American Rare Earths Secures Three-Stage Pilot Pathway to Accelerate Halleck Creek Oxide Output
American Rare Earths has secured three-stage pilot processing agreements with Western Research Institute, DISA Technologies and Saskatchewan Research Council for its Halleck Creek rare earths project. The program uses milling and sizing in Laramie, DISA’s High-Pressure Slurry Ablation in Casper and SRC hydrometallurgical refining to deliver oxide output within months.
1. Pilot Plant Agreements
American Rare Earths executed binding agreements with Western Research Institute, DISA Technologies and the Saskatchewan Research Council to establish the Halleck Creek project's pilot plant pathway.
2. Three-Stage Processing Plan
Stage one mills and sizes stockpiled Halleck Creek ore at WRI in Laramie, stage two employs DISA’s High-Pressure Slurry Ablation, GradePro reflux classification and magnetic separation in Casper to concentrate allanite, and stage three completes hydrometallurgical leaching, impurity removal and oxide refining at SRC in Saskatoon.
3. Accelerated Timeline and Leadership
The defined pilot pathway aims to produce pre-production rare earth oxide within months rather than years and to inform design criteria for a commercial plant. Metallurgical engineer Jaye T. Pickarts, with over four decades of mineral processing and compliance expertise, will lead the pilot operations.