UPDATE: MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2009
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UPDATE: MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2009
ANALYTICAL LAB
Palladon Iron Corporation (PIC) has acquired laboratory space in Cedar City that will house its analytical laboratory and sample prep facility. The laboratory is close to the mine and will contain the following laboratory and sample prep equipment:
In addition, the laboratory will have all necessary supplies to conduct all analyses necessary for the mine.
SGS North America, one of the largest global analytical services companies, will staff the laboratory and perform all analytical services for PIC, giving independent assays of all samples. SGS will analyze samples from all drill cuttings prior to blasting, material in the stockpile, and ore loaded in the trains for shipping. SGS will be responsible for assaying all samples for iron, silica, phosphate and other important constituents, as necessary, so that we can meet the specifications of the contracts to China. The data will also be used to define an optimized mining plan and determine if the product mined will be destine for the shipping stockpile, the lean-ore stockpile for future processing, or the waste dump.
Samples are currently being sent to the SGS analytical lab in Denver, Colorado which has a longer turnaround time and is costly from a shipping perspective. Having a lab close to the mine allows for next-day assay turnaround, imperative to keep pace with efficient mining, with substantially lower costs. The analytical equipment starts to arrive next week and will be installed once build-out of the laboratory space is completed in the next 4-6 weeks.
STAFFING CHANGES
We are pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2009 the following two changes to the staff at PIC:
We are excited to have both of these gentlemen now permanently on staff with Palladon Iron Corporation. Their extensive expertise in the mining industry will help to keep this project moving forward.