fcv.v - several components of seawater are beneficial, Mg K Ca S etc, it's the Na that's the issue, one per cent by weight roughly ... a little is not a problem, depending on the crop, and many fertilisers have some sodium in them naturally, from source ... the less the better though, so yes cheap fresh water would be nice to have, desalination makes for a bit larger capex and ongoing energy cost ... not a show-stopper though imho, when the economics are so powerful otherwise, very low-cost mining milling and transport ... i saw fifty-pound bags of dolomite lime for sale yesterday at 12.95, and that wasn't the dolopril stuff, which was 15.95, lol ... ridiculous, it was one of those places that used be farm supply, now gone 'farm-and-garden', which translated means 'We doubled our prices, except for those we tripled, but oooh look at our pretty plastic packaging isn't it nice'
[edit] - there was a little one-pound plastic jar of 'stump remover' on sale for 12.95 ... on sale - discounted some percentage - that's twenty-six thousand loonies the ton, before taxes ... stuff is in plain language called potassium nitrate, which i remember buying by the fifty lb bag for under five bucks, mind you that would be thirty years or so back ... but geez ... didn't look for rock phosphate, will try to next time
gqc.v - wife had a little sub-dime bid fill this morning
ske.v - put out a response piece just before close -
'Skeena, Keewatin sue Eilat over pooling agreement
2015-03-13 15:45 ET - News Release
Mr. Walt Coles reports
SKEENA CONFIRMS LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST EILAT EXPLORATION LTD.
Skeena Resources Ltd. is confirming that Skeena and Keewatin Consultants (2002) Inc. have filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court of British Columbia against Eilat Exploration Ltd. to enforce a pooling agreement amongst Skeena, Keewatin and Eilat.
Eilat and Keewatin were the vendors of the Spectrum property to Skeena. The asset purchase agreement and the pooling agreement were signed by the three parties on April 14, 2014, during which time Skeena stock was halted from trading. The pooling agreement became effective on Oct. 27, 2014, when Eilat and Keewatin were issued 80 million shares in conjunction with the closing of the Spectrum property acquisition and in accordance with the purchase terms agreed to on April 14, 2014.
Skeena is not commenting further at this time, and the matter is before the courts. Skeena believes that Eilat's allegations are unfounded and without merit ' |
