Here is some FUEL CELL reasons for needs of PGMs:
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I spent the day writing this up and at this other thread above they mention the PGMs needs in the futur, well; at Birch Mountain, we have 11 gram Platinum and 1.9 grams near a third an OPT in just those two metal that are now so rare, all we need is the REPEATBILITY of the Methodology to be seen in our near future via declared in the PRs by THIRD PARTIES! ! ! and At 31 Grams to the Ounce, I am amazed why everyone is not writting here! Really. At 17 grams with GOLD included that is a HALF OUNCE PER TON!
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I Rec a READ and Study of Birch Mountain Resources from a NEW PLAY of not just Diamonds but of Platinum, Palladium, and Gold ( I call the gold simply -the by-product as the Other PGMs are the main focus now!) IMHO
I have been writing at Raging Bull Thread BHMNF and BMD for over a hundred posts since I started the two Threads over there, now I URL link the Silicon Investor Thread, here ( ok, I will re link this at Raging Bull so that each can referance oneanother): Top One for Members, bottom for LURKERS:
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Wet Chemical Pre-Treatment Leach
The Ionic Gold / P.G.M.'s that are PUT into solution are to be recovered by conventional means in that the metals must be repetitively proven to be taken out of the Wet Chemical Solution ( call it a Lixivant if you want) which is put into some sort Vat Leaching. The RECOVERY pre-test is based upon SEM ( see text of the July 99 Birch Mountain PR) We have about a half ounce per tone with the best figures on PGMs all metals:
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Birch Mountain considers that scanning electron microscope (SEM) and electron microprobe (EMP) data conclusively prove the existence of anomalous quantities of gold, silver, platinum, palladium and other precious and base metals in sedimentary rocks from Athabasca. Birch Mountain, the Geological Survey of Canada, Lac Minerals and others have conducted extensive SEM/EMP imaging and elemental analyses of surface samples and drill core from Athabasca using secondary and backscattered electron (BSE) imaging, and energy and wavelength dispersive x-ray spectrometry. Over 200 distinct chemical species comprising native and multi-element precious metal particles, and more widely distributed base metal particles, notably Cu, Zn and Pb, have been documented. As an example, one broken surface on one drill core specimen examined by SEM/EMP contained 90 micron-sized gold-bearing particles. The existence of placer accumulations of distinctive flour gold in rivers and streams in Athabasca further supports a local source of gold and other precious metals. Sources of information for SEM/EMP results are listed in Table 1.
Table 1. Precious metals detected by SEM and EMP analysis, Athabasca and Dawson Bay.
The SEM/EMP data show that the gold particle size population, determined from measurements of 170 particles, exhibits a truncated distribution with nearly 50 % of measured gold particles falling in the smallest size range of <2 microns. SEM/EMP imaging also shows that micron sized gold particles commonly are surrounded by a large number of sub-micron sized gold particles. From these data we conclude that the majority of precious metal particles lie in the sub-micron size range.
Previous Analytical Results
Since 1994, Birch Mountain and others have tested established methods for the assay and analysis of precious metals in sedimentary rocks from Athabasca. In contrast to SEM/EMP imaging and microanalysis, which prove the existence of precious metals in these rocks in amounts well above lower limits of detection, conventional analytical results have been inconclusive, either because they fail to detect precious metals or because positive results can not be repeated routinely. A small proportion of such analyses have reported precious metals. These include:
 4.1 g/t gold measured by Aztec K x-ray analysis at Anglo American Research Laboratories, Johannesburg, South Africa, for a composite sample prepared from 7 drill core grab samples collected between 159.1 and 185.3 metres depth in Lac drill hole ATH94-01;
 An average grade of 0.36 g/t gold over a 5.0 m interval from 148.5 to 153.5 metres depth in Lac drill hole ATH94-04 measured by fire assay-ICP at Anglo American Research Laboratories;
 1.69 g/t gold measured by fire assay of activated carbon used to extract gold from a cyanide bottle roll leach of a 150 g sample of surface rock at Saskatchewan Research Council, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Neither the Aztec nor the cyanide leach results could be reproduced by alternate methods. It is unlikely that the lack of repeatability can be explained by inadequate sampling or by the "nugget effect" because of the inferred predominance of sub-micron precious metal particles.
1998 Bulk Sample In 1998 Birch Mountain prepared four bulk samples of visibly altered sedimentary rocks to provide the samples to approach this problem systematically. Details of each of the four bulk samples are given in Table 2. The bulk samples were submitted to Loring Laboratories Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, for (a) crushing to —0.25 inch using a jaw crusher, and (b) pulverizing to -100 mesh using a disc pulverizer.
Table 2.Bulk samples, Athabasca, 1998.
At a combined total of 17 grams ( based upon 31 grams to the Ounce)AU-PT-PD:
Part #2: Shell/Syncrude/Gulf at Discovery Mine a 22 years supply of Vat Cleansed Tailings of Oil Sands are stockpiled and ready for the Mineral Permit Holder ( IE- Birch Mountain) to start any new technology RECOVERY OPERATION, IMHO, instant Mine Building! Bring is a fleet of Cement Mixers for instant multi Big Vats Systems to Wet Chemical Roll and Shake the recovery when soon to be designed when the repeatable testings are proofed. I must have a big position in this stock now, at the one dollar level i feel as when once it is proofed, our shares of BHMNF:BB or their Canadian Main Trading Vehicle at BMD:ASE will take of and leave us all sucking hot air out of the tailpipe of the cars' Catalytic Converter which btw is a main use of PGMs in todays world as well as the Computer and Electronics Technology of this world .
OIL SANDS are so rich for SHELL etal that they are concentration the Canada Division there:
>Folks this is BIG...positioning to ALBERTA oils sands IMHO, OIL SANDS Syncrude: News Today about THEM divesting also...first SHELL, today Syncrude!:
>Gulf Canada Resources Ltd -
>Van Sun/CP say Gulf Canada to sell Australian operations
>Gulf Canada Resources Ltd GOU
>Shares issued 348,950,044 1999-06-15 close $5.5
>Wednesday Jun 16 1999
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>The Vancouver Sun reports in a Canadian Press dispatch in its Wednesday edition that Gulf Canada Resources has hung out a For Sale sign on its Australian operations, a month after chief executive Dick Auchinleck told shareholders at the Calgary company's annual meeting that Gulf would not be selling any more assets. The senior oil producer says it is considering selling its Australian operations and it has retained HSBC Securities to find possible buyers. In Australia, Gulf Canada produces 11,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day and it employs 150 people. Mr. Auchinleck says his company has not made a final decision but at this point he says there is a 50 per cent chance that the Australian operation will be sold. He declined to elaborate on a likely price tag. Mr. Auchinleck also says that Gulf Canada's interest in a $500-million heavy oil joint venture with PanCanadian Petroleum, unveiled in April, could also be sold within the next 18 months.
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>Gulf Canada Resources Ltd -
>Syncrude Canada annual results
>Gulf Canada Resources Ltd GOU
>Shares issued 348,950,044 1999-05-25 close $5.25
>Wednesday May 26 1999
>See Alberta Energy Company Ltd (AEC) News Release
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>Mr. Peter Marshall of Syncrude Canada reports
>Syncrude Canada has released its annual report on the World Wide Web.
>The report shows that annual Syncrude sweet blend shipments were 76.7 million barrels, the 17th annual record in 20 years of operations. Total unit costs, at $13.57 per barrel, were the lowest in Syncrude's history. Capital expenditures were a record-breaking $481-million, almost 35 per cent higher than the $355-million invested in 1997.
>Environmental performance was also exceptional in 1998 with performance better than regulated limits. These achievements are considered outstanding. The operation continues to be on track toward increased energy efficiency. Its goal is to achieve annual energy use reductions of almost 2 per cent on average for a total reduction of 35 per cent per barrel of production between 1990 and 2008. Many of the gains will be realized as new equipment and technology are introduced through Syncrude's $6-billion capital investment program, which are described in the innovative report.
>During the year, construction commenced on the second ore train of the North mine and its associated hydrotransport facilities; approval was received from the joint venture owners to start construction of the Aurora project which expands Syncrude's mining operation onto new oil sands leases; the second stage of upgrader debottlenecking was started; and the regulatory application for the upgrader expansion project was submitted.
>The Syncrude project is a joint venture operated by Syncrude Canada Ltd. and owned by AEC Oil Sands, L.P., AEC Oil Sands Limited Partnership, Athabasca Oil Sands Investments Inc., Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd., Canadian Oil Sands Investments Inc., Gulf Canada Resources Limited, Imperial Oil Resources, Mocal Energy Ltd., Murphy Oil Company Ltd., and Petro-Canada.
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NOW my TEXT BOOK STANDARD READ in a Geology College Book on the Crystal Mattrix of Dolomites which in a next / another form are LIMESTONES:
Notice how these rocks ( form our NV and AZ claims in our Private Claim Group see URL at /WMA8 at end ) LOOK like it/they COULD of come out of Alberta claim of BIRCH MOUNTAIN and the PGM -Prairie Gold Model:
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>Birch Mountain DOLOMITE and LIMESTONES in a diagram a must study- must see!
>http://www.birchmountain.com/Home/What_is_PrairieG/model/model.html
\TEXT BOOK: PMG interest of mine...ISBN 0-04-551053-9
First ed 1982 : PUB : Allen & Unwin, London and Boston and Sydney:
...Indicating that sea water is supersaturated with respect to DOLOMITE and therefore dolomite should be precipitating widely ( Hsu 1966), Furthur, Hsu shows that dolomite is more stable than either calcite or argonite in sea water by considering the following reaction:
Ca2+ Plus CaMg ( C) 3)2 = <> Mg2+ PLUS 2CaCO3
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ONE=Ca2+ PLUS one CO2/3 -
calcite
. In sea-water is the CRUX of what has been called the DOLOMITE PROBLEM ...////....Sponantaneously toward equilibrium, i.e. carbonate Sediments SHOULD be DOLOMITED by contact...with Ordinary SEA WATER.///..//....
reverse reaction
d -and theoretical e crux of what has tr the most up-to~8O). The inability of dolomite TO PRECIPATE FROM SEA WATER MUST BE THE CAUSE OF SOME CRYSTALLATION DIFFICULTY ie a kinetic factor. In the case of DOLOMITE this is thought to arise from THE EXTREME REGULARITY of the CRYSTAL Laittice (Fig. 29.13). ions, CO~ ions, !a2~ and Mg2 ions
= 1.08 A; Mg ( sacn is bad ..partial on the rest) SEE graft on attachment :
MODELSEDI.tif Find The PGM model: Prairie Gold Model in Alberta Canada. ( Below URL )
( See birchmountain.com )
Our Un-Related study of a couple years led to Carlin Style in the deserts of the Great Southwest of the USA. ( below URL )
( See auctionbuy.com )
THUS, getting metals out in hand in Metalitic Form are all envolved here at BMD – BHMNF and my own claims ( Private Safe Harbors herein so stated ) SEMs are the start basis of AA finishes of beads I suppose. Read PRs. Standard Mining AA and Aqua Regias )
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“..An attempt to explain the origin of microdisseminated precious metals and metal alloys observed by SEM examination and fire assay of rocks from Athabasca.
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. “ Prairie Gold model guides our search for a gold deposit in this area. It explains how gold and other metals were transported by low-temperature fluids in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) and were deposited in host rocks in Athabasca. There are five critical elements of the Prairie Gold model: a brine solution; source rocks; a plumbing system; a precipitation mechanism; and time. All elements of the Prairie Gold model are present in Athabasca
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The location of the Saline Lake, brine flow is shown on this satellite image.. “
The above URL is but one of 4 that link in this paragraph that must be read and re read to understand the PRECIPs of the ages over time and thru the LIMESTONES:
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This stylized cross section illustrates the Prairie Gold process under the Alberta Oilsands, north of Fort McMurray
The solution capable of carrying gold is an oxidized chloride-rich brine generated as the residual saline solution remaining after salt deposition during Early and Middle Devonian times. In addition, chloride-rich brine is generated when meteoric water enters from the surface, flows through the sedimentary rock and dissolves the deposits of salt.
The source rocks must contain some gold and precious metals and be sufficiently porous and permeable to allow the brine to circulate. In Athabasca, the source rocks are fractured Precambrian basement which extend along the eastern margin of the WCSB.
The plumbing system by which the metal-bearing solutions flow to the site of deposition is a combination of structural and stratigraphic fluid conduits including permeable aquifers, faults, fractures and solution collapse features. The structural history of the eastern part of the Peace River Arch is an integral part of the Prairie Gold model in Athabasca. Over geological time, structural adjustment of the Peace River Arch fractured the sedimentary rocks and provided conduits for transporting metal-bearing solutions.
The precipitation mechanism for removing gold and precious metal from solution is reduction of the oxidized, chloride-rich brine by reaction with either sulphides or organic material. It takes time for these solutions to transport a sufficient quantity of gold. In northeastern Alberta, gold and precious metal transport and deposition has occurred for tens to hundreds of millions of years.
Applying the Prairie Gold model, we believe an ore body in Athabasca will be discovered in a large volume of fractured, altered limestone that contains gold and precious metals with minor amounts of copper, zinc and other metals. The location of such an ore body will be controlled by stratigraphic features and will reflect the distribution of both permeability and precipitation mechanisms, likely related to solution collapse features. The Bitumount Basin meets this description and will be the focus of our exploration program.
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Disclaimer: I Charles ( Chuca & Chucka as Pennames ) Marshall is not nor does it claim to be a licensed stock broker, analyst or financial advisor. Here is some of my old background sucesses and or Decision Making/ Underwriting ? Risk Management Professional Designation hats that I wore in the last twenty years that have no relationship directly related to me given this discussion on Birch Mountain and Other NEWTECH MINING out to you all here and now.
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Fuel Cell Electrode to be Developed
Business Wire - June 28, 1999 12:15
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 1999-- Rhombic Corporation (OTC-BB-NUKE) announces that the company has accepted a second proposal from the University of Missouri to participate in a joint research plan to develop doped diamond electrodes and undoped diamond film for the hydrogen fuel cell market.
The doped diamond electrodes will be non-corrosive with the unique features of excellent thermal, chemical, and electrical conductive properties. Electrodes developed using boron doped diamond film will add efficiency to hydrogen fuel cells now being produced for automobiles, buses, and trucks.
Rhombic's management is currently reviewing three other "Forced Diffusion" projects for the future developed at the University's facilities.
-- Production of N-type diamond semi-conductor material for the computer, satellite, and communications markets.
-- Quality coloring of diamonds for the retail and wholesale markets.
-- The doping of diamond films for use in small solid state monitor/detectors that would be portable and useful in monitoring at nuclear power plants and waste sites, and to measure the rate and flow of newtrons produced by the Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) fusion devices and other commercial neutron producers.
Using its "Forced Diffusion" technology, Rhombic will begin July 1, 1999, at the University to purify polluting elements from silicon carbide and gallium nitride wafers. Reducing impurities in wafers will result in improved effectiveness with a longer wafer life span.
Rhombic also announces that Dr. Reinhard Hopfl of Germany, represented Rhombic Corporation's nuclid battery at the Geneva, Switzerland June 12 and June 13, 1999 summit meeting of International Computer and Communications. Dr. Hopfl reported back to Rhombic his many contacts in the satellite business.
For further details on Rhombic Corporation, call the company's public relations office (Mr. Skerry) at 1-888-821 6607 and 604 421 5543, or visit the Rhombic website www.rhombic.com.
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INTRODUCTION
The high frequency (short wavelength) content of high resolution
aeromagnetic (HRAM) data consists of several components: cultural noise
generated by near surface man-made objects, aircraft noise and signal
generated by geology. These components overlap, distorting the geological
signal, and in some cases, noise completely dominates the high frequency
components of the spectrum. The high frequency geological signal can be a
very important component of HRAM data, particularly when interpreting
data from sedimentary basins or data associated with shallow mineral
targets such as kimberlites. The short wavelength geological signal in a
sedimentary basin is often associated with intra-sedimentary faults that can
provide conduits for fluid movement within the basin and hence
hydrocarbon migration pathways.
Noise generated from culture is randomly distributed within the HRAM
data and often has the same magnetic characteristics (high frequency, short
wavelength and often low amplitude) as signals generated from subtle
geological features. Therefore, it is difficult to separate these two
components using conventional digital filters. Furthermore, sharp anomalies
related to wellheads or other culture are actually broad band in their
frequency content, even though they appear to be high frequency. If such
spikes are not culturally edited, the low frequency component of each spike
will appear as a subtle low frequency feature in filtered versions of the data
which are designed to image deep targets.
The effect of cultural noise is also illustrated on the power spectrum plots of
the total magnetic field for the HRAM data prior to cultural editing (Figure
1a). It is evident in Figure 1a that the noise dominates the high frequency
components of the spectrum. Also note the high frequency spikes in the
radial power spectrum of Figure 1 and how they have clearly disappeared
after manual cultural editing (Figure 1b). Any effort to remove or suppress
cultural noise from HRAM data should attempt to keep the geological
signal intact. The overlap between these signals often prevents this from
happening, particularly when an automatic method is used to locate and
remove the noise. In regions where the objectives of the HRAM survey are
deep targets, the removal of short wavelength geological features may not
be detrimental to the interpretation. However, removal of short wavelength
geological features in areas where the objectives are shallow targets could
be very detrimental for the interpretation.
METHODOLOGY
Several techniques for locating and removing or suppressing cultural noise
are now discussed. The three methods considered in this paper are: 1)
manual; 2) semi-automatic; and 3) automatic. In all three cases the data
should be relevelled after cultural editing.
Manual Technique
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