendan Clark said the agreement would help advance the company’s plans for an Australian heavy rare earth supply chain.

“Securing access to the C4P facility is a significant development for Victory Metals and our ambition to establish an integrated Australian heavy rare earth supply chain,” he said.

“Through our collaboration with Curtin University, the Western Australian School of Mines and the broader C4P initiative involving CSIRO and MRIWA, we have a pathway to take the heavy rare earth concentrate produced at our Burswood pilot plant and convert it into a higher-value Mixed Rare Earth Carbonate product.”

The processing work builds on Victory’s downstream strategy for its North Stanmore heavy rare earth project near Cue in WA.

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