# Aclara Introduces Super Pure Rare Earth Carbonate \("SPREC"\)

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/aclara-introduces-super-pure-rare-earth-carbonate-sprec--049f2aa2-4486-4901-bad4-ee5ec5b6d946

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/ARA/news/7830759834096994/aclara-introduces-super-pure-rare-earth-carbonate-sprec

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-06-29T11:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Aclara Resources Inc.

- Ticker: ARA

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Chile

- Primary commodity: Rare earths

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy, Other

- Extracted: 2026-08-22 22:31:26 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.70 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Aclara Resources has successfully developed 'Super Pure Rare Earth Carbonate' \(SPREC\) at its pilot plant in Chile. The new product offers ~99% rare earth content, significantly higher than conventional MREC, and is intended to improve downstream separation and logistics for the Carina and Penco projects.

Reasoning: The announcement details a significant metallurgical advancement \(SPREC\) that improves product purity and downstream efficiency, though it remains at the pilot stage.

- Positive factor: Successful pilot plant development of high-purity product

- Positive factor: Significant purity increase \(99% vs 40%\)

- Positive factor: Strategic advantage for downstream separation and logistics

- Positive factor: Integration of SX technology into upstream process

- Negative factor: Technology is still in pilot-scale validation phase

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.

Why it applies: While not a recovery percentage, the product purity of 99% is exceptional for an intermediate carbonate product.

Evidence · text

> containing approximately 99% of rare earths content

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Processing via mill or concentrator \(CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation\).

Why it applies: The process involves solvent extraction \(SX\) and pilot plant processing.

Evidence · text

> leverages its solvent extraction \("SX"\) know-how

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (1)

### pilot plant

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/aclara-introduces-super-pure-rare-earth-carbonate-sprec--049f2aa2-4486-4901-bad4-ee5ec5b6d946#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

rare\_earths

#### Identity

- Commodity: rare\_earths
- Ticker: ARA

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Test Type: pilot plant
- Processing Route: solvent extraction \(SX\) within Circular Mineral Harvesting \(CMH\) process
- Sample: Super Pure Rare Earth Carbonate \(SPREC\) developed at pilot plant in Santiago, Chile

#### Recovery

- Head Grade: 99
- Head Grade Unit: %

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-06-29T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: The reported purity of 99% represents a major technical improvement over conventional MREC \(40%\).

- Positive factor: High purity level of 99% rare earths content

Evidence · text

> SPREC, a rare earth carbonate product containing approximately 99% of rare earths content

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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