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http://www.pcreml.com/assets/pool/documents/SRE%20announcement%204Dec2013.pdf
http://www.blacklistednews.com/North_Korea%E2%80%99s_Rare_Earths_Could_be_Game_Changer/32136/0/38/38/Y/M.html
4 December
2013
LARGEST KNOWN RARE EARTH MINERAL DEPOSIT DISCOVERED
4 December
2013
LARGEST KNOWN RARE EARTH MINERAL DEPOSIT DISCOVERED
SRE Minerals Limited announces the results of exploration and studies in collaboration with the
Korea Natural
Resources Trading Corporation
of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
SRE Minerals Limited (“SRE” or “the company”) announced today their joint venture agreement with the
Korea Natural Resources Trading Corporation for rights to develop all rare
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earth
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element (“REE”)
deposits at Jongju, North Pyongan Province.
The joint venture company known as Pacific Century Rare Earth Mineral Limited has the rights under the
joint ventu
re agreement which includes the exploration, mining, beneficiation and marketing of all REE
deposits in the Jongju area for the next 25 years with a further renewal period of 25 years.
Under the terms of the JV agreement SRE has also been granted permissi
on for a National Rare Earth
Mineral Processing Plant on site at Jongju, which is situated approximately 150 km north
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northwest of the
capital city of Pyongyang, within the North Pyongan Province,
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
(“DPRK”).
Leading Au
stralian mining and geological consultancy, HDR Salva Resources Pty Ltd, has been SRE’s
technical representative for the project and has been commissioned to access the mineralised potential of
the Jongju REE target* with special reference to detailed mapp
ing, extensive trenching and limited
drilling.
HDR Salva Resources (Pty) Ltd.’s initial assessment of the Jongju REE Exploration Target* indicates a
total mineralisation potential of 6.0 Bt (216.2 Mt total rare
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earth
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oxides (“TREO”)) including light rare
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earth
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elements (“LREE”) such as lanthanum, cerium and praseodymium (mainly britholite and associated
rare earth minerals). Approximately 2.66% of the 216.2 Mt TREO consists of heavy rare
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earth
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elements
(”HREE”). A detailed classification of mineralised p
otential present in the Jongju REE Target* is
presumed to be:
•
664.8 Mt @ >10.00% TREO,
•
1.1 Bt @ 4.72% TREO,
•
579.4 Mt @ 3.97% TREO, and
•
3.63 Bt @ 1.35% TREO.
Dr Louis Schurmann said: “The Jongju
Target* would appear to be the World’s largest known REE
occurrence.”
Technical information in this announcement has been compiled by Dr Louis W. Schurmann, who is a
Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Professional Natural
Scientist with
over 18 years of experience relevant to the styles and types of rare earth mineral deposits under
consideration, and to the activities which has been undertaken to qualify as a Competent Person as
defined by the Australasian Code for Report
ing of Minerals Resources and Reserves (JORC) 2004. Dr
Schurmann consents to the inclusion of information in this publication.