System and method for recovering and separating rare earth minerals using ionic magnetisation

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system (100a) and method (100) for recovering rare earth minerals, RE minerals from ore bodies. The system (100a) includes geoelectric electrodes (104), processing units (106), and data analytics components (108), for improving the efficiency and sustainability of REE extraction from ion-adsorption clays and similar naturally occurring deposits. The method (100) involves performing a geoelectric survey to identify regions rich in RE minerals (102). A tailored leaching agent is applied to selectively dissolve REEs from the ore body (108). The dissolved RE minerals are separated using selective precipitation (110), and a magnetic field is induced to further isolate RE minerals (112). The extracted elements are converted into their oxide forms through thermal processing (114). The most illustrative drawing is Figure 1