Ucore Rare Metals (TSXV: UCU) (OTCQX: UURAF) has finalized the contract for an $18.4 million award from the U.S. Department of Defense to construct its first commercial-scale RapidSX(TM) rare earth separation system and infrastructure at the Strategic Metals Complex (SMC) in Alexandria, Louisiana. This brings total non-repayable funding under Ucore’s existing OT Agreement to $22.4 million. The funds will support engineering, permitting, and construction of a RapidSX(TM) machine and supporting systems capable of processing individual rare earth oxides starting in the second half of 2026. A groundbreaking ceremony was held May 29 with local, state, and federal leaders in attendance. The facility is located in a Foreign Trade Zone, providing logistical and tax advantages. Ucore also continues to receive support from Canadian federal and provincial programs, advancing its goal to establish a domestic supply chain for critical minerals.
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About Ucore Rare Metals Inc.
Ucore is focused on rare- and critical-metal resources, extraction, beneficiation, and separation technologies with the potential for production, growth, and scalability. Ucore’s vision and plan is to become a leading advanced technology company, providing best-in-class metal separation products and services to the mining and mineral extraction industry.
Through strategic partnerships, this plan includes disrupting the People’s Republic of China’s control of the North American REE supply chain through the near-term establishment of a heavy and light rare-earth processing facility in the U.S. State of Louisiana, subsequent Strategic Metal Complexes in Canada and Alaska and the longer-term development of Ucore’s 100% controlled Bokan-Dotson Ridge Rare Heavy REE Project on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska, USA.
Ucore is listed on the TSXV under the trading symbol “UCU” and in the United States on the OTC Markets’ OTCQX(R) Best Market under the ticker symbol “UURAF.”
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