"...all we have gotten from the company is mirrors."
No, we got the following Press Releases, with latest:
"The lab is currently performing [tests] on coal fly ash. Once [tests] are complete, the Maxam ore tests can begin."
So we wait. No smoke, no mirrors, just text from last Press Release.
March 6, 2006 Update on the Xcentia/Maxam Process maxamgold.com ... an update on the commercialization ... the Xcentia/Maxam laboratory in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, became fully operational [at] November 30, 2005. ... Xcentia [successfully] performed metal leaching & extraction test sequences on representative coal ash samples [to] provide baseline results for interested companies; a large U.S. metals producer and a large U.S. power producer. The plan for the next phase will see a similar test program for gold ore and precious metal samples being provided to Xcentia/Maxam by mining companies interested in using the Xcentia/Maxam extraction process.
March 20, 2006 Maxam and Xcentia Expand Patent Applications maxamgold.com ... the original Maxam extraction process patent application was reworked and resubmitted to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (issuance is pending) ... [Xcentia] working with the original Maxam extraction technology [has] to date identified two areas that qualify for additional patents. One patent application has been submitted and the other is in final review.
April 3, 2006 Maxam Announces Plans for Gold Ore Testing maxamgold.com ... [to] perform gold ore extraction tests on its inventory of gold ore samples (from Maxam's Arizona gold claim properties) [at] the Vancouver [lab facility] ... The lab is currently performing a series of tests on coal fly ash. Once current tests are complete, the Maxam ore tests can begin.
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