Leading Edge Materials secures SEK 1.5 million Vinnova grant for Norra Karr rare earth processing research

• Leading Edge Materials advanced midstream processing plans for the Norra Kärr heavy rare earths project, targeting pilot-scale hydrometallurgical testing.
• Sweden’s Vinnova awarded funding to two projects involving the company as part of a SEK 70+ million critical raw materials program.
• Domain sampling began to produce a high-grade eudialyte concentrate for pilot work; nepheline syenite co-product output planned for customer trials.
• Project plan keeps Norra Kärr to crushing, grinding, magnetic separation; concentrate shipped to a separate industrial site for chemical processing.
• Norra Kärr development remains tied to the 25-year mining lease granted in June 2026, positioning it as a potential first EU heavy rare earth mine.

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