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Talon Metals and EnviCore Partner to Reduce Mine Waste and Pioneer "Full Value Mining" Approach
Trialing new technology for producing low-carbon building materials instead of waste Calgary, Al...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Talon Metals and EnviCore Partner to Reduce Mine Waste and Pioneer \"Full Value Mining\" ApproachTrialing new technology for producing low-carbon building materials instead of wasteCalgary, Alberta and Tamarack, Minnesota--(Newsfile Corp. - March 28, 2023) - EnviCore Inc. (\"EnviCore\") and Talon Metals Corp. (TSX: TLO) through its subsidiary Talon Nickel (USA) LLC (\"Talon Metals\") are working together to study EnviCore's technology that avoids the creation of mine waste (tailings) in mineral processing, turning them into value-added products for the building, construction and infrastructure industries. The product would replace primary raw materials in legacy cement and concrete production that require significant CO2 emissions in processing.Talon Metals is the majority owner and operator of the Tamarack Nickel Project in central Minnesota, a world-class high-grade nickel deposit. The process of concentrating metallic minerals like nickel produces a waste known as tailings. Legacy mining practices often ignore the full value potential of repurposing mine tailings as value-added products, leading to higher costs for waste storage and loss of valuable secondary by-products. Mining companies like Talon Metals and technology companies like EnviCore are challenging the concept of waste and exploring how the full value of what is extracted from the earth can be utilized by society. This \"full value mining\" approach is part of a new era of sustainable practice in the materials supply chain. EnviCore and Talon Metals are conducting lab-scale studies to utilize EnviCore's technology to potentially transform tailings from the processing of nickel and copper bearing ores into products that are used in construction and infrastructure projects, thereby reducing and potentially avoiding the creation of waste. Industry scientists refer to products that replace inputs that currently require primary mining as Supplementary Cementitious Materials (\"SCM\"). The partnership will leverage EnviCore's expertise in development of tailings management solutions and Talon Metals' expertise in mineral extraction to validate EnviCore's innovative and sustainable process for efficacy, safety, and durability. Figure 1: High-level schematic of process to transform tailings into supplementary cementitious materials (\"SCM\") for use in cement and concrete...