Hwajinpo

Placer, shoreline rare earth element deposit, South Korea

Deposit type: Placer, shoreline

REE minerals: monazite

Ore minerals: ilmenite, zircon

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Resource estimates: Indicated + Inferred-- 0.041 Mt zir + mon @ grade of 0.9% mon + zir

Zir-mon ratio is 4:1. Deposit is along the coast and believed to be a marine placer or a mix of marine and alluvial sands.

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