09:58 AM EST - Defense Metals Corp. : Announced that as part of its ongoing baseline environmental monitoring program it has recently completed meteorological station installation, stream flow monitoring, and a property-wide high resolution airborne LiDaR survey at its 1,708 hectare (4,220 acre) Wicheeda Rare Earth Element (REE) Property located close to existing infrastructure near Prince George, British Columbia (BC). The Wicheeda project has indicated mineral resources of 4,890,000 tonnes averaging 3.02% LREO and inferred mineral resources of 12,100,000 tonnes averaging 2.90% LREO. Flotation pilot-plant processing of a 26-tonne bulk sample of Wicheeda REE material yielded a mineral concentrate averaging 7.4% NdPr oxide (neodymium-praseodymium) critical magnet metals. Defense Metals Corp.
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