Commerce Resources Corp. announced that it has delivered a sample of acid-spar produced from the Ashram Rare Earth and Fluorspar Deposit to an industry major as per their request. The 0.5 kg sample grades >97% CaF2 and was produced by Hazen Research using the front-end beneficiation approach developed at their facilities in Colorado, USA. Hazen Research is also developing the primary rare earth element (REE) recovery flowsheet. Two base approaches have been developed to allow for fluorspar recovery at high-grades and will continue to be evaluated to determine the optimal method while also maximizing the total REE recovery. Over the past several months, as the Company has demonstrated its ability to recover acid-spar from its Ashram Rare Earth and Fluorspar Deposit, numerous sample requests have been received from various global commodity trading companies, as well as specific end-users. The interest in the market for new sources of fluorspar continues to increase and places the Ashram Deposit in an enviable position to capitalize on a by-product that has negligible impact on its primary REE recovery circuit. The production of REEs and fluorspar are currently dominated by China, placing Ashram in a unique position to potentially address the supply concerns of these two critical commodities. Both REEs and fluorspar are considered critical /strategic commodities by the US Department of the Interior, and the European Union. Fluorspar Market: Fluorspar is an essential raw material to the steel, aluminum, and chemical industries in two marketable products, acid spar grade and met spar grade. Acid-spar (>97% CaF2), accounting for roughly 60% of the market, is primarily used to synthesise hydrofluoric acid (HF) and subsequent fluorochemicals, and in the production of aluminum metal, to reduce process temperatures and energy consumption. It is also a key raw ingredient of materials used in enhancing the operational performance of lithium-ion batteries. Met-spar (>60% CaF2), accounting for roughly 40% of the global fluorspar market, is primarily used as a flux in the steel making process to lower the melting temperature, to reduce slag viscosity and remove impurities.