Locksley Provides Update on its Collaboration with Columbia University to Advance Rare Earth Processing Pathways for its Mojave Project in California

The research collaboration, being led by Professor Greeshma Gadikota at Columbia's Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering and Columbia Climate School, is focused on developing potential processing pathways for the recovery, separation and metallization of rare earth elements and associated critical metals from carbonatite and bastnasite style mineral systems, including the mineralization style relevant to Locksley's El Campo REE project within its Mojave Project in the Mountain Pass region.

"The work completed to date has provided us with alternative processing routes aimed at simplifying downstream flowsheets that can be evaluated for our project," said Kerrie Matthews, Managing Director and CEO of Locksley. "The next phase of this partnership will use Locksley samples and assess the implications of these results for future consideration. Of key importance is that this work is being conducted in parallel with maiden exploration at El Campo, enabling us to better understand all the potential development pathways as the project advances."