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Gold/Mining/Energy : TITANIUM CORPORATION INC.- The Next Major Mining Play -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bruce Robbins who wrote (291)	9/13/2000 9:43:54 AM
From: rdww	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 343

Okay then - who else has played here before? As for shifting sands - so what? The sand that was there yesterday moves around and what was over 10 feet to the right yesterday may be 30 feet to the left? Point? One only has to walk the sands/boat thru them to see how large a deposit exists. This is not like rock mining where you mine out an area and can't come back. Dredge the area and come back in a few weeks and it is likely moved back in from elsewhere. The water there is supersaturated already. There is no fish or aquatic life per say in this water. "Given the extremely high natural suspended sediment laod found in the river and bay, it seems unlikely that there will be any measurable change in the sedimentation as a result of the mining activity". A quote from Martec Engineering. A positive baseline environmental study has already been completed and a full is in the works to my knowledge. RTZ owns Richards Bay as well and does quite well there. The proces is similiar to NRL - except that NRL will not be removing trees and overburden and then replacing them! This depsoit requires a sifter and then put back the useless sands and come around again. I have to go back thru notes to see the composition to date of the sands. But Ilmentie is the lowest paying of the elements per tin. I will note that it has risen significantly though and as witnessed by QIT's profitability - still worth processing.<g> Titanium Feedstock values Ilmenite $140 t at 56% tio2 Syn rutile $320 t at 93% tio2 Sulphate Slag $290 t at 78% tio2 Chloride slag in variations $390- 495 t at 86% tio2 rutile $500 at 94% tio2 The industry is HUGE for Tio2. It surpasses the nickel mktsignificantly and is on par with the Aluminum guys! Tailloring a deposit via the variuos process available to fit someone'e mkt is the key. adn to date the MOE doesn't have a problem

To: Bruce Robbins who wrote (291)	10/9/2000 10:58:29 PM
From: rdww	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 343

QIT has not been on the property ever - so I am told. So you have any different news? If we strike that QIT implication that suggests the deposit sucks (becasue they looked and didn't bite) - then we are back to a terrific grassroots exploration titanium project that should be deep drilling soon to confirm that the sands run even deeper (I hope) and that tonnage is not a problem. That leaves it up to metallurgy to be solved and as we have both noted - this junior has engaged one of the worlds best to analyze this deposit. Then we can knock firmly on a major's door one of these days. Found another use in an article the other day for Tio2 - will have to post it.