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From mining waste to zero waste

Dr. Whitney also invented KAM-Thio, a clean processing technology, as an extension of the GOLD’n GRO fertilizers. It has caught the interest of the mining industry, particularly here in the Silver State. Comstock Mining Inc. is using the KAM-Thio process on their silver-gold heap leach tailings as the residual silver, gold, base metals and cyanide can still be recovered from previously leached material. This in turn creates a potentially efficient and environmentally attractive process. Tests performed in independent metallurgical labs showed that the cyanide residual in the cyanide leached material removed through the KAM-Thio technique neutralized the solution to national drinking water standards. These results could dramatically reduce mine reclamation.

Corrado De Gasperis, Executive Chairman and CEO of Comstock said at the June 12 annual stockholders meeting, “If this technology can efficiently recover these materials, then it could become a substitute for the use of cyanide and significantly change the permitting, reclamation and processing cost profile for these types of mining projects.....” (A little repeat of information.Still! it's a interesting story. You can read the whole story from a ITRO press release today).

What’s in store for the future? Itronics would like to continue their Made in Nevada legacy. They have most recently purchased a 48 acre, 54,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Wabuska, Nevada. “This is a long term strategic site acquisition for commercial expansion of Itronics’ unique portfolio of zero waste technologies,” concluded Dr. Whitney.

With zero waste technologies being invented and utilized by companies like Itronics, it’s a bit easier to imagine what a world without waste would be like.