24 May 2024
SUNRISE RESOURCES
PLC
("Sunrise" or the
"Company")
Crow Springs Diatomite
Project (Royalty Interest, Nevada, USA)
Sunrise Resources plc is pleased to
provide the following update on its royalty interest in the Crow
Springs Diatomite Project in Nevada, USA:
Ø Project
recently sold to Dicalite Management Group ("Dicalite") for
US$150,000 (plus royalty), of which half is already paid and half
is payable on submission of a mine Plan of Operations to the US
Bureau of Land Management ("BLM").
Ø Dicalite
has advised that documents are being readied for submission of a
Plan of Operations to the BLM which will trigger the further
payment to Sunrise.
Ø Sunrise
retains the right to royalty payment of $6/dry ton of ore delivered
to Dicalite's nearby processing plant.
Ø Royalty
income could start within 12 months, mine permits
allowing.
Commenting today, Executive
Chairman Patrick Cheetham said:
"We are pleased to see Dicalite progressing the development of
the project so rapidly and look forward to seeing their Plan of
Operations. We expect this to detail the scale of the operation
which we believe will be a relatively simple mining operation
extracting ore for delivery to their existing diatomite processing
plant. We believe that Dicalite, permits allowing, is planning to
start production as early as this time next year which would result
in royalty income being generated from that
point."
Further
information:
Sunrise Resources plc
Patrick Cheetham, Executive
Chairman
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Tel: +44 (0)1625 838 884
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Beaumont Cornish Limited
Nominated Adviser
James Biddle/Roland
Cornish
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Tel: +44 (0)207 628 3396
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Peterhouse Capital Limited
Broker
Lucy Williams/Duncan
Vasey
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Tel: +44 (0)207 469 0930
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About
Diatomite
In its raw form, diatomite is a
valuable industrial rock formed by the accumulation in marine and
freshwater lake environments of vast quantities of skeletal
material from single celled aquatic algae called
diatoms.
Diatoms have hollow and lattice-like
silica skeletons and the mass accumulation of these skeletons
during algal blooms forms a rock with very high porosity suitable
for use, amongst other things, as a filtration medium.
About
Dicalite
Dicalite Management Group is a
vertically integrated international industrial minerals company
founded in 1928. It produces and processes diatomite (diatomaceous
earth), perlite and vermiculite from 17 facilities in the U.S. and
Europe comprising five strategic mines and twelve processing
facilities. This includes a diatomite processing plant and
associated mining operations at Basalt, Nevada, the fourth oldest
continually operated mine in the state of Nevada.
Two varieties of diatomite are made
at Basalt, calcined and natural.
Natural diatomaceous earth has a
variety of uses in:
·
Animal feed additives
·
Cement and concrete
·
Consumer products
·
Desiccants coatings
·
Mild abrasive applications
·
Polishing compounds
·
Seed coatings
·
Soil amendments
After processing, which can include
heating to a high temperature (calcining) to improve quality,
diatomite is used, for example, in filtering beer, liquor, wine,
fats, fruit juices, and solvents. Commercial deposits of diatomite
have a high brightness, a low bulk density and chemical inertness
which also make it a suitable filler or carrier material in various
industrial and domestic products.
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