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Potash is a source of potassium, one of three three primary plant nutrients, the others being phosphorus and fixed nitrogen. Potash is an umbrella term for various soluble salts of potassium. The main salts are potassium chloride (KCl, also known as muriate of potash – MOP), potassium-magnesium sulphate (K2SO4.MgSO4, also…
It is common practice in the resource space, particularly in investor presentations, to show the presenting company in a table comparing it with what they say are “peers”. Of course, the conclusion is always that the presenting company is substantially undervalued. The inference is that it is therefore a better…
High Purity Alumina is very pure aluminium oxide (99.99% Al2O3). Alumina is also known as corundum, with traces of iron, titanium, vanadium or chromium it forms sapphire and ruby. HPA is chemically inert, transparent, does not conduct electricity, has a very high melting point and is very hard. In pellet…
Northam Iron holds a series of magnetite deposits in the Northam area, 100km east of Perth. The deposits are shown as blue dots on the map below. The project already has substantial resources, for example the Yerecoin project hosts inferred resources of 404Mt at a head grade of 28.3% Fe.…
Northern Iron is the brainchild of well known entrepreneur Mr Jim Hickey. It is a magnetite project, rather than hematite. Magnetite projects have been somewhat unpopular of late, due to high costs. The reason is that the majority of magnetite iron ore projects are based upon banded iron formation (“BIF”).…
Great Boulder Resources Limited (ASX:GBR) has made a potentially extraordinary discovery of copper-nickel-cobalt mineralisation at Mt Venn, in Western Australia. Extraordinary, because Mt Venn has a remarkable past. In 1970 the share price of the then-owner, Tasminex NL, rocketed from $3.00 to $96.00. This uplift was based upon a report…