• Lanthanum (La) Assays up to 2.98 mg/kg
• Yttrium (Y) Assays up to 1.53 mg/kg
• Neodymium (Nd) Assays up to 2.64 mg/kg

BPH Global Ltd, a leading commercial seaweed research, development, and export company, announced encouraging rare earth element (REE) assay results from the first two seaweed sample batches analyzed by Marchwood Laboratory Services Pte Ltd. The seaweed samples were harvested from the polluted, brackish waters in the West and East Johor Strait separating Singapore and Malaysia. The assays confirmed the presence of key REEs, including Lanthanum (La), Yttrium (Y), and Neodymium (Nd), at measurable concentrations ranging from 1.5-3.0 mg/kg. These findings support the company's working hypothesis that seaweed cultivated in environmentally influenced waters can absorb and retain critical minerals and elements in direct proportion to surrounding conditions. The company will focus on the cultivation of seaweed and sea plants in two key types of environments to optimize targeted metal hyperaccumulation: coastal sites adjacent to mining areas and brackish, riverine basins characterized by moderate salinity and mineral inflow. This will allow BPH to further evaluate the bioaccumulation potential of marine macroalgae for both metal recovery and environmental remediation applications.

BPH will focus on the cultivation of seaweed and sea plants in two key types of environments to optimise targeted metal hyperaccumulation: 1) Coastal sites adjacent to mining areas, where metal leaching is prevalent; and 2) Brackish, riverine basins characterised by moderate salinity and mineral inflow. These environments will allow BPH to further evaluate the bioaccumulation potential of marine macroalgae for both metal recovery and environmental remediation applications.