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Lithium mining: Avalon taking bulk sample from Separation Rapids
Source: Miner and News
With a new customer interested, Avalon Ventures Limited has commenced the second phase of a bulk sampling program on its Separation Rapids rare metals project located north of Kenora.
Avalon president Don Bubar, contacted at his Toronto office this morning, said the company interested in the lithium-based minerals on the property has found a new use for the ore in producing a new material with applications in the construction industry.
The lithium, tantalum, cesium and rubidium rare metals found in the ore have several high-technology applications in the aerospace, electronic, computer, chemical and ceramics industries.
The bulk sampling work is being done by Moncrief Construction of Kenora with the extraction of the sample to be carried out over the next two weeks to take advantage of frozen ground conditions for access of the site with heavy equipment.
Bubar said they are currently mobilizing the equipment to the site with the objective to extract approximately 300 tonnes of crushed lithium minerals ore for delivery to the customer. The company already received and processed an initial six-tonne sample delivered in September 2005.
Crushing of the sample will be completed in Moncrief's yard in Kenora and they plan on having the crushed ore product ready for shipping by April 15. Amalgamet Canada, Avalon's lithium minerals marketing agent who found the new customer, is arranging for shipping of the product.
Results from the earlier sample were positive and further test quantities with the second bulk sample of the crushed ore are required to "scale-up" the process and assist the customer in its own product development efforts.