Gossan Completes Field Program at Pipestone Vanadium Project
19 Novembro 2010 - 2:30PM
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Gossan Resources Limited (TSX VENTURE: GSS)(FRANKFURT/FREIVERKEHR
& XETRA:WKN 904435) has completed a field program at the
3584-hectare Pipestone Vanadium Project at Cross Lake, about 150km
south of Thompson, Manitoba. In the mid-1990's, Gossan outlined a
significant vanadium-titanium-iron resource based on 144 diamond
drill holes. In the current surface program, Gossan retained Hayles
Geoscience Surveys Ltd. to conduct a survey of all of the historic
drill hole site locations and the grid which was originally cut at
the Pipestone Lake Property in 1994. The purpose of the survey was
to provide an accurate map on which to base a future NI 43-101
resource calculation. Work to date has outlined a non-compliant NI
43-101 indicated resource of 156.8 million tonnes grading 5.56%
TiO2, 28.11% Fe2O3 and 0.22% vanadium pentoxide and an inferred
resource of 150 million tonnes at a similar grade. The mineral
resources at Pipestone Lake were estimated by Reedman &
Associates in a report prepared for the Company in 1998 but should
not be relied upon as the report was not compliant with NI 43-101
and has not been verified by a Qualified Person under the
Instrument. Gossan's 50% joint-venture partner in the Pipestone
Lake Deposit is Cross Lake Mineral Explorations Inc., a
wholly-owned private corporation of the Cross Lake First Nation.
Hayles Geoscience used survey-quality GPS instrumentation to
record the location of 105 holes. A total of 37 holes were
inaccessible as they were drilled from ice over the lake or were
flooded over by currently higher water levels. Hayles Geoscience
reported that the baseline remains in reasonable condition but that
some sections of baseline and the cross gridlines require
re-cutting. The current program, which was originally initiated in
the Fall of 2009, has resulted in a digital data base
geo-referencing the grid, the drill hole locations, and the ground
magnetic survey onto a topographical base.
Gossan intends to engage in further consultation with its
partner, the Cross Lake First Nation, in regard to the development
of the Pipestone Vanadium Project as this is a very timely moment
in the commodity cycle of vanadium.
Currently, vanadium is mostly used - about 85% - in the steel
industry as a strengthener. Various nations are mandating stronger
steel rebar in construction and building codes, likely increasing
vanadium demand. Vanadium may also play an important new role in
electrical storage technology which could substantially increase
demand for this metal. In lithium-based auto batteries, the use of
a vanadium phosphate cathode material can materially increase
energy storage and lead to a 20%+ increase in an electric car's
travelling range. Another potential large-scale use of vanadium is
in grid-scale electrical storage of renewable energy - wind, solar
and hydro - using re-dox flow batteries. Vanadium re-dox batteries
could substantially lower power utilities' capital costs as they
allow for electricity to be generated and transmitted in off-peak
hours and then stored locally to satisfy the following day's peak
power demand.
The USGS estimated mine production of vanadium metal at 55,500
tonnes in 2008 and 54,000 tonnes in 2009. Most of the metal is
produced as a byproduct of the iron ore or uranium industries. As
production is typically sold on a spot basis, the price of vanadium
has been highly volatile. Some forecasters are highly optimistic
about the demand for vanadium as a green metal with forecasts of
new green demand in 2015 from auto batteries of 20,000+ tonnes and
from grid redox storage of 9,000+ tonnes taking total estimated
demand to over 110,000 tonnes. Any substantial increase in green
demand would lead to the need for new primary vanadium producers
with production sold on long-term contracted prices.
G. Ryan Cooke, P.Geo., Gossan's Lead Director - Exploration is
the Company's Qualified Person and he has reviewed and approved the
technical contents of this news release.
Gossan Resources Limited is engaged in mineral exploration and
development in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario. It has a
well-diversified portfolio of properties hosting gold, platinum
group and base metals, as well as the specialty and minor metals,
tantalum, lithium, chromium, titanium and vanadium. The Company
also has a large deposit of magnesium-rich dolomite, the world-wide
rights to the Zuliani magnesium production process, and a silica
frac sand deposit. The Company also holds a material equity
interest in The Claims Network Inc., a profitable service provider
to the insurance industry. Gossan trades on the TSX Venture and the
Frankfurt/Freiverkehr & Xetra Exchanges and has 29,117,900
common shares outstanding.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this news release.
Contacts: Gossan Resources Limited Douglas Reeson Chairman &
CEO (416) 533-9664 info@gossan.ca www.gossan.ca
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