HIGH-GRADE NI-CU-PT-PD-ZN-CR-AU-V-TI DISCOVERIES IN THE "RING OF FIRE"

NI 43-101 Update (September 2012): 11.1 Mt @ 1.68% Ni, 0.87% Cu, 0.89 gpt Pt and 3.09 gpt Pd and 0.18 gpt Au (Proven & Probable Reserves) / 8.9 Mt @ 1.10% Ni, 1.14% Cu, 1.16 gpt Pt and 3.49 gpt Pd and 0.30 gpt Au (Inferred Resource)

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Re: Tailings Tau (a-1)

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posted on Dec 31, 2009 08:27AM

Good morning Tau. Down here they have been expermenting with using fine tailings to backfill. When through with an area, they simply block it off leaving a large diameter plastic pipe which extends to the end of the area, then pump a loose consolidating mixture with some coarser materiel, cement , clay ??? to completely refill that specified area, commencing from the impermeable barrier and working back to the face of that working, which soon contributes greatly to stabilizlization. Obviously it has severe limitations for delivery, but where useable, forms a permanent strengthening structure.

Others use it as a base for structural materiel. Which can be used in the surrounding communities. A possible side benefit where there is scarcity of building materiel such as up at the ROF.

Don Jose de La Mancha

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