U3O8 Corp. Reports a Positive Start to Retooling Its Battery Commodities - Uranium Project - the Berlin Deposit
Original announcement by tmx on
- Company
- U3O8 Corp.
- Ticker
- UWE.H
- Exchange
- TSX
- Region
- Colombia
- Primary commodity
- Uranium
- Secondary commodities
- Nickel, Vanadium, Molybdenum, Manganese, Zinc, Rare earth elements, Phosphate
- Document categories
- Metallurgy, Other
- Extracted
- 2026-09-12 07:51:25 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
Minestarters Atlas analysis
Summary
U3O8 Corp. has completed an initial study on membrane separation technology for its Berlin Project in Colombia. The study suggests that using membranes could reduce the processing plant size and flow rate to 15% of the original PEA design, potentially offering significant capital cost savings.
Reasoning: The announcement details a positive initial study on membrane separation technology that could significantly reduce CAPEX by downsizing the required processing plant.
Positive factors
- potential for significant capital cost savings
- substantial reduction in processing plant size (to 15%)
- simplification of metal and phosphate extraction
Negative factors
- technology is in early study stage
- results are based on modelling and synthetic PLS rather than full-scale testing
Facts used in scoring: 1
Classification and evidence
Single Domain Onlynegative
Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established.
Why it applies: only one composite was tested
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (1)
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Identity
- Project
- Berlin Project
- Commodity
- uranium
- Region
- colombia
- Reported Region
- Colombia
- Ticker
- UWE.H
Test Work
- Program Status
- scoping
- Test Type
- membrane separation
- Processing Route
- membrane separation of pregnant liquor solution (PLS)
- Sample
- Berlin Deposit - initial study of membrane separation feasibility
Lab
- Consultant
- Synexus (Pty) Ltd
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2021-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: Initial modelling indicates significant potential for CAPEX reduction via membrane technology.
Positive factors
- potential to reduce plant size to 15% of PEA design
Negative factors
- early stage study
Evidence · text
“Including membranes in the treatment of the pregnant liquor solution ("PLS") would result in the concentration of the value metals into only 15% of the leach solution volume originally used in the design of the process plant in the preliminary economic assessment ("PEA").”
How Atlas produces this analysis
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