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Quick 2021 start at Vital rare earth mine

REE mining at Nechalacho NWT on pace for start by mid-year North of 60 Mining News – May 3, 2021

Last updated 5/27/2021 at 3:40pm

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Vital Metals Ltd.

Left to right – Vital Metals Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Strategy David Connelly, Yellowknife Dene First Nation Chief Ernest Betsina, and Vital Metals Canadian Operations Manager Ray Anguelov cut the ribbon on an industrial ice road built to deliver equipment and supplies to the Nechalacho rare earths mine project in Northwest Territories.

Advancing at a pace not typically seen in the mining industry, Australia-based Vital Metals Ltd. has surpassed several milestones during the first quarter of 2021 toward its goal of producing rare earth oxides from its Nechalacho project in Northwest Territories by mid-year.

"Vital Metals is on its way to becoming Canada's first rare earths producer – and only the second in North America –...

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