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Gold/Mining/Energy : Global Platinum & Gold (GPGI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jafco who wrote (5697)	4/10/1998 6:02:00 PM
From: Joe Champion	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14226

>>the processes used by all other companies to extract platinums is a proprietary process and they AIN'T telling, ...<< Joe, this is not true for all companies. Platinum metal extraction is taught in most metallurgical schools. For over 100 years, numerous texts cover the same commercial procedures as used by the South Africans and the Russians. Platinum refining is an applied technology such as lead, zinc and copper refining. Information on this topic is plentiful. For example, copper with associated base and precious metals is mined concentrated, smelted and made into electrodes. The copper is electrowinned from the electrodes leaving a sludge. Now you have two products -- pure copper and sludge that has base and precious metals. Commercial procedures for processing gold, silver and platinum metals from this "now metallic sludge" is available in any technical/metallurgical library. Furthermore, there are over 50 qualified primary and secondary refineries that purchase this type of material on a daily basis. Respectfully, Joe Champion PS -- Platinum Jack -- did you receive my package yet?

To: Jafco who wrote (5697)	4/10/1998 8:11:00 PM
From: go4it	Respond to of 14226

Joe, I certainly understand proprietary information. It is obvious that the South Africans have mastered a process for these extractions. That is why I was very happy when that other company had brought Bateman in because I had hoped they would be able to bring much more of this information to the dirts from a more practical viewpoint which is essentially what they did by having them put in their doomsday press release of nov 14th that the process they were using was non-commercial. Bateman may be presented with a few additional problems that they are not used to, with the differences in mineralizations here vs. SA i.e. the presence of Au and or Ag concentrations in these dirts. I view the dirts, at least for the time being, to be equal and interconnected to each other even if many on these threads don't. Right now if one of them has a success then they are all that much closer. If one goes down the tubes then it will weigh on the others. If you watch these threads you will see that other company mentioned quite abit. Now adays it usually revolves around its short comings. When they were doing better it also helped to lift the other stocks. This is the way that I see it right now. Mxam is suppose to be going into production soon. GPGI says they are or very close to going into production and the others have their rumblings as well. There are already conventional miners that are mining the free gold from these dirts for quite a few years at a relatively low cost if the the concentrations of free gold remain high enough that is. I know what is in these dirts as do many others and I have to laugh when people say that they will never become mines. We are all equal right now in my eyes but I believe that the day is coming soon (within 2 years) when these companies will no longer be equal and it is a race to the production line. Who will be first to make it there? None of us knows. That is why I watch and listen and learn. At this point in time the only reason that I have not invested in GPGI is due to lack of funds (mine) but one thing is for sure and that is that I won't miss the boat completely. I may have to swim a little further and a little faster but I will be there and there won't be any icebergs where the boat is sailing. Only pirates !! The metals are there and that is a fact. If you are anything like me in the fact that you are the worlds worst stock trader then I suggest that you view all these companies as potential winners. To my knowledge GPGI has the highest concentrations of metals so that may help them to become the first but I don't know that. So I will waite and watch and form my opinions.