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The Gibellini project
| Production
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| Prefeasibility and
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The scoping study results demonstrate the
potential viability of the Gibellini project to
be not only a primary producer but also the sole
domestic producer of vanadium in North America.
A number of programs are underway to collect
data and information in preparation for the
feasibility study scheduled to begin in late
2010. Ongoing programs include field studies
for an environmental assessment, a bulk sampling
program and a metallurgical/geotechnical diamond
drill program. |
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| Environmental
Assessment |
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Enviroscientists, Inc. of Reno, Nevada will be
working to obtain various permits required for
the development and operation of the Gibellini
Vanadium Project. American Vanadium will prepare an
Environmental Assessment to satisfy the BLM
requirements of the National Environmental
Policy Act. Enviroscientists have begun
biological, cultural, spring/riparian, ground
water characterization and waste rock and ore
characterization. These studies are scheduled to
continue until fall, 2010. |
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| Bulk sampling and
drilling programs |
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The bulk sampling program will comprise the
collection of oxide, transition and non-oxide
layers from four different trenches on the
project, while the diamond drill program will be
two-phased. The first phase is to obtain samples
from 500 feet of core from each material layer
type across six holes for a comprehensive
metallurgical testing program. The second phase
is to obtain geotechnical data that will provide
information for design of the open pit, waste
dump and access road designs. |
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| Metallurgical
testing program |
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These samples from the trenching and drilling
programs will be used in a metallurgical testing
program that will build on historical
metallurgical data and the AMEC Scoping Study to
optimize the leaching process. This program will
optimize sulfuric acid leach
recovery/consumption, develop a custom bottle
roll procedure and further improve recovery of
vanadium extraction at Gibellini. Column tests
will be done to test composite samples taken
from the new trenches. The metallurgical program
will further verify ore body data and optimize
the vanadium pentoxide production process which
will directly support the feasibility study. |
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