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Uragold To Commence Testing Of Process to Convert High Purity Quartz to Solar Grade Silicon Metal
(via Thenewswire.ca) Montreal, Quebec, Canada / TheNewswire / February 17 2016 - Urago...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Uragold To Commence Testing Of Process to Convert High Purity Quartz to Solar Grade Silicon Metal(via Thenewswire.ca)\n\n \nMontreal, Quebec, Canada / TheNewswire / February 17 2016 - Uragold (TSX Venture: UBR) would like to update its shareholders on the advancement of its ongoing metallurgical testing program executed by PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (\"PyroGenesis\"), (http://pyrogenesis.com) (TSX-V: PYR), a clean-tech company that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes plasma torch products, from whom Uragold has been granted the worldwide exclusive rights for the One Step Production of Solar Grade Silicon Metal from Quartz. \n\n\n \nAs previously disclosed, the metallurgical testing will be done using PyroGenesis' PUREVAP(TM) Quartz Vaporization Reactor (QVR), a novel proprietary process (Provisional Patent Filed) that uses a plasma arc within a vacuum furnace for the One Step Production of Silicon Metal (Mg Si), Solar Grade Silicon Metal (Sg Si) and Electronic Grade Silicon Metal (Eg Si) from Quartz. \n\n\n \nFollowing receipt by PyroGenesis of the custom built vacuum furnace, a central component of the PUREVAP(TM) QVR process, Uragold confirms that the project is now entering its final assembly and commissioning phases. \n\n\n \nDYNAMIC TESTING PROGRAM TO START IN MARCH 2016 \n\n\n \nThe dynamic testing program, whereby quartz material from Uragold properties is to be processed in PyroGenesis PUREVAP(TM) QVR, will start in March 2016.\n\n\n \nThe dynamic test protocols call for a first series of metallurgical tests to be completed at different operational settings. The High Purity Silicon Metal produced by the reactor during each of these tests will be sent to an independent laboratory for ICP - MS \"Mass Spectrometry\" analysis for validation.\n\n\n \nPyroGenesis' PUREVAP(TM) QVR advantage is the rapidity at which tests can be completed. However, ICP-MS analysis for these tests must be highly sensitive and capable of multi-element trace analysis in the parts-per-trillion. The dynamic testing cycle will be subject to the time required to perform the analysis.\n\n\n \nUpon reception of results, if needed, the operational parameters of the reactor will be adjusted. The process will be rapidly repeated in order to achieve the correct adjustments required for the transformation of Uragold Quartz into High Purity Si of a...