The ANSWER: I have a very VERY strong sense of global/local community citizenship.
When I first discovered how lucrative it was to recycle gold and silver, I was just about the tightest-lipped prospector to ever live. I was so damn greedy, I did nothing but accumulate for almost 8 months.
I began to notice how much time my gold recycling was taking from my paid position at a local United Church of Christ Music Ministry position. I HAD to examine what had changed. I discovered it was ME!! I had become greedy! I even resigned my church position as the the result of my gold greed.
Practicing considerable private meditation to conquer greed, I discovered this answer: SERVICE had to be incorporated into my discovery inorder to correct the greedy imbalance.
So, I selected 4 consultants to help me figure out how to turn my knowledge into service for others.
One consultant hooked me into the senior citizens centers programs in the local population area of over 1mil. I teach there, because those with the least need it the most, and get ripped off the most.
The second involved me in adult educations system and I taught all comers there. That same consultant wrote solicited professional grant proposals which were presented to both the regional Goodwill Ind. BoD's a/w/a St. Vincent DePaul BoDs. My Goal: They would receive increased funding from the results of my research into their material handling processes.
FWIW, I believe STRONGLY in the mission statements and rehab programs of both orgs.
It is NOT well known, but many charities in this nation meet annually. As a measure of their success, they report quarterly their rate of recovery as a % of intake. Last report shown to me stated Goodwill-nationally-recycles for a profit, almost 56% of all donations, and that includes scrap iron/aluminum/brass and copper recovery. BUT NOT GOLD nor SILVER! Salvation Army was a "distant 2nd" at almost 43%. And all of their staggering waste management bills eat up the rest of their fund accounting balance sheets, basically, not salaries as many assume.
The 3rd consultant, an attorney, talked me into codifying my work, research grant proposals, assays, etc., into a book/kit form and selling it to those hardy souls interested in cleaning up the earth. As a result, I have been published in 6 languages.
The 4th consultant handled the media exposure both on Television, Newspapers, trade journals, including NY Times, and San Jose Mercury, I was even on the front page of the papers in St. Thomas (carib) and Dallas/Fort Worth and Denver, as those papers picked up the NY Times story.
So the why is simply this, Giraffe:
The above ground discarded gold problem, globally is IMMENSE! It is literally over 16mil pure gold oz a year and still rising acc'd to 3 years ago GoldField Minerals annual report. It has been at this horrendous discarded gold ounces level for over 25 years, and looks to continue into the foreseeable future at this or even a greater pace. That is over 3 times ABX's annual production if you want to think about it in mining comparable terms.
The final footnote I'd like to add is this:
In the State of Oregon where I moved to and did my research project in late winter of 1990 through spring of 1991, we had several major gold mining companies tackle and fight the state's environmental laws re: un-remediated cyanide pits in Eastern Oregon.
You see, gold mining at the time of my research was #19 in the list of top 20 industries in our fair state. My research helped prove that it only took an additional $5 per oz to remediate that deadly eyesore /environmental timebomb. I was given a brief audience with then US Sen. Packwood, prior to all that big company vs. Eastern Oregon residents battle. East Oregonians won. I like to think I helped!
I'm proud of my effort to both battle both my personal greed and the largely ignored problem of valuable discarded metal waste that is every bit as polluting as those damn cyanide pits! I'm simply trying to get the word out so that we can help clean up this mess. Metal recycling is important to the starving in the Phillipines, and to the East Germans I've been able to help. Now, my words are in Great Britian, Australia, Sweden, Germany, Japan, and shortly in UAE, acc'd to recent e*mail.
While I may be "shooting myself in the foot" by helping to bring this price depressing supply back onto the market, my conscience and my victory over personal greed compells me to carry on sharing this information.
To answer your 2nd Q, basically, I have my <$20 cost gold recycling on a mgmt type monitoring-recycling-processes-basis now. And to whet some of those appetites out there, for every ounce of gold I recover, I'm basically recovering 10 oz of silver, plus additional pounds of copper, nickel, tin, and lead at the same time. No business like it in the world, frankly. It allows me to play on the web, play in the markets, and prepare for Y2K.
Whattadeal!
Regards, and thanks again for the chance to address your cogent question! Help me spread the word that there's plenty out there for all those who want their share and a person/place if they want to learn, will you, Giraffe?
O/49r
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