Rainbow Rare Earths sets an October 5 investor update as Phalaborwa nears PFS, backed by a new Neo Performance Materials offtake MOU for NdPr and SEG+.
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Rainbow Rare Earths
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About Rainbow Rare Earths
Rainbow Rare Earths Limited is a rare earth development company listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: RBW), focused on recovering rare earth elements from phosphogypsum stacks, a by-product of phosphoric acid and fertilizer production. Its flagship Phalaborwa project in South Africa hosts a JORC-compliant resource of about 35 million metric tons at 0.44% total rare earth oxides contained in two unconsolidated gypsum stacks derived from historic carbonatite phosphate mining. The earlier-stage Uberaba project in Brazil targets a larger phosphogypsum stack with potentially higher neodymium-praseodymium content. Rainbow’s hydrometallurgical process is designed to produce separated rare earth oxides on site, focused on the magnet rare earths neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium and terbium used in electric vehicle motors and wind turbines. The company has operated a pilot plant producing mixed rare earth sulfate in South Africa and positions itself as a strategic, low-cost, environmentally favorable source of rare earths for Western magnet supply chains.
Registered office and headquarters: St Peter Port, Guernsey (a Crown Dependency, not part of the United Kingdom); London hosts a UK representative office.
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