ITRONICS TEST WORK ON FULSTONE TAILINGS SHOWS STRONG POTENTIAL AS FEED MATERIAL FOR ITS PROPOSED ROCK KLEEN PILOT PLANT
31 August 2021 - 8:30PM
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ITRONICS TEST WORK ON
FULSTONE TAILINGS SHOWS STRONG POTENTIAL AS FEED MATERIAL FOR ITS
PROPOSED ROCK KLEEN PILOT
PLANT
RENO, NV -- August 31, 2021 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire --
Itronics (OTC:ITRO)
today reported that it has completed recovery tests on two samples
taken from the iron mine tailings pile located on Auric Fulstone
claims in Nevada adjacent to the formerly operating Minnesota Mine.
Assay results show that these tailings have a metal and mineral
content that has a significant gross value, perhaps $350 per
ton.
The Rock Kleen tests have shown that a significant
portion of the metal content and industrial mineral content can be
recovered, perhaps $100 per ton when all the material is
sold. Additional recovery work needs to be completed on
metals, clays, and other minerals. The Company believes that these
components, when recovery is optimized, will provide significant
additional value per ton. The indicated values are high
enough to justify moving forward with the Rock Kleen pilot plant
development using Fulstone tailings as the feed material. This
pilot plant is being planned for installation at the Itronics
Cleantech Materials Campus (ICMC), in Wabuska,
Nevada.
“The test work completed on the Fulstone tailings
demonstrates how Rock Kleen can create value from formerly
worthless tailings by recovering a variety of metals and minerals,”
said Dr. John Whitney, Itronics President. “We have tested tailings
from gold and silver mines, and now an iron mine. In each
case Rock Kleen successfully recovers metals and minerals, plus
cleans the remaining tailings for industrial mineral
sales.”
Itronics Inc. has an effective 70 percent ownership
interest in Auric Gold and Minerals, Inc. through its wholly owned
subsidiary Whitney & Whitney, Inc. Small scale
pilot testing was done on the Fulstone tailings, at the Itronics
Metallurgical, Inc. laboratory in Reno, Nevada. All assaying
of both the head materials and the pilot test tailings was
conducted by a certified third-party laboratory. While
definitive recovery numbers and final products are yet to be
determined by detailed optimization studies, preliminary
indications from the two representative samples are that the
recovered value will be high enough to profitably support an
operation that produces metals, nutrient minerals, industrial
minerals, and clay products.
The main recovered metal/mineral values from the
testing were iron, calcium, magnesium, copper, and cobalt.
Industrial minerals useable for construction are another major
value. Itronics plans to continue with additional field work
and additional test work aimed at optimizing the metal and mineral
recoveries and obtaining the additional information and data
required to do a definitive pilot plant design. The
additional field work includes the measuring, drilling, and
assaying required to confirm a mineral inventory. Material
gathered in this work will provide samples for further
optimization.
Successful pilot plant operations will immediately lead
to development of a Rock Kleen demonstration plant, which is
required for full commercialization. Itronics envisions the
Rock Kleen plant, processing Fulstone tailings, to be an integral
component of the Itronics Cleantech Materials Campus (ICMC) in
Wabuska, Nevada. The Fulstone controlled tailings are located
approximately 15 miles from the ICMC, a convenient haul
distance.
About
Itronics
Headquartered in Reno, Nevada, Itronics Inc. is a “Zero
Waste Energy Saving Technology” Company that produces GOLD’n GRO
specialty liquid fertilizers, silver bullion, and silver-bearing
glass. The Company is an emerging “critical mineral”, and “battery
materials” producer. The Company’s goal is to achieve
profitable cleantech materials technology driven organic growth in
specialty GOLD’n GRO fertilizers, silver, gold, zinc, critical
minerals, and battery minerals. The Company’s technologies
maximize the recovery and uses of metals and minerals and by doing
this maximize sustainability. The waste is completely eliminated by
recycling and converting it into commercial
goods.
The Company's growth forecast centers upon its
10-year business plan designed to integrate its Zero Waste Energy
Saving Technologies and to grow annual sales from $2 million in
2019, to $100 million in 2025.
The Company’s environmentally friendly award winning
GOLD’n GRO liquid fertilizers, which are extensively used in
agriculture, can be used for lawns and houseplants, and are
available at the Company's "e-store" on Amazon.Com at http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_lawn-garden?ie+UTF8&field-brandtextbin=GOLD%27n+GRO&node+2972638011.
Due to expanded retail customer interest, GOLD’n GRO fertilizer may
now be purchased in Reno, Nevada at “Buy Nevada First Gift Shop”,
4001 S. Virginia St.
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