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Industrial Minerals International Congress
and Exhibition 2016 Marriot Prague
Prague, Czech Republic
13 - 15 June 2016
St. Cloud Mining Company
Natural Zeolite Engineering:
A Viable Investment?
Dan Eyde – CTO & President
June 2016
In 1986 I presented a paper at the 7th Industrial Minerals Congress in Monaco titled “Natural Zeolites – What’s the Score”. Now 30 years later at IM 23 in Prague, we can discover how right, or wrong, I was in my assessments and predictions.
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1. The natural zeolite industry has fallen short in a number of critical areas. There is not a uniform set of standards available to determine product quality, consistency and grade.
2. Product consistency is an issue. Zeolite deposits are not adequately sampled and tested. Most producers lack the mining and processing expertise to produce a good consistent product.
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3. Marketing zeolite products requires a strong distributor network which producers lack. Keeping customers within a sales network is often far simpler than recruiting new customers.
4. Marketing of natural zeolites requires significantly greater effort than a commodity product and must be unique, superior, or complementary to existing products so that a market can be defined and aggressively pursued. These criteria have not been met to date.
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1. Will research into the natural zeolite applications lead to profits?
2. What are their benefits compared to synthetic zeolites?
3. Which markets are already opening to the engineering of these minerals?
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o Investments in acquisitions and internal product development.
o Build on core competencies by applying proprietary processing and new technology.
o Identify and develop value-added advanced materials to address emerging demands in global, growth markets.
o Integrate unique zeolite mineral deposits with proprietary technologies to manufacture and market high-margin, performance materials.
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o Light-weight, high-strength cement and concrete for building materials.
o High performance, economical purification processes for potable water and for industrial intake and waste water treatment
o Improved down-hole, oil and gas well, cements and drilling fluids
o Advanced dispersion technology for new materials and performance polymers
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Global Zeolite Production
Estimated 2015 Tonnage Sold 2.8 kt (3,000,000 st)
China
Korea
Turkey
Cuba
United States
Others
Source: USGS Estimates
71%
8%
2% 1%
2%
16%
①Including pozzolanic cement applications
②Excluding pozzolanic cement applications
Zeocem, a.s. has 60 years experience in working with natural zeolites. They are shifting from production of building materials, to become one of the leading producers of zeolitic products in Europe. Zeocem, a.s. has its own high-quality natural zeolite deposits in the designated mining areas of Nižný Hrabovec and Pusté Čemerné. Zeocem, a.s. also has its own processing and manufacturing capacity in the mine Nižný Hrabovec and in plant Bystré.
http://www.zeocem.com/company-zeocem/
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Rota Mining produces a wide range of natural zeolite products at the mining and processing plant in Manisa / Turkey. Rota Mining exports its products to more than 45 countries all over the world. The development of partnerships with customers is essential within the value-added markets of natural zeolite mineral. Rota Mining markets its produce directly to its customers; on both wholesales and retail basis.
http://www.rotamadencilik.com.tr/zeolite.html
Domestic Zeolite Production
Estimated 2015 Tonnage Sold 75.1 kt(82,800t)
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Zeotech
Corporation
Bear River Zeolite
Others
15,200 tons
18%
Source: Estimates and Company Reports
47,000 tons
57%
12,000 tons
15%
8600 tons
10%
Zeolite-based Lightweight Cements for the Oil and Gas Industry
Zeolite-based Lightweight, High-strength Cement and Concrete for Building Materials
Specialty Sorbents, Cation Exchangers and Catalysts
Municipal and Potable Water Treatment
Industrial, Mine, Sewage and Oil Field Effluent Treatment
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Packaging for Fruits and Vegetables
Antimicrobial Agents
Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Air Purification
Passive Minewater Treatment – AMD, Heavy metals, trace organics
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Images of metal nanodots on the natural zeolite left: raw right: upgraded
20 nm 20 nm
Animal Feeds
Since the early 1990’s, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO’s) have been using St. Cloud zeolite to improve animal health, lower mortality rates, performance, as well as nitrogen and ammonia emissions management.
The addition of St. Cloud zeolite to animal waste increases the value of manure as fertilizer by significantly increasing TKN:P ratios, allowing increased application rates and reducing ammonia purchasing requirements.
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Water Treatment Products
Clinoptilolite and chabazite
based products for ion exchange applications
SCM proprietary functionalized mineral based zeolites are fast, reliable, low-cost water treatment alternatives to chemical treatment and activated carbon
NSF 61 Certified for Potable Water Treatment Systems
NSF 50 products for swimming pools
Radioactive Waste Treatment
Effluents bearing radioactive isotopes are treated with columns packed with Chabazite which selectively removes cesium (Cs134, CS137) and strontium (Sr90) isotopes through the process of ion-exchange.
Treated liquids effluents are decontaminated to acceptable discharge limits. The radioactive isotopes are held as cations within the zeolite cage structure.
The permanent disposal of the waste is facilitated by the inorganic and stable structure of the zeolite that can be encapsulated in cement or glass.
Active strategic partner in this market area. SCM is the main supplier of filter media products to the damaged Fukushima plant in Japan.
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Confidential 19
Lagoon has 32M gallons
of water
16M gallons of water presently in 4 turbine buildings + 130K gallons/day of river water to cool reactors - Evaporative losses ≈ 66M gallons of water to be processed over next year
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Dominant US zeolite producer with a platform for growth
SCM is a major participant in the commercialization of the Bowie, AZ chabazite reserve for new specialty sorbents and catalysts
Provides the broadest product offerings for:
Variety of Clinoptilolite qualities/properties
Chabazite
Mordenite
Saponite
Increased geographic reach
Capitalize on intellectual properties & acquired research base
Provides quality operating management of acquired mineral properties
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Increase Profitability
Organic Growth
Zeolite Sales
Filtration Requirements
Reclamation Requirements for Remediation and Legacy sites
Hg and Zeofume (Cementation) Sales
Processing & Transportation Synergies
External Growth
Acquisitions
Diversification
Joint Ventures
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Long Term Goals
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Bowie
Chabazite
Ash Meadows Clinoptilolite
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Ash Meadows, Nevada closed March 31 and Winston expansion
opened Winston, New Mexico
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Ash Meadows Clinoptilolite
Winston
Clinoptilolite
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Bowie
Chabazite
Burro Creek
Saponite
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Rome Mordenite Deposit ◦ ~2 million tons drilled out
reserves
◦ White
◦ Lightweight ~26lbs/cuft
◦ Adsorbent ~110% water adsorption GSA test
◦ Test stockpile available onsite
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Steven M. Kuznicki,
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
University of Alberta
Mark Denton
Denton Mt. Group
Southwest Hazard Control
ECM Consultants
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Gerry Spindler
CEO
(203) 761-1291
Dan Eyde
CTO & President
(520) 744-6667
Joe McEnaney
Sr. VP
(203) 364-0600
www.stcloudmining.com
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