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Taranis Finds Six 'High-Tech' By-Product Metals at Thor
(via TheNewswire) Estes Park, Colorado / TheNewswire / June 6, 2019 - Taranis Resourc...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Taranis Finds Six 'High-Tech' By-Product Metals at Thor(via TheNewswire)\n \n \nEstes Park, Colorado / TheNewswire / June 6, 2019 - Taranis Resources Inc. (\"Taranis\" or the \"Company\") [TSX.V: TRO] is providing additional information pertaining to the 10,000 tonne bulk-sampling program at Thor. To date, attention has been focused on the extraction of the main minerals of interest (containing Ag, Au, Pb, Zn & Cu). The Company has identified six other elements/metals susceptible to the gravity pre-concentration process and which have potential to add value to the existing Ag, Au, Pb, Zn, Cu Resource at Thor documented by Roscoe Postle Associates (\"RPA\") in 2013.\n\n \n \nOf these six elements/metals, only one has been routinely analyzed during exploration drilling - antimony. Rubidium, indium, scandium, cesium and strontium require special analytical procedures and detection limits that are outside the scope of normal exploration work for precious/base metal deposits. As such, Taranis is planning to assess the concentration and disposition of these additional valuable elements during processing of the 10,000 tonne bulk sample. The bulk sample is designed to be broadly representative of the main Thor deposit.\n\n \n \nRecognition of the content of these metals is important to draft detailed and favourable smelter contracts for concentrate products.\n\n \n \nCritical and Strategic 'By-Product' Commodities\n\n \n \nPolymetallic deposits such as Thor can contain significant by-product and trace metals. These can often be recovered along with the minerals of primary focus. Recovery and sale of the elements listed may be possible during downstream processing of the bulk/zinc concentrates produced.\n\n \n \nSupply of materials for high-tech industries has become an important issue, and the criticality of these products is discussed by the Secretary of Interior in the United States (Executive Order 13817, February 16th, 2018). The United States is a major consumer of these metals and is heavily reliant on imports of certain mineral commodities vital to the Nation's security and economic prosperity. This dependency of the United States, Canada and other nations on imports creates a strategic vulnerability for their economies and militaries to adverse foreign government action, natural disaster and other events that can disrupt sup...