Back in the day, I developed a sulphur dioxide (“SO2”) leach process to produce electrolytic manganese dioxide (“EMD”), from a ferromanganese feedstock. EMD is the active ingredient in dry cell batteries. The leach process was lower cost than existing technologies. And far less polluting. We built a pilot plant at…
I first wrote about the Pagl copper-gold porphyry project here. The owners have forwarded me a presentation. You can read it here – July 2015 Pagl Porphyry Cu-Au Presentation. It’s worth a look as the alteration and surface gossans look very good. [Note that you need to open the post…
Over the weekend Hilary Clinton, the Democratic front-runner for the 2016 US presidency, released a YouTube video in which she stated that, if elected, she would have more than 500 million solar panels installed in her first term. While she obviously means well, there are a number of issues with…
Brumby Resources Ltd has recently acquired Marindi Metals Pty Ltd. Interesting that both companies are named after animals. In Australia a “brumby” is either a wild horse or a wild and unruly person. Although it can have a different meaning in the US. Marindi is the name of a dingo (native…
The Pagl Prospect is located 35 Km northeast of Mt Hagen with road access to the project boundary. It is a new discovery of porphyry-style mineralisation located in the New Guinea Mobile Belt. This belt hosts several large copper-gold deposits such as Grasberg, Frieda River, Ok Tedi and Wafi-Golpu. Recent…
SWAY: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behaviour, written by Ori and Rom Brafman, was first published in 2008. It was a New York Times bestseller. Full details below. The book has nine chapters, all with the same basic format. Each chapter covers an aspect of irrational decision making. Several examples…