Canada:

Saskatchewan Company Collaborates With US Department of Energy on Metal Extraction From Geothermal Brines (News Release)

Star Minerals Group Ltd., headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, has announced it has signed a multi-party agreement to participate in a research project aimed at recovering rare earth elements, precious metals and other critical materials from geothermal brines using advanced sorbent structures.

The research is being managed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratories located in Richland, Washington with the majority of project funding coming from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and including project partners Barr Engineering Co. of Minneapolis, MN and the University of Oregon, Eugene OR.

The objective of the program is to evaluate, develop and demonstrate flexible, scalable mineral extraction technology for geothermal brines based upon solid phase sorbent materials.

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