A novel multistage mixer-settler extraction column is developed in which the heavy phase accumulates on the stator owing to upward projection on the edge of the opening of the stator ring. The effects of the flow rate of the dispersed, continuous phases, the impeller speed on the dispersed phase holdup, and the flooding behavior are investigated experimentally to establish column operation in a system dispersing the heavy phase into the light phase. The hydrodynamic characteristics are also investigated experimentally to examine the flexibility of the equipment in a system dispersing the light phase into the heavy phase.