INVESTORS WANTED
The purpose of the China Canada Centre for Deep Mining Innovation is to establish leading global research built on a collaboration platform in deep mining and to stimulate innovation and co-operation between industry and academic institutions in China and Canada. conducted on safety technology such as vehicle proximity detectors, safety culture and comparisons between regulatory approaches in Canada and China. In rock mechanics, the laboratory facilities of Northeastern University were indeed impressive. Prof. Xia-Ting Fung, the vice-president research at Northeastern University, is a former president of the International Society of Rock Mechanics and the lab has two true triaxial compression testing machines. Coincidentally, much as Canada’s SNOLAB has an association with Laurentian University and is located at Vale’s Creighton mine, the Chinese equivalent of that lab resides deep within a mountain in China where the rock mechanics work is being done by Northeastern University – perhaps another link between Sudbury and Shenyang. Northeastern University is “moving at the speed of trust,” which, as it turns out, is pretty fast! Four mining companies from Canada and four from China are being recruited to define problems to be solved and to provide in-field laboratories to advance innovation and to advance safe, productive and sustainable mining in both of our countries to make a difference to mining globally. CMJ VIC PAKALNIS is president and CEO of MIRARCO Mining Innovation
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Novel Process for Gold, Precious Metals and Microdiamond Recovery and Deposit Evaluation (ET-SAP) and Very Effective Process for Neutralization of Any Biological and Some Chemical Contamination in Water, Soil and Air (ET-SOS) Envi-Tech Inc. (ET) has developed two advanced, unique, very economic and environmentally friendly processes. One process (ET-SAP) for the recovery and deposit evaluation of gold, platinum, other precious metals and microdiamonds; and a second process (ET-SOS) for the neutralization of any biological and some chemical (such as cyanide, hydrocarbons) contaminants in water, soils, slurries and air. Jerzy (George) Janiak, D.Sc., Ph.D. (chemistry technology), gemologist and the owner, president and research director founded Envi-Tech, Inc. in 1992 in Edmonton, Alberta. The company is currently headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. ET’s ET-SAP process works by adding a proprietary adsorber to a water-ore slurry which adsorbs free precious metals and microdiamonds until fully loaded (10-15kg of metals and 4 kg of microdiamonds per ton of adsorber). Once loaded it is quickly removed from the slurry and the metals and microdiamonds are easily unloaded from its surface. The main features of ET-SAP are: 1. Recovery yield of up to 99% for particles smaller than 800 microns; 2. Processing time from a few minutes up to half an hour, depending on type of reactor used; 3. Effective on any type of ore with a wide range of gold concentration of 0.05 to 20 oz per ton; 4. Capital and operating costs about 8 times lower than cyanide extraction; 5. Uses no toxic chemicals and recycles of all water. ET’s other process, ET-SOS, uses super-oxidation gases (SOG) and a unique method of applying these gases to polluted material. It can neutralize any biological (such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, etc.) and some chemical (such as cyanide, hydrocarbons) contaminants in water, soils, slurries and air. Its main features are: 1. Air and electricity are the only components needed; 2. Equipment for ET-SOS is fully hermetic, very efficient, easy to use and safe, no moving parts and needs little maintenance; 3. Does not require any chemical components delivered from the outside. Both technologies, ET-SAP and ET-SOS, were tested on hundreds of samples and used in the laboratory and mobile units, as well as on a semi-commercial scale in mines or field units. We are looking for investors, licensees, partners for joint ventures, or anyone interested in buying the full rights to one or both of these technologies, or all of Envi-Tech, Inc. If interested, please contact Jerzy Janiak at jerzy.janiak@shaw.ca or at tel/fax 403-208-4761 or cell 403-852-9909. We can provide you with 20-40 page portfolios containing detailed information on each process. Our website is www.envi-tech.ca
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