Thanks for that, Willy. I read something else about Nippon Dragon recenly, but can't recall where or what. I thought it might have been at "321Gold", but don't see it there now.

Anyway, they are not alone in using this technowledgy, but we have to question whether it is appropriate for surficial or near surface work when the process "...is the perfect complement to any "room & pillar" conventional mining operations."

Still, we don't know what LBSR may be looking at near term, so "thermal fragmentation" may be appropriate at some point anyway, if not our next news.

http://www.rocmec.com/index.php/en/technology/thermal-fragmentation-mining-method

VP