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

To: go4it who wrote (6432)	6/27/1998 2:18:00 PM
From: Zeev Hed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14226

Chuck, I said that Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) manufacturers routinely use resin beds before discharging to the environment, so do all platters. Zeev

To: go4it who wrote (6432)	6/28/1998 9:26:00 AM
From: Tim Hall	Respond to of 14226

Charles, You bring up some very interesting points regarding the environment. I would assume that there are some trace amounts of nasty elements, arsenic, bismuth, cadmium, lead etc. in this ore. It would appear from Zeev's explanation that these would be dissolved in the first leach and precipitated out. They would then be oxidized or end up in the slag from the smelt. How clean is the first leach solution after precipitation? Maxam has discovered that permitting is a bigger issue than first thought. ie. air quality and water quality. Yet we have not heard of any permits for GPGI. Since they are located in Maricopa County (Phoenix), I find it hard to believe that they could operate a 5 to 15 ton per day plant without some of these permits. Or maybe, just when we think production is about to begin, we will get news of a delay due to new rules and permit requirements. Sound familiar? VBG Tim Hall