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Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (UURAF) news covers the company’s progress in rare earth element separation, strategic metals complexes, and critical mineral supply chain initiatives. Ucore is focused on rare-earth and critical-metal resources, extraction, beneficiation, and separation technologies, with a particular emphasis on its RapidSX™ separation platform and North American refining capacity.
News updates frequently highlight developments at Ucore’s Commercialization and Demonstration Facility in Kingston, Ontario, where a 52-stage RapidSX™ demonstration plant has been used to process heavy mixed rare earth oxides and generate multiple rare earth element groups and products. Articles also follow the transition of this technology to the planned Louisiana Strategic Metals Complex in Alexandria, Louisiana, a developing rare earth separation and oxide production facility focused on mid and heavy rare earth elements and NdPr rare earth oxide.
Investors tracking UURAF news will see coverage of government-supported projects, including a US$22.4 million Other Transaction Agreement with the U.S. Department of War to support RapidSX™ commercialization in Louisiana and conditional approval for up to $36.3 million in Canadian federal contributions for a samarium and gadolinium processing facility in Kingston. News items also describe Ucore’s DPAS rating for certain U.S. project equipment orders and its strategy to source equipment from North American and allied-nation suppliers.
Company news often details strategic partnerships and agreements, such as a Memorandum of Understanding with Vacuumschmelze and eVAC Magnetics for potential supply of high-purity rare earth oxides, a non-binding Heads of Agreement with Wyloo and Hastings related to Yangibana rare earth concentrate and U.S. hydrometallurgical options, and a strategic technology collaboration with Metallium Limited to integrate Flash Joule Heating upgrading with RapidSX™ separation. These updates provide insight into Ucore’s efforts to link mine-to-oxide pathways across allied jurisdictions.
Additional UURAF news items may include commentary on policy developments affecting critical mineral supply chains, such as G7 discussions and changes to China’s rare earth export controls, as well as corporate actions like the automatic conversion of Ucore’s remaining convertible debentures into equity. For investors and observers, the Ucore news feed offers a consolidated view of technology milestones, project financing, regulatory context, and partnership activity related to the company’s rare earth separation and refining strategy.
Ucore Rare Metals (OTCQX: UURAF) granted an aggregate of 2,775,000 incentive stock options to directors, officers, employees and consultants, subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval.
The options are exercisable at $5.33 per share, expire five years from April 27, 2026, and vest one third after six months, then one third every six months until fully vested.
Ucore (OTCQX: UURAF) received a 4,000-gallon jacketed glass-lined leaching reactor at its Louisiana Strategic Metals Complex on April 16, 2026. The reactor was procured under a US$22.4 million modified funding agreement and carries a DPAS DO-B8 rating to prioritize fulfillment.
Ucore plans coordinated transfer of its RapidSX™ platform from the Kingston CDF to LA-SMC throughout 2026, with one RapidSX™ machine scheduled for commissioning and product qualification trials in H1-2027.
Ucore (OTCQX: UURAF) announced an upgraded mineral resource estimate for the Bokan Dotson-Ridge rare earth project, effective April 9, 2026, with a 0.40% TREO cut-off and a Technical Report prepared to NI 43-101 and SEC S-K 1300 standards.
The Resource totals Measured 801,600 t (0.60% TREO, 4,826 t TREO), Indicated 3,369,800 t (0.58% TREO, 19,545 t TREO) and Inferred 980,300 t (0.57% TREO, 5,568 t TREO). Estimate used 97 drill holes (20,000 m), 85 channels (280 m) and SG 2.77; report to be filed on SEDAR+ within 45 days.
Ucore Rare Metals (OTCQX: UURAF) announced the US Department of War accepted its Phase 1 final reports for the RapidSX™ demonstration, triggering the final Phase 1 payment milestone.
Phase 1 trials logged 5,718 operating hours, processed 1.76 metric tonnes REO equivalent, showed 34% CAPEX reduction, and OPEX of $2.2 USD/kg versus CSX $2.3 USD/kg.
Ucore (OTCQX: UURAF) congratulated partner Hastings and Wyloo on their March 2026 acquisition of a fully permitted hydrometallurgical mixed rare earth chloride (MREC) production facility in Thailand.
The acquisition reportedly adds near-term MREC processing capability to support third-party monazite feedstock and advances discussions under a previously disclosed non-binding Heads of Agreement toward a definitive long-term supply arrangement for Ucore's developing Strategic Metals Complex in Louisiana.
Ucore (OTCQX: UURAF) executed a Memorandum of Understanding with Vulcan Elements to build a domestic rare earth magnet supply chain for defense and commercial uses.
The partners plan commercial NdPr and Dy oxide supply beginning in 2027, linking Ucore's Kingston demonstration and planned Louisiana Strategic Metals Complex to Vulcan's North Carolina magnet factories, including a 10,000-tonne facility backed by a $1.4 billion U.S. government partnership.
Ucore (OTCQX: UURAF) said it is accelerating commercialization of a RapidSX™ rare earth refining facility focused on samarium (Sm) and gadolinium (Gd), supported by a conditional government commitment of up to C$36.3 million. The Project targets defense supply shortages and aims for Western-aligned midstream capacity ahead of 2027 procurement deadlines.
Operational work includes Kingston CDF testwork, contactor factory acceptance testing, and processing of multiple feedstocks to refine Sm/Gd separation performance.
Ucore Rare Metals (OTCQX: UURAF) highlighted sharp rare earth price increases and a large China vs ex-China pricing gap for heavy and light rare earth oxides on February 23, 2026. Dysprosium oxide reached >$200/kg in China and ~$1,000/kg ex-China; terbium oxide hit $900/kg in China and >$4,500/kg ex-China.
Ucore said these premiums support its North American RapidSX refining strategy and noted its #2 ranking on the 2026 TSX Venture 50 and #1 on OTCQX Best 50, backed by a 1,109% market-cap increase.
Ucore (OTCQX: UURAF) submitted the final Phase 1 report under its Other Transaction Agreement with the U.S. Department of War, including a Final Demonstration Report and a Final Techno-Economic Analysis for RapidSX™.
Phase 1 delivered ~6,000 hours runtime, production of thousands of liters of separated PrNd, SmEuGd, Sm, Gd, Tb and Dy chloride products, and >10,000 recovery/purity comparisons versus conventional solvent extraction. Phase 2 is underway (5 of 20 milestones complete) toward a commercial RapidSX machine and a 2,500 tpa TREO first-stage processing goal.
Ucore (OTCQX: UURAF) updated progress on its RapidSX rare earth separation commercialization and a US$22.4 million U.S. Department of War Other Transaction Agreement. Since December 2023 the company ran ~5,700 hours on a 52-stage RapidSX Demo Plant and analyzed > 25,000 samples to compare RapidSX to a 52-stage conventional CSX pilot.
Ucore reports producing multiple REE groups (including Tb, Dy, NdPr, SmEuGd), building a 24/7 ICPMS lab, and planning installation of RapidSX Machine #1 at the Louisiana Strategic Metals Complex in mid-2026. The company claims 2–4x faster throughput, smaller plant footprint, and CAPEX reduction, with quantitative affirmation in progress.