Ucore Rare Metals Inc.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, March 05, 2018 -- Ucore Rare Metals Inc. has set a 2020 production start date for the recently announced U.S. Strategic Metals Complex , a rare earth elements separation plant to be located in Ketchikan, Alaska. Ucore’s transition to production will be led by Mr. Mike Schrider, Chief Operating Officer and Mr. Randy MacGillivray, VP Project Development in conjunction with the engineering efforts [...]

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Feb. 27, 2018 -- Ucore Rare Metals Inc. is pleased to report that representatives of the Company attended and actively participated in the recent US Forest Service Roundtable Discussion held on February 24, 2018, at the Ketchikan Public Library. The one-day event, hosted and chaired by Senator Lisa Murkowski, was organized to solicit input from local stakeholders and to gain a greater understanding [...]

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Feb. 12, 2018 -- Ucore Rare Metals Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Schrider, P.E. to the position of Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Schrider is a registered Professional Engineer with more than 27 years of experience in manufacturing, engineering and managing complex industrial projects. He was an integral part of the team that oversaw the operations and management of the Alaska [...]

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Jan. 30, 2018 -- Ucore Rare Metals Inc. is pleased to announce the location selection for its first US Strategic Metals Complex . The site analysis was conducted by Mike Schrider, P.E., V.P. Operations and Engineering of Ucore. Consideration was given to multiple domestic locations, including sites in South Eastern, South Central and Western United States. In addition to the fundamental decision to [...]

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Dec. 22, 2017 -- Ucore Rare Metals Inc. applauds the Trump Administration for issuing an Executive Order that fundamentally changes the way the United States views its national security and critical minerals policy. President Trump signed the Executive Order on Wednesday instructing his deputies to develop a strategy to end the United States’ reliance on imports for minerals that are [...]

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Dec. 13, 2017 -- Ucore Rare Metals Inc. is pleased to comment on the signing yesterday of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act by President Trump. The Act features a number of initiatives of strategic importance to Ucore, including the authorization for $5 million in funding for the development of strategic materials technologies at the Army Research Laboratory during the coming fiscal year [...]

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Oct. 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSX-V:UCU) (OTCQX:UURAF) (“Ucore” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the completion of analytical characterization of a pregnant leach solution derived from the Alberta oil sands (the “Beta PLS”) at IBC Advanced Technologies, Inc. (“IBC”). IBC has assessed the Beta PLS and found it to be [...]

Ucore Rare Metals is pleased to announce that Advisory Board Member and former Army Senior Acquisition Executive Dean Popps has published an op-ed highlighting the criticality of developing a domestic supply of rare earth elements (REE) and the looming threat to the ability of the United States to win future wars without strategic near term action. The U.S. military’s Achilles heel, Mr. Popps writes, will be its [...]

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwired - Sep 6, 2017) - Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:UCU)(OTCQX:UURAF) ("Ucore" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has generated an optimized oil sands concentrate, and has shipped select samples of the resultant pregnant leach solution (the "Beta PLS") to IBC Advanced Technologies of American Fork, Utah ("IBC") for detailed analysis and preparation for metals separation [...]

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwired - Aug 21, 2017) - Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:UCU)(OTCQX:UURAF) ("Ucore" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Dean Popps, currently serving as Senior Counsel to FH+H Law Firm of McLean, Virginia (www.fhhfirm.com) and as a board and advisory member and consultant of several defense industry companies, has accepted an appointment to the Ucore Advisory Board. Previously [...]