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Uganda Discovers Largest Rare Earth Deposits outside of China The Makuutu Rare Earths Project has an ionic adsorption clay deposits that are prevalent in southern China which have been the source of the world’s lowest cost critical and heavy REE production, however these deposits are gradually being exhausted and Makuutu represents one of only a handful of such deposits outside of southern China
The Makuutu deposit is shallow, with less than 3 m of cover over a 12 m thick clay zone which results in low-cost bulk mining methods with low strip ratio. Courtesy photo