Sisson Work Program Advancing to Achieve Project Feasibility Study in Q3 2012
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 5, 2011) - Geodex Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:GXM)(FRANKFURT:G2W) (the "Geodex" or "Company") is pleased to provide an update on the status and activities at the feasibility-stage Sisson Tungsten-Molybdenum Project, located in west-central New Brunswick. The Sisson property hosts an important scale, near-surface tungsten-molybdenum deposit with mineral resources potentially amenable to open pit mining.
Northcliff Resources Ltd. ("Northcliff"), the Sisson Project operator, is advancing feasibility-level engineering and environmental studies, along with associated fieldwork and comprehensive stakeholder engagement programs, toward the completion of a Feasibility Study and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Sisson Project in Q3 2012.
"Northcliff has effectively advanced the Sisson Project forward as we expected when Geodex entered into the joint venture agreement with them in the fall of 2010," noted Mark Fields, President and CEO of Geodex. "The Sisson Project was well-advanced from a geological, technical and environmental perspective when Northcliff became the operator and Northcliff has confirmed that it expects to move efficiently over the coming 15 months to complete a Feasibility Study and initiate federal and provincial permitting. All aspects required to evaluate and permit a mine are being progressed in a timely manner. The Sisson Project represents an important opportunity for the joint venture as well as New Brunswick to develop a large tungsten mine. This would provide a significant Canadian supply for a world market that has a supply shortfall, particularly for Europe and North America and highlighted by the current very strong tungsten prices."
Northcliff recently initiated a 9,000-metre drill program at the Sisson property to collect representative core samples for feasibility-level metallurgical testing, to complete open pit geotechnical investigations and to provide further resource definition. Two of three drills have been mobilized to the project site since drilling began on June 15.
In April 2011, a 'Project Description' for the Sisson Project submitted to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Office was formally accepted to initiate a project review under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act . Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) guidelines for the project had previously been issued by the Province of New Brunswick in March 2009. Terms of Reference (ToR) for an EIA to meet both federal and provincial permitting requirements are currently being developed through a joint federal-provincial Technical Review Committee. Public, stakeholder and First Nations consultation on the draft ToR are planned for in August/September 2011, prior to final approval by the two levels of government.
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 5, 2011) - Geodex Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:GXM)(FRANKFURT:G2W) (the "Geodex" or "Company") is pleased to provide an update on the status and activities at the feasibility-stage Sisson
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What is a mineral? To qualify for being called a mineral, a substance has to be in a solid state of matter and also have a crystalline atomic or molecular structure. It should also be a homogeneous, naturally occurring substance with a clearly defined chemical composition. In 1965, the International Mineralogical Association adopted a standard definition for minerals as ‘an element or chemical compound that is normally crystalline and that has been formed as a result of geological processes’. Many minerals are used for extracting useful metals from them and hence the study of different types of minerals becomes utterly important.
There are an overwhelming number of known minerals. Currently, the International Mineralogical Association lists more than 4,000 minerals, with new minerals still being discovered. Only 100 of these are commonly found, about 50 are found occasionally, while rest of these minerals are very rarely encountered. To ease up the study of types of minerals and their uses, there are two broad categories in which minerals are divided into. Let us take a good look at this classification.
Mineral Classification
Minerals are broadly classified in to two categories: Silicate and non-Silicate minerals.
Silicate Minerals The most commonly found group of mineral in the Earth’s crust is the silicate group. Almost all silicate minerals have silicon and oxygen as their primary components. Most silicate minerals are formed by the cooling of molten rocks. As the molten rocks come closer to the surface inside the Earth’s crust, they start cooling very fast and combine with the most abundant element in the Earth’s crust, silicon. Silicate minerals constitute approximately 90% of the Earth’s crust. Fayalite (Fe2SiO4)Zircon (ZrSiO4), Enstatite (MgSiO3), Ferrosilite (FeSiO3) are some examples of sulphate minerals.
Non-Silicate Minerals There is a complete range of non-silicate minerals. Some of these minerals are formed when there is cooling of magma, while some others are formed when water in them evaporates, or due to minerals decomposition. The non-silicates can be further classified in to different groups which are: elements, oxides, carbonates, sulphates, and many more which are not commonly found naturally. Most of these groups have their own sub-categories. But, let us discuss these groups first: Many pure elements are found in the form of minerals in ores or mines. For example, uncombined carbon is often found in its pure state in the form of graphite or more rarely as diamond. Gold, silver and sulfur are other elements which are also found in its pure state. Even though these are pure elements they qualify to be known as minerals, but no chemical process is required on them further. When an ore is found in which one or more elements are combined with oxygen, it is an oxide mineral. These may have chemical formulas of type XO (MgO, ZnO, CuO, etc.), X2O (Cu2O), X2O3 (Al2O3, Fe2O3), XO2 (MnO2, SnO2) and XY2O4 (MgAl2O4, FeCr2O4). The oxide minerals, are mostly of metallic elements. Example: hematite, magnetite, cuprite. Silicates and oxides are the most common types of minerals in volcanoes, especially after an eruption. This class of minerals include biogenic substances, genesis or origin of which can be attributed to a geological processes. Organic minerals include all types of oxalates, mellitates, citrates, cyanates, acetates, formates, hydrocarbons, etc. Example of organic mineral includes whewellite, moolooite, mellite, fichtelite, carpathite, evenkite and abelsonite.
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