Mines/Australia

Nolans mine

Nolans mine, Australia. In development, open pit, mining rare earths, phosphate rock.

Why Nolans is famous

Nolans is a neodymium and praseodymium project 135 km north of Alice Springs. The Nolans Bore deposit holds a JORC 2012 resource of 56 Mt at 2.6% total rare earth oxide and 11% phosphate (as at 7 June 2017). Ore reserves are 29.5 Mt at 2.9% TREO (as at 16 March 2020). The plan covers 38 years at 340,000 t of concentrate a year, plus a by-product of 144,000 t a year of phosphoric acid.1

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Nolans today

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An example ofMount WeldNolans, north of Alice Springs, holds a resource of 56 Mt at 2.6 per cent rare earth oxide.1

Sources

  1. Nolans project page Arafura Rare Earths

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