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Sidney Resources Corp. Announces Full and Final Patent Application for Revolutionary Laser Mining Technology
Sidney Resources Corp. Announces Full and Final Patent Application for Revolutionary Laser Mining Technology.
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[{"type":"text","content":"COEUR D' ALENE, ID / ACCESSWIRE / February 15, 2023 / Sidney Resources Corporation, (OTC PINK:SDRC) is very pleased to announce after a huge effort from the entire engineering team, taking nearly a full year to write, a "Non-Provisional Utility Patent Application" has been filed with the USPTO. This application for "Method and Apparatus for using Electro-Magnetic Radiation in Narrow Vein Mining" has been assigned Application Serial No. 18/103,991 with a filing date of 31 January, 2023. The application also claims priority back to an earlier filed "Provisional Patent Application", that is patent pending. This is the full patent application for the laser technology and finalizes the patent process. Furthermore it is an improved and expanded application of the patent Sidney Resources acquired from Merger Mines (OTC:MERG). In further detail this invention is an improvement to known methods and apparatus relating to narrow vein mining for precious metals and gemstones. A method and apparatus for using Electro-Magnetic Radiation (EMR) to thermally fracture/melt and/or vaporize geologic material in narrow vein mining operations including explosive installation preparation, safety rock bolting operations, drifting, expanding raises and winzes, and stope mining.A thermal fracturing scanhead directs a beam of predetermined diameter and power across a work surface causing stress fracturing and also to cause the rock to melt and/or vaporize to a predetermined depth. Spalled chips removed from the work surface are collected and transported for further processing. The invention relates to improvements using multi-kilowatt Electro­-Magnetic Radiation generators in thermal stress fracturing and/ or spallation of strata; to facilitate and differentiate between desired minerals and waste material; the retrieval of desired materials; and movement and disposal of waste materials.Commenting on the Non-Provisional Utility patent application the Sidney Resources Tech Division's Project Manager, Gary Mladjan, said, "we have spent the last twelve years working to bring the premise of thermal fracturing igneous rock, based on preliminary studies done by Argonne National laboratory and others, to develop the spallation process for the hard rock mining industry. We have codified our ideas in this patent and have prod...