EXCLUSIVE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP PUTS URAGOLD IN POSITION TO TURN QUARTZ PROJECTS INTO LOWEST COST SUPPLIER TO SOLAR INDUSTRY
- Patent Filed
- Worldwide Exclusive Rights Granted
- Pilot Plant Already Funded
- Technology Partner Takes First Royalty Payment In Stock
- In Position To Become Vertically Integrated Producer Of Solar Grade Silicon Metal & Major Participant In Global Solar Industry
“There is no other way to say it. This technology represents a potential quantum leap forward for the solar panel industry.” (URAGOLD CEO QUOTE)
Why Uragold?
- High Purity Silica (HPS) and Silicon Metal are key strategic minerals
- Applications in high-tech industries that include semiconductors, LCD displays, solar silicon applications and recently, Silicon Anode Lithium Batteries
- Major silicon metal producer has confirmed interest in purchasing a significant tonnage of High Purity Quartz
- (MOU) between its 100% owned subsidiary Quebec Quartz and Dorfner Anzaplan (Anzaplan) regarding the development of property specific beneficiation processes for the production of ultra high purity quartz sands (99.99+% SiO2).
What are High Purity Quartz and Silicon Metal?
High Purity Quartz
- High Purity Quartz (HPQ) has a purity level in excess of 99.997% and is extremely rare.
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High purity quartz deposits with low impurities are rare, world supplies are tightening and HPS prices are rising [Source ].
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Demand for HPQ is growing with the high tech industry and the price for premium HPQ can vary between US$ 8,000 to US$ 25,000 or more per ton depending on the specifications needed for the final application [Source ].
Metallurgical Silicon Metal
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Metallurgical Silicon Metal has a purity of 98.5% or higher and is used as an alloying agent in the aluminum industry due to its ability to increase the strength of aluminum [Source].
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Adding Silicon Metal to aluminum alloys makes them strong and light [Source].
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As a result they are increasingly used in the automotive industry to replace heavier cast iron components [Source].
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Allows weight reductions and a reduction in fuel consumption [Source].
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Demand for aluminium has increased 5% CAGR over the past 20 years [Source].
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It has also been reported that the solar industry will have it’s first global panel shortage since 2006 [Source].
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It has become one of today’s key strategic minerals with applications in high-tech industries that include semiconductors, LCD displays, fused quartz tubing, microelectronics, solar silicon applications and recently, Silicon Anode Lithium Batteries
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Silicon Metal with 98.50% SiO2 purity sells for about US$ 3,200 per ton (or US$ 1.45 US a pound) [Source].
Martinville, Malvina and the Montpetit Quarry Silica Properties
Quebec Quartz, has successfully finish the sampling programs over the historical quartz and quartzite showings on the Montpetit Quarry, and the Martinville and Malvina Silica properties. A map of the properties can be viewed here: http://www.uragold.com/Quebec-Quartz.php.
The Montpetit Property is located in the Monteregie Region of Quebec, some 40 km south of Montreal and 7 km south of Saint-Clotilde-de-Chateauguay. The Quebec-New-York border is 10 km from the property. The property is located on NTS map sheets 31H/04 (1:50,000 scale). Farms fields and forest, owned by private landowners, mostly cover the region.
A review of the historical work indicates that the quarry operated for one (1) year and that the deposit is composed of consolidated beach sand that was highly purified by segregation, sorting and leaching. Through natural Diagenesis, overtime the sand was transformed into a quartzite.
Acquired, through map staking, two silica claims directly adjacent to Sitec Silicium Quebec quartz mine located in the Charlevoix region of Quebec
Sitec Silicium Quebec quartz mine supplies silica for Sitec silicon metal foundry in Becancour and for the Elkem Metal Canada ferrosilicium foundry in Chicoutimi Quebec.
Quebec Quart, Uragold’s wholly owned subsidiary, intends to explore the claims for quartzite extensions to the north of the Silicium Quebec Mine. The Galette sector of the Charlevoix region is knows to hold high purity quartzites. The regional geology is comprised of a paragenesis and pink garnetiferous granite with units of discernable quartzites within the paragenesis.
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