Ucore Secures Rights to SuperLig(R) Molecular Recognition Technology for Rare Earth Recycling and Tailings Processing Applications - Seite 2

"Rare earth operations have long sought a clean and cost effective alternative to traditional solvent extraction technology, and our belief is that the alternative is MRT," said Ken Collison, COO of Ucore. "The SuperLig® process is environmentally friendly, and integrates well with Ucore's standards of exceptional environmental stewardship and economic efficiency."

Ucore will be presenting an overview of MRT SuperLig® technology as it applies to rare earth applications at the Producers and Developers Association Conference (PDAC) in Toronto on Tuesday March 3, 2015. For additional information on the MRT process, please see the following link: http://mrt.ucore.com.

Steven R. Izatt, President and CEO of IBC has approved the scientific and technical content of this news release and is the Qualified Person responsible for its accuracy. Mr. Izatt holds an M.S. in Chemical Engineering Practice and an M.S. in Technology and Policy, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

About IBC

IBC Advanced Technologies, Inc. is an award-winning, green chemical selective separations company based on innovative MRT products. Headquartered in American Fork, Utah, with manufacturing facilities in Utah and Houston, Texas, IBC has supplied industrial, governmental and academic customers worldwide with environmentally friendly products, processes and services for over 27 years.

IBC specializes in MRT, utilizing green chemistry to achieve highly selective separations of metal ions in complex matrices. Based on Nobel Prize-winning technology (1987), IBC's proprietary products and processes are used worldwide by premier metals refining and mining companies such as Tanaka Kikinzoku K.K. (Japan), Asarco Grupo Mexico (USA), Impala Platinum Ltd. (South Africa), and Sino Platinum (China). The Japanese Government (Mitsubishi Research, Inc.) recently awarded to IBC a highly competitive subsidy grant, "Demonstration Project for Seawater Purification Technologies", concerning the selective separation of the radionuclides strontium and cesium from contaminated seawater at Fukushima, Japan.