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Quebec Quartz Provides General Information on Silicon Metal and High Purity Quartz
(via Thenewswire.ca) Montreal, Quebec / TNW-ACCESSWIRE / August 28 2014 / Uragold Ba...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Quebec Quartz Provides General Information on Silicon Metal and High Purity Quartz(via Thenewswire.ca)\n \n \nMontreal, Quebec / TNW-ACCESSWIRE / August 28 2014 / Uragold Bay Resources Inc. (\"Uragold\") (TSX Venture: UBR) through it's wholly owned subsidiary, Quebec Quartz is pleased to offer the investing public the following general information on Silicon Metal and the High Purity Quartz.\n\n\n \nUragold and Quebec Quartz will concentrate their work on High Purity Quartz and Metallurgical Silicon Metal for which applications and dollar value of quartz greatly vary based on the purity of the material. The company acquired some of the most prospective historical High Purity Quartz (HPQ) deposits with High Purity Silica (+98.5% SiO2) (HPS) values in Quebec during Q2 2014 through it's subsidiary Quebec Quartz. \n\n\n \nThe Quebec Quartz assets can be viewed at: http://www.uragold.com/Quebec-Quartz.php\n\n\n \nPatrick Levasseur, President and COO of Uragold stated that: \"We have noticed in the last few months that investors are very eager to hear about the developments for silicon metal in Quebec but have not been able to find a comprehensive source for researching the potential of the market.\" Mr. Levasseur went on to add: \"We are thus extremely pleased to offer investor this first of hopefully many non-exhaustive educational news releases.\"\n\n\n \nWhat are High Purity Quartz and Silicon Metal?\n\n\n \nHigh Purity Quartz\n\n\n \n\n\n-High Purity Quartz (HPQ) has a purity level in excess of 99.997% and is extremely rare.\n\n\n\n-Used in the semiconductor industry to produce crucibles and quartz glass products, such as windows, rods, and tubes [Source]. \n\n\n\n-Also used in the production of silicon metal, which is the base for the semiconductor wafers, made using the Czochralski Process [Source].\n\n\n\n-High purity quartz deposits with low impurities are rare, world supplies are tightening and HPS prices are rising [Source ].\n\n\n\n-Demand for HPQ is growing with the high tech industry and the price for premium HPQ can vary between US$ 8,000 to US$ 25,000 or more per ton depending on the specifications needed for the final application [Source ].\n\n\n\n\n \nMetallurgical Silicon Metal\n\n\n \n\n\n-Metallurgical Silicon Metal has a purity of 98.5% or higher and is used as an alloying agent in the aluminum industry due to it...