Ireland Inc. (fka IRLD)

[gitreal]

From Ireland's quarterly report:

Although this process works well for extracting gold entombed in sulfides (e.g. pyrite) and silica, such as that found in Carlin-type gold deposits, the chemical fluxes used in fire assaying methods are ineffective at liberating the gold and silver from refractory minerals (organics and silicates (Fe-Mg-Al-Si-Ox)) as are found at the Columbus Project. As a result, in our tests, fire assaying has shown to be ineffective at extracting commercial values of gold and silver from the sand and clay from the Columbus Project. Similarly, aqua regia digestion has also proven to be ineffective at extracting gold and silver from the sands and clays at Columbus.

One word - hogwash. Standard fire assay methods would have no problem whatsoever with these so-called ores. These guys are scammers, with links to other scams (SRCH, RYMM, etc.).