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+++++PART THREE-$ACRL/ CEO RAMBLINGS-DEC.21,2018-THRU-01-23-2019/Annual Meeting of Atacama Resources International Inc.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEARS
I first wish to thank all of you who took time to participate in
this year's Annual Meeting of Atacama Resources International Inc.
https://acrlintl.com/blog/2018/12/21/ceo-ramblings-december-21-2018
From all the feedback received to date I feel that I can call it a success.
The Board wanted to reach out and include as many shareholders
as possible and therefore decided to hold it via webinar.
Special thanks goes out to the Company's Director of Corporate Communications, Mr. Allan Flasch for his technical abilities
making
it possible for investors to participate from
Nome Alaska to the Florida Keys.
All the Board members made presentations as to Atacama's
activities
over the past year and commented on the Company's future plans.
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$ACRL-A.I.&AUGMENTED A.I./ CEO RAMBLINGS -
JANUARY 7, 2019/ Gold miners 'laughing' amid best rally in decade as metal surges | MINING.com
I am an avid newspaper and TV news hound and can not help but to
be quite concerned about the current state of the world- economically, politically and socially.
https://acrlintl.com/blog/2019/1/7/ceo-ramblings-january-7-2019
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We are living in increasingly uncertain times.
Pundits are reluctant to speculate about the future with the
world
being a very complex and ever changing place.
What are the trends?
Where are we headed? The fast emerging world of
Artificial Intelligence and the use of robotics in unnerving for most.
The US economy seems to be hot yet wages remain stagnant.
Many jobs are part time and contract work resulting in a very
unsure and shaky future.
Wars continue in
Afghanistan,
Iraq,
Syria and
Yemen.
China's economy appears to be faltering and the EU is awaiting the effects of Brexit.
Investors the world over are looking out for a safe haven to place
their money and seem to have found it in GOLD.
The old time tested safe place to put your money.
This is why I am so pleased that three years ago Atacama's Board of Directors decided to
place our gold properties as a major priority for the Company.
GOLD/
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GOLD/
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Plus, the properties are located right in the middle of what is fast becoming a new "Gold Rush" in staking.
Miners see the grand success of Kirkland Lake Gold located just
down the fault line from Atacama's claims.
As the attached article suggests,
this should be a good year for those of us in the gold business.
I an Glen Grant, CEO of http://www.acrlintl.com
http://www.mining.com/web/gold-miners-laughing-amid-best-rally-decade-metal-surges/?utm_source=digest-en-mining-190103&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=digest
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December’s cheer is carrying into 2019 for gold-mining companies.
A gauge of mining shares is extending gains after its best December since the financial crisis as investors flee to haven assets amid
a slump in the broader equities market and a U.S government shutdown.
The BI Global Senior Gold Valuation Peers jumped as much as 1.6 percent Thursday to the highest since May,
with bullion set for a sixth straight advance.
‘‘The yellow metal is in demand due to the fact that almost everyone
is looking for safe-haven assets,’’ Naeem Aslam,
chief market analyst
at Think Markets U.K. Ltd., said by email.
“Gold miners are laughing
all the way because the entire landscape has become more attractive.”
Volatility in equities, concern about a broadening U.S.-China trade conflict and a softening dollar have underpinned a rally in bullion.
The trade showdown is starting to have an impact on economic activity, after Apple Inc.
issued a warning on its outlook and factory data weakened.
Bullion for immediate delivery rose 0.4 percent to $1,289.58 an ounce
at 10:47 a.m. in New York,
after touching the highest since mid-June.
In December, the BI miners index jumped 12 percent, the most for that month since 2008.
Harmony Gold Mining Co. and AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. paced gains on Thursday.
Investors seeking havens have also been buying silver.
The white metal touched the highest since July on Thursday.
“Looks like silver has gained momentum because of gold,” Aslam said.
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$ACRL-CEO RAMBLINGS - JANUARY 8, 2019/ CEO RAMBLINGS - JANUARY 8, 2019
https://acrlintl.com/blog/2019/1/8/ceo-ramblings-january-8-2019
The only thing that can accelerate as fast as an electric car is
the price of the most expensive metal in its batteries.
Once a niche market used to strengthen turbine blades,
cobalt's value has soared since it started to feature in modern electronics.
Most phones need a few grams worth and every electric car requires
5 - 10 kgms. That adds up quickly.
Just focusing on EV's it is expected that cobalt demand will
increase
by a factor of 25 times by the year 2050.
Cobalt Camp are the cobalt claims
held by Atacama.
COBALT
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COBALT
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The electric car makers have already invested around $100 billion
in new electric car technology.
DECEMBER 7, 2018/ VW says last generation of combustion engines to be launched in 2026
hhttps://acrlintl.com/blog/2018/12/5/ceo-ramblings-december-6-2018
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One estimate I read recently indicated that by 2030 at least as
much of the stuff will be need for transport alone as was mined in 2017 in total.
Most users of cobalt today are concerned about how cobalt is sourced.
They want to get away from using "Conflict Cobalt" which currently
is 60% of the globes production coming from the "hell hole" known as
The Democratic Republic of Congo".
Just google the poorest country on earth to see why I call it that.
The world market for cobalt needs to find a new source of supply.
Atacama may be in a position to be part of the solution since we
are presently developing our cobalt claims which are located right
in the center of what is known as Canada's COBALT CAMP.
Talk about being in the right place at an opportune time.
I am Glenn grant, CEO of http://www.acrlintl.com
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$ACRL/ CEO RAMBLINGS - JANUARY 9, 2019/ Now that we at Atacama are planning for the upcoming exploration and drilling season I am
pleased to announce that the Company has brought on to the
Atacama team two well known and very experienced geologists.
Together they represent decades of geology expertise and experience.
Their work as consulting geologists have taken them around the world
to many different locations working for many well known mining companies.
We are proud to have David Jackson and Bruce Fox as integral members
of the Atacama Mining Team.
You will be hearing about their work in future Ramblings.
I am Glenn Grant, CEO of ACRL
http://www.acrlintl.com
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two well known and very experienced geologists/ $ACRL/ CEO RAMBLINGS - JANUARY 9, 2019/ Now that we at Atacama are
planning for the upcoming exploration and drilling season
I am pleased to announce that the Company has brought on to the
Atacama team two well known and very experienced geologists.
Together they represent decades of geology expertise and experience.
Their work as consulting geologists have taken them around the world
to many different locations working for many well known mining companies.
We are proud to have David Jackson and Bruce Fox as integral members
of the Atacama Mining Team. You will be hearing about their work in
future Ramblings.
I am Glenn Grant, CEO of http://www.acrlintl.com
https://acrlintl.com/blog/
https://acrlintl.com/blog/2019/1/9/ceo-ramblings-january-9-2019
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also this FUNDING WITH PREFERRED B/ NEWS RELEASE - JANUARY 10, 2019/
ACRL/https://acrlintl.com/news-release/2019/1/10/news-release-january-10-2019
Atacama is pleased to announce that we have just secured our first
sale of restricted preferred B stock,
and expect more funding next week.
https://acrlintl.com/blog/2019/1/9/ceo-ramblings-january-9-2019
Now that we at Atacama are planning for the upcoming exploration
and drilling season I am pleased to announce that the Company has
brought on to the Atacama team two well known and very experienced geologists. Together they represent decades of geology expertise and experience.
Their work as consulting geologists have taken them around the world
to many different
locations working for many well known mining companies.
We are proud to have David Jackson and Bruce Fox as integral members
of the Atacama Mining Team. You will be hearing about their work in future Ramblings.
I am Glenn Grant, CEO of http://www.acrlintl.com
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$ACRL/CEO RAMBLINGS - JANUARY 16, 2019/ Atacama Resources geologists have previously scheduled a project for May 2019 to further
explore the Atacama 1 mining interests in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
This project includes seismic, magnetometer and Lidar surveys.
Because of the assay information recently discovered for core samples from Atacama 1,
the project has taken on increased urgency and will be started in
late March.
The ground can still be frozen as several survey methods actually perform better over frozen terrain.
On another note, please see the article,
highlighting the increased scarcity of gold and
two mega gold companies merging.
As CEO of Atacama, I will continue to bring you factual news
about Atacama Resources and our mining claims.
I am Glenn Grant, CEO of http://www.acrlintl.com
https://acrlintl.com/blog/2019/1/15/ceo-ramblings-january-16-2019
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Additional Information/buyouts by listed companies for junior mining
https://acrlintl.com/blog/2019/1/15/ceo-ramblings-january-16-2019
Newmont buys Goldcorp for $10 billion to be top gold miner
Newmont Mining Corp. will buy rival Goldcorp Inc. in a deal valued a
t $10 billion,
creating the world’s largest gold miner and cementing a return of
M&A
to the industry.
The biggest deal in the gold mining industry’s history comes just
three months after Barrick Gold Corp.’s move to buy
Randgold Resources Ltd. in a $5.4 billion transaction,
which instantly spurred speculation that rivals would have to respond.
The two huge gold deals have the potential to spark investor
interest after the industry lost favor following years of
lackluster bullion prices,
bad investments and disastrous deals.
Just two weeks ago, Mark Bristow,
the new chief executive officer of Barrick,
said the industry is heading for irrelevance unless there are
major changes.
Goldcorp shares surged as much as 12 percent to C$14.45 in Toronto. Newmont shares slipped 6.4 percent in New York.
Newmont and Goldcorp were “clearly not willing to sit back and
let Barrick take the limelight,” said Kieron Hodgson, a natural resources analyst at Panmure Gordon in London.
Gold mining companies are turning to
M&A
as a way to kickstart growth and secure mine reserves after a decade
of cutting back on exploration spending,
according to Adrian Hammond,
who covers African gold companies for SBG Securities Pty Ltd.
Investors have punished the industry in recent years and
Newmont shares are about half the value from a peak in 2011.
“Companies are struggling to compete for lower costs whilst trying to replenish their reserve base, so acquiring assets has become
the easier alternative,”
Hammond said in an interview from Johannesburg.
Newmont will pay 0.3280 of its own shares for each Goldcorp share,
a premium of 17 percent to the weighted average share price from the last 20 days.
Newmont also plans to pay 2 cents for each Goldcorp share.
The deal will create a company that runs mines in the Americas, Australia and
Ghana and exceeds Barrick-Randgold in scale,
producing about 7.9 million ounces of gold a year.
It also rivals Barrick’s purchase of Placer Dome Inc. as the gold industry’s biggest takeover.
That deal had a final value of about $9.9 billion when it closed
in 2006, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Newmont and Goldcorp said they will sell up to $1.5 billion in
assets over the next two years,
echoing a similar Barrick pledge to concentrate on the best-performing mines.
Newmont also promised initial cost savings from the merger of $100 million a year.
The promise of unloading assets,
something Barrick is also expected to do,
will have repercussions for the industry as a host of mines are
likely to be put up for sale.
Additionally, the two big deals will add pressure to other gold
miners such as Kinross Gold Corp.
and AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., which have missed out on the sudden deal rush.
“I can see a new wave of mid-tier producers being spawned from
assets deemed subeconomic by the two ‘giants,’” Hodgson said.
Goldberg, who has lead Newmont since 2013, will remain CEO until
the deal and integration of the two companies is complete
- likely in the fourth quarter
- after which he will hand over to Chief Operating Officer Tom Palmer.
Newmont has retained BMO Capital Markets,
Citigroup Inc. and
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as financial advisers,
while Goldcorp has TD Securities and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on January 15, 2019, on page 5.
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$ACRL/ CEO RAMBLINGS - JANUARY 18, 2019 - The company has become a member of OTCIQ, the arm of OTC Markets that manages the filing
process for OTC public companies
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EXCERPT/ ‘getting current’ as a top priority
it is in the best interest of the company to file its
financials with OTC Markets with unaudited financials.
compliance with all rules governing public companies.
Upon sign off by our SEC attorney, Atacama will file.
The company expects to file the 2017 financial report before the
end of January.
The quarterly financials for 2018 through September 30, 2018 will be completed and filed as soon as the information
2018 filing is not due until March 2019.
We expect to achieve ‘current filer’ status by early February.
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https://acrlintl.com/blog/2019/1/18/ceo-ramblings-january-18-2019
Dear Shareholders,
I am pleased to respond to the question most asked by
Atacama Shareholders over the last several months.
“When is Atacama Resources going to file its financials for 2017
and 2018 to achieve current filer status.”
The board of directors of Atacama Resources has determined that
it is in the best interest of the company to file its financials
with OTC Markets with unaudited financials.
The company has become a member of OTCIQ,
the arm of OTC Markets that manages the filing process for OTC public companies.
All filings will undergo the same accounting accuracy as those of audited financials.
Before any financials are submitted to OTCIQ, the filing is submitted
to our SEC attorney for review
to ensure accuracy and compliance with all rules governing public companies.
Upon sign off by our SEC attorney, Atacama will file.
The company expects to file the 2017 financial report before the end
of January.
That information will be posted and certain disclaimers will be
removed by OTC Markets in any references to ACRL.
The quarterly financials for 2018 through September 30, 2018 will
be completed and filed as soon as the information can be collected
and the numbers confirmed for accuracy.
This will take several weeks.
The year end 2018 filing is not due until March 2019.
We expect to achieve ‘current filer’ status by early February.
The entire Atacama team considers ‘getting current’ as a top priority and we are extending all efforts to achieve that goal.
Until the next CEO Ramblings, this is Glenn Grant,
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Cobalt, a by-product of copper or nickel, $ACRL/ CEO RAMBLINGS - JANUARY 21, 2019/ REFERENCE TO ELECTRIC CAR/
https://acrlintl.com/blog/2019/1/21/ceo-ramblings-january-21-2019
FORD TO LEAD BLOCKCHAIN PILOT THAT TRACES COBALT MINED IN CONGO
The attached article points what I have saying for months.
The users of cobalt are extremely concerned about where they must
source it and are not happy with having to get it from the
corrupt and violent Congo.
Current users of cobalt, and especially future users, want new suppliers. Atacama is working hard to perhaps be a new source of
cobalt using our cobalt claims near Kirkland Lake, Canada.
COBALT
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COBALT
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The property is located dead center in an area known as the
Canadian Cobalt Camp with cobalt exploration going on all around us.
We are anxious to get working on the claims this spring.
Enjoy reading the article.
I am Glenn Grant, CEO of
http://www.acrlintl.com
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Ford to lead blockchain pilot that traces cobalt mined in Congo
Cecilia Jamasmie | 6 days ago |
http://www.mining.com/ford-lead-blockchain-pilot-trace-cobalt-mined-congo/?utm_source=digest-en-mining-190116&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=digest
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The group wants to use blockchain to help ensure responsible mining practices for raw materials such as cobalt,
which is in high demand for its use in lithium-ion batteries.
( Reference image. Artisanal miners in Kaili, DRC. By Julien Harneis | Flickr Commons.)
Automaker Ford has partnered up with
IBM,
South Korean battery maker LG Chem and
China's largest cobalt producer Huayou Cobalt to test the first blockchain project to trace supplies of the metal from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The pilot, overseen by multinational responsible-sourcing group RCS Global,
seeks to help manufacturers ensure the cobalt they use is not linked
to human rights abuses.
On the simulated sourcing scenario, cobalt produced at
Huayou’s mine
in the DRC will be traced through the supply chain as it travels
from mine and smelter to LG Chem’s cathode plant and battery plant
in South Korea, and finally into a Ford plant in the United States.
An audit trail will be created on the blockchain, which will
include corresponding data to provide evidence of
cobalt production from mine to end user.
Pilot is the latest effort to use blockchain to improve the
transparency of global supply chains,
especially in the mining industry.
With the growing demand for cobalt, this group has come together
with clear objectives to illustrate how blockchain can be used
for greater assurance around social responsibility in the
mining supply chain,
" Manish Chawla,
GM,
Global Industrial Products Industry at IBM, said in the statement.
The move is the latest effort to use blockchain to improve the transparency of global supply chains, especially in commodities.
Blockchain, the technology behind cryptocurrency bitcoin,
provides a shared record of data held by a network of
individual computers rather than a single party.
There already are some examples of the use of blockchain in the
mining industry, with world’s No. 1 diamond producer by value
De Beers testing its Tracr platform,
which allows tracing gemstones throughout the entire
value chain — from mine to buyer.
Eyes on the DRC
The DRC generates more than 60% of the world’s cobalt,
but much of it is sent to China to be processed by multiple
companies before it is used in batteries.
In addition, up to 20% of the DRC’s cobalt is mined by hand,
often by children with picks and shovels.
Congo generates about two-thirds of the world’s cobalt,
but much of it is sent to China to be processed by multiple
companies before it is used in batteries.
Cobalt, a by-product of copper or nickel,
is in high demand for its use in lithium-ion batteries,
which power a wide range of products such as
laptops,
mobile devices, and
electric vehicles (EVS).
Currently, about two-thirds of it comes out the DRC.
However, due to the region’s intense poverty and the mineral’s
soaring price,
thousands of impoverished Congolese have flocked to the
cobalt rich areas to secure an income.
Traditionally, artisanal miners have sold their ore to local co-operatives,
which then sell it to local merchants and traders.
They, in turn, sell to international traders or operating mines
with established transport links and the artisanal mined cobalt
ends up being exported to China as concentrate.
In 2014,
UNICEF estimated that around 40,000 children were involved in
artisanal mining in the DRC.
And Amnesty International has said that children as young as
seven can be found scavenging for rocks containing cobalt in DRC,
which holds about 49% of the world’s known reserves.
Those and other allegations have put pressure on multinationals
to trace the cobalt they use and so forego the risk of inadvertently using raw materials sourced from child labour,
which remains rampant in central Africa.
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$ACRL/ CEO RAMBLINGS - JANUARY 22, 2019/ CHINA ADDS POWERFUL GRAPHENE ARMOR TO Z-10 ASSAULT HELICOPTERS
Major Graphite Deposit.
You may recall from previous ramblings that Atacama is developing
a major graphite deposit.
Graphene comes from graphite.
Graphene, many claim,
is about to revolutionize military hardware worldwide.
The Pentagon and NATO forces call it a wonder material.
Thinner than a sheet of paper,
200 times stronger than steel means that it can be used for
body Armour that will be stronger than diamonds.
It offers unlimited military and aerospace applications.
It has the highest potential to revolutionize military capabilities
over the next decade.
It can be used to completely absorb radar rays making
aircraft,
rockets,
ships,
planes,
subs, etc. virtually undetectable.
Naturally most of this research is classified but you can see
its applicability to much of the civilian world. The demand for
graphite worldwide is about to explode.
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I want Atacama to play a major role in in the development of
this new wonder material called graphene.
Military research is exploding everywhere re this new product as the attached article indicates.
I am Glenn Grant. CEO of
http://www.acrlintl.com.
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MILITARY & INTELLIGENCE
22:51 24.10.2018Get short URL2641
An unknown number of China’s Z-10 air-to-ground attack helicopters
have been upgraded with ultra-thin
graphene semimetal to serve as an extra layer of protection from adversaries, according to Asia Times.
A video appeared on China Central Television earlier this month
showing one of the helicopters with
"an extra armor module near its tandem cockpit"
touch down after a flight.
The video has not been independently verified for authenticity,
and Beijing is known to keep its military secrets under wraps.
Graphene is simply a one-atom layer of carbon tightly packed together in a hexagonal lattice. When exactly two layers are stacked on top of each other — a configuration called diamene —
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During a ground attack operation,
the Z-10 would likely be called upon to take out hostile tank
formations or other ground artillery,
Asia Times noted in an October 24 report,
exposing the chopper to a variety of anti-aircraft weaponry that
might be to take it out during low-altitude operations.
Graphene is an incredible material with novel properties as compared
to the materials conventionally used in making military equipment.
The material can withstand 200 times as much force as steel at a fraction of the weight, Asia Times reported.
In 2017, a study published in the journal
Nature Nanotechnology found that graphene
— which is almost 1 million times thinner than a sheet of paper
— layered on top of itself twice can
"temporarily become as hard as diamond"
and just as impervious to projectiles like bullets, Futurism reported.
Graphene is simply a one-atom layer of carbon
tightly packed together in a hexagonal lattice.
When exactly two layers are stacked on top of each other
— a configuration called diamene
— the material hardens and demonstrates magnificent strength
comparable to that of diamonds, according to Futurism.
On a curious note,
Nature Nanotechnology reported that stacking more than two sheets
of graphene did not trigger any hardening effect.
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$ACRL/GRAPHITE/LIFE CHANGER/CEO RAMBLINGS-JANUARY 23, 2019/ 30 WAYS GRAPHENE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE. stating investors are calling and e-mailing our CEO
PLANES, DRONES, TO CURING BLINDNESS
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https://acrlintl.com/blog/2019/1/23/ceo-ramblings-january-23-2019
I have been totally inundated with
calls and emails over the past few days from investors
asking why I am so keen to develop our graphite holdings
and why I am so keen on the future of graphite and graphene.
I appreciate that most of the world is unaware of the importance
of these two commodities but this is what Atacama is all about.
We want to be part of the future,not the past. GRAPHENE,
which is derived from graphite,
is considered to be the material of the future.
IT is truly a wonder material.
IT IS REVOLUTIONIZING THE FUTURE.
Check the article which I have attached for your edification
and you will see what I mean.
Graphene is about to remake much of the world as we know it .
We at Atacama wish to be part of this exciting new trend.
I am Glenn Grant, CEO of
http://www.acrlintl.com
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pg #1/https://www.techradar.com/news/20-ways-graphene-is-about-to-change-your-life
It's strong,it's flexible, and it's here.
After a long time cooking in the labs,
the first graphene-based products are beginning to trickle out
into the world of
smartphones,
wearables,
batteries,
virtual reality,
sports equipment,
super-capacitors and
supercars.
Graphene is a material that some believe has been coerced from
abandoned space ships,
left on Earth by extraterrestrials years ago.
While that's a little unlikely,
the power of this super-thin, strong,
conductive and
all-round amazing material is deserving of such a conspiracy.
It's been over 60 years coming as scientists and manufacturers
alike have struggled to harness the power of this awesome material,
but it's closing in on revolutionizing so many things we're using day to day.
We've recently updated this page with
10 more ways that graphene is about to change your life,
as seen on display at
MWC 2018 in Barcelona.
Want to learn more about graphene and its future uses?
Check out our feature, Why is graphene taking so long?
This graphene patch measures UV light on skin (Credit: Jamie Carter)
Smart insole monitoring for athletes
Cool graphene shoes
The world's most efficient solar cell
Graphene brain-computer interfaces
Graphene cryo-cooler compressor for 5G
Graphene infection-detectors
Graphene earphones
Graphene planes
Graphene phone cases
Super-thin graphene Kindles
Graphene cars
Wearable tickets
Robotic graphene hands
Graphene to cure blindness
A battery that charges in minutes
Graphene e-tattoos and fitness trackers
Graphene pixels for wearables
Graphene for scanning your Shiraz
Graphene scanners for smartphones
Graphene sensors for 3D cameras
Night vision for self-driving cars
More useful windows
3D-printed graphene drones
Graphene motorcycle helmet
Flexible graphene Wi-Fi receivers
Making water safe
Graphene gloves
Graphene bikes
https://www.techradar.com/news/20-ways-graphene-is-about-to-change-your-life/2
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$ACRL/ CEO RAMBLINGS - SCENARIO/
Smart Investors for those who are inclined to be able to do so. If arranged, a $1 a share for me is good enough for a .000's investment, call me greedy.
https://acrlintl.com/blog/2018/11/23/ceo-ramblings-november-23-2018
The investment required to fully confirm the
Atacama 1, 2 and 3 proven reserves has been fully budgeted on a
project management basis and equals $5 million dollars.
Required costs are substantiated for audit and review.
Our investment initiative must focus on a $5 million capital raise
over the next year with a first tranche of at least $1 million dollars immediately.
The upside for the confirmation of gold ‘proven reserves’ for the Atacama 1, 2 and 3 holdings is almost too large to be believable.
An analysis of the ACRL position, similar to the KLG analysis for
its new shaft, would yield a proven reserve in the $5 billion dollar range.
With a proven reserve pegged at a more realistic $1 billion dollars,
the contribution to the market value of the company would be approximately $1 dollar per share.
Starting with an assumption that the ACRL common shares could end
up valued up to $1.00 per share because of the proven reserve confirmation, the investor upside is as follows.
The investment offered with this capital raise is to sell the
B shares at the equivalent of one cent per common share with
a six-month hold. The investor, under even a worst-case scenario,
should see a significant return in his ACRL investment
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https://acrlintl.com/blog/2018/12/11/ceo-ramblings-december-11-2018
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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEARS
I first wish to thank all of you who took time to participate in
this year's Annual Meeting of Atacama Resources International Inc.
https://acrlintl.com/blog/2018/12/21/ceo-ramblings-december-21-2018
From all the feedback received to date I feel that I can call it a success.
The Board wanted to reach out and include as many shareholders
as possible and therefore decided to hold it via webinar.
Special thanks goes out to the Company's Director of Corporate Communications, Mr. Allan Flasch for his technical abilities
making
it possible for investors to participate from
Nome Alaska to the Florida Keys.
All the Board members made presentations as to Atacama's
activities
over the past year and commented on the Company's future plans.
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$ACRL-A.I.&AUGMENTED A.I./ CEO RAMBLINGS -
JANUARY 7, 2019/ Gold miners 'laughing' amid best rally in decade as metal surges | MINING.com
I am an avid newspaper and TV news hound and can not help but to
be quite concerned about the current state of the world- economically, politically and socially.
https://acrlintl.com/blog/2019/1/7/ceo-ramblings-january-7-2019
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We are living in increasingly uncertain times.
Pundits are reluctant to speculate about the future with the
world
being a very complex and ever changing place.
What are the trends?
Where are we headed? The fast emerging world of
Artificial Intelligence and the use of robotics in unnerving for most.
The US economy seems to be hot yet wages remain stagnant.
Many jobs are part time and contract work resulting in a very
unsure and shaky future.
Wars continue in
Afghanistan,
Iraq,
Syria and
Yemen.
China's economy appears to be faltering and the EU is awaiting the effects of Brexit.
Investors the world over are looking out for a safe haven to place
their money and seem to have found it in GOLD.
The old time tested safe place to put your money.
This is why I am so pleased that three years ago Atacama's Board of Directors decided to
place our gold properties as a major priority for the Company.
GOLD/
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GOLD/
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Plus, the properties are located right in the middle of what is fast becoming a new "Gold Rush" in staking.
Miners see the grand success of Kirkland Lake Gold located just
down the fault line from Atacama's claims.
As the attached article suggests,
this should be a good year for those of us in the gold business.
I an Glen Grant, CEO of http://www.acrlintl.com
http://www.mining.com/web/gold-miners-laughing-amid-best-rally-decade-metal-surges/?utm_source=digest-en-mining-190103&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=digest
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December’s cheer is carrying into 2019 for gold-mining companies.
A gauge of mining shares is extending gains after its best December since the financial crisis as investors flee to haven assets amid
a slump in the broader equities market and a U.S government shutdown.
The BI Global Senior Gold Valuation Peers jumped as much as 1.6 percent Thursday to the highest since May,
with bullion set for a sixth straight advance.
‘‘The yellow metal is in demand due to the fact that almost everyone
is looking for safe-haven assets,’’ Naeem Aslam,
chief market analyst
at Think Markets U.K. Ltd., said by email.
“Gold miners are laughing
all the way because the entire landscape has become more attractive.”
Volatility in equities, concern about a broadening U.S.-China trade conflict and a softening dollar have underpinned a rally in bullion.
The trade showdown is starting to have an impact on economic activity, after Apple Inc.
issued a warning on its outlook and factory data weakened.
Bullion for immediate delivery rose 0.4 percent to $1,289.58 an ounce
at 10:47 a.m. in New York,
after touching the highest since mid-June.
In December, the BI miners index jumped 12 percent, the most for that month since 2008.
Harmony Gold Mining Co. and AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. paced gains on Thursday.
Investors seeking havens have also been buying silver.
The white metal touched the highest since July on Thursday.
“Looks like silver has gained momentum because of gold,” Aslam said.
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$ACRL-CEO RAMBLINGS - JANUARY 8, 2019/ CEO RAMBLINGS - JANUARY 8, 2019
https://acrlintl.com/blog/2019/1/8/ceo-ramblings-january-8-2019
The only thing that can accelerate as fast as an electric car is
the price of the most expensive metal in its batteries.
Once a niche market used to strengthen turbine blades,
cobalt's value has soared since it started to feature in modern electronics.
Most phones need a few grams worth and every electric car requires
5 - 10 kgms. That adds up quickly.
Just focusing on EV's it is expected that cobalt demand will
increase
by a factor of 25 times by the year 2050.
Cobalt Camp are the cobalt claims
held by Atacama.
COBALT
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COBALT
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The electric car makers have already invested around $100 billion
in new electric car technology.
DECEMBER 7, 2018/ VW says last generation of combustion engines to be launched in 2026
hhttps://acrlintl.com/blog/2018/12/5/ceo-ramblings-december-6-2018
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One estimate I read recently indicated that by 2030 at least as
much of the stuff will be need for transport alone as was mined in 2017 in total.
Most users of cobalt today are concerned about how cobalt is sourced.
They want to get away from using "Conflict Cobalt" which currently
is 60% of the globes production coming from the "hell hole" known as
The Democratic Republic of Congo".
Just google the poorest country on earth to see why I call it that.
The world market for cobalt needs to find a new source of supply.
Atacama may be in a position to be part of the solution since we
are presently developing our cobalt claims which are located right
in the center of what is known as Canada's COBALT CAMP.
Talk about being in the right place at an opportune time.
I am Glenn grant, CEO of http://www.acrlintl.com
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$ACRL/ CEO RAMBLINGS - JANUARY 9, 2019/ Now that we at Atacama are planning for the upcoming exploration and drilling season I am
pleased to announce that the Company has brought on to the
Atacama team two well known and very experienced geologists.
Together they represent decades of geology expertise and experience.
Their work as consulting geologists have taken them around the world
to many different locations working for many well known mining companies.
We are proud to have David Jackson and Bruce Fox as integral members
of the Atacama Mining Team.
You will be hearing about their work in future Ramblings.
I am Glenn Grant, CEO of ACRL
http://www.acrlintl.com
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two well known and very experienced geologists/ $ACRL/ CEO RAMBLINGS - JANUARY 9, 2019/ Now that we at Atacama are
planning for the upcoming exploration and drilling season
I am pleased to announce that the Company has brought on to the
Atacama team two well known and very experienced geologists.
Together they represent decades of geology expertise and experience.
Their work as consulting geologists have taken them around the world
to many different locations working for many well known mining companies.
We are proud to have David Jackson and Bruce Fox as integral members
of the Atacama Mining Team. You will be hearing about their work in
future Ramblings.
I am Glenn Grant, CEO of http://www.acrlintl.com
https://acrlintl.com/blog/
https://acrlintl.com/blog/2019/1/9/ceo-ramblings-january-9-2019
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also this FUNDING WITH PREFERRED B/ NEWS RELEASE - JANUARY 10, 2019/
ACRL/https://acrlintl.com/news-release/2019/1/10/news-release-january-10-2019
Atacama is pleased to announce that we have just secured our first
sale of restricted preferred B stock,
and expect more funding next week.
https://acrlintl.com/blog/2019/1/9/ceo-ramblings-january-9-2019
Now that we at Atacama are planning for the upcoming exploration
and drilling season I am pleased to announce that the Company has
brought on to the Atacama team two well known and very experienced geologists. Together they represent decades of geology expertise and experience.
Their work as consulting geologists have taken them around the world
to many different
locations working for many well known mining companies.
We are proud to have David Jackson and Bruce Fox as integral members
of the Atacama Mining Team. You will be hearing about their work in future Ramblings.
I am Glenn Grant, CEO of http://www.acrlintl.com
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$ACRL/CEO RAMBLINGS - JANUARY 16, 2019/ Atacama Resources geologists have previously scheduled a project for May 2019 to further
explore the Atacama 1 mining interests in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
This project includes seismic, magnetometer and Lidar surveys.
Because of the assay information recently discovered for core samples from Atacama 1,
the project has taken on increased urgency and will be started in
late March.
The ground can still be frozen as several survey methods actually perform better over frozen terrain.
On another note, please see the article,
highlighting the increased scarcity of gold and
two mega gold companies merging.
As CEO of Atacama, I will continue to bring you factual news
about Atacama Resources and our mining claims.
I am Glenn Grant, CEO of http://www.acrlintl.com
https://acrlintl.com/blog/2019/1/15/ceo-ramblings-january-16-2019
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Additional Information/buyouts by listed companies for junior mining
https://acrlintl.com/blog/2019/1/15/ceo-ramblings-january-16-2019
Newmont buys Goldcorp for $10 billion to be top gold miner
Newmont Mining Corp. will buy rival Goldcorp Inc. in a deal valued a
t $10 billion,
creating the world’s largest gold miner and cementing a return of
M&A
to the industry.
The biggest deal in the gold mining industry’s history comes just
three months after Barrick Gold Corp.’s move to buy
Randgold Resources Ltd. in a $5.4 billion transaction,
which instantly spurred speculation that rivals would have to respond.
The two huge gold deals have the potential to spark investor
interest after the industry lost favor following years of
lackluster bullion prices,
bad investments and disastrous deals.
Just two weeks ago, Mark Bristow,
the new chief executive officer of Barrick,
said the industry is heading for irrelevance unless there are
major changes.
Goldcorp shares surged as much as 12 percent to C$14.45 in Toronto. Newmont shares slipped 6.4 percent in New York.
Newmont and Goldcorp were “clearly not willing to sit back and
let Barrick take the limelight,” said Kieron Hodgson, a natural resources analyst at Panmure Gordon in London.
Gold mining companies are turning to
M&A
as a way to kickstart growth and secure mine reserves after a decade
of cutting back on exploration spending,
according to Adrian Hammond,
who covers African gold companies for SBG Securities Pty Ltd.
Investors have punished the industry in recent years and
Newmont shares are about half the value from a peak in 2011.
“Companies are struggling to compete for lower costs whilst trying to replenish their reserve base, so acquiring assets has become
the easier alternative,”
Hammond said in an interview from Johannesburg.
Newmont will pay 0.3280 of its own shares for each Goldcorp share,
a premium of 17 percent to the weighted average share price from the last 20 days.
Newmont also plans to pay 2 cents for each Goldcorp share.
The deal will create a company that runs mines in the Americas, Australia and
Ghana and exceeds Barrick-Randgold in scale,
producing about 7.9 million ounces of gold a year.
It also rivals Barrick’s purchase of Placer Dome Inc. as the gold industry’s biggest takeover.
That deal had a final value of about $9.9 billion when it closed
in 2006, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Newmont and Goldcorp said they will sell up to $1.5 billion in
assets over the next two years,
echoing a similar Barrick pledge to concentrate on the best-performing mines.
Newmont also promised initial cost savings from the merger of $100 million a year.
The promise of unloading assets,
something Barrick is also expected to do,
will have repercussions for the industry as a host of mines are
likely to be put up for sale.
Additionally, the two big deals will add pressure to other gold
miners such as Kinross Gold Corp.
and AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., which have missed out on the sudden deal rush.
“I can see a new wave of mid-tier producers being spawned from
assets deemed subeconomic by the two ‘giants,’” Hodgson said.
Goldberg, who has lead Newmont since 2013, will remain CEO until
the deal and integration of the two companies is complete
- likely in the fourth quarter
- after which he will hand over to Chief Operating Officer Tom Palmer.
Newmont has retained BMO Capital Markets,
Citigroup Inc. and
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as financial advisers,
while Goldcorp has TD Securities and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on January 15, 2019, on page 5.
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$ACRL/ CEO RAMBLINGS - JANUARY 18, 2019 - The company has become a member of OTCIQ, the arm of OTC Markets that manages the filing
process for OTC public companies
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EXCERPT/ ‘getting current’ as a top priority
it is in the best interest of the company to file its
financials with OTC Markets with unaudited financials.
compliance with all rules governing public companies.
Upon sign off by our SEC attorney, Atacama will file.
The company expects to file the 2017 financial report before the
end of January.
The quarterly financials for 2018 through September 30, 2018 will be completed and filed as soon as the information
2018 filing is not due until March 2019.
We expect to achieve ‘current filer’ status by early February.
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https://acrlintl.com/blog/2019/1/18/ceo-ramblings-january-18-2019
Dear Shareholders,
I am pleased to respond to the question most asked by
Atacama Shareholders over the last several months.
“When is Atacama Resources going to file its financials for 2017
and 2018 to achieve current filer status.”
The board of directors of Atacama Resources has determined that
it is in the best interest of the company to file its financials
with OTC Markets with unaudited financials.
The company has become a member of OTCIQ,
the arm of OTC Markets that manages the filing process for OTC public companies.
All filings will undergo the same accounting accuracy as those of audited financials.
Before any financials are submitted to OTCIQ, the filing is submitted
to our SEC attorney for review
to ensure accuracy and compliance with all rules governing public companies.
Upon sign off by our SEC attorney, Atacama will file.
The company expects to file the 2017 financial report before the end
of January.
That information will be posted and certain disclaimers will be
removed by OTC Markets in any references to ACRL.
The quarterly financials for 2018 through September 30, 2018 will
be completed and filed as soon as the information can be collected
and the numbers confirmed for accuracy.
This will take several weeks.
The year end 2018 filing is not due until March 2019.
We expect to achieve ‘current filer’ status by early February.
The entire Atacama team considers ‘getting current’ as a top priority and we are extending all efforts to achieve that goal.
Until the next CEO Ramblings, this is Glenn Grant,
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Cobalt, a by-product of copper or nickel, $ACRL/ CEO RAMBLINGS - JANUARY 21, 2019/ REFERENCE TO ELECTRIC CAR/
https://acrlintl.com/blog/2019/1/21/ceo-ramblings-january-21-2019
FORD TO LEAD BLOCKCHAIN PILOT THAT TRACES COBALT MINED IN CONGO
The attached article points what I have saying for months.
The users of cobalt are extremely concerned about where they must
source it and are not happy with having to get it from the
corrupt and violent Congo.
Current users of cobalt, and especially future users, want new suppliers. Atacama is working hard to perhaps be a new source of
cobalt using our cobalt claims near Kirkland Lake, Canada.
COBALT
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COBALT
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The property is located dead center in an area known as the
Canadian Cobalt Camp with cobalt exploration going on all around us.
We are anxious to get working on the claims this spring.
Enjoy reading the article.
I am Glenn Grant, CEO of
http://www.acrlintl.com
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Ford to lead blockchain pilot that traces cobalt mined in Congo
Cecilia Jamasmie | 6 days ago |
http://www.mining.com/ford-lead-blockchain-pilot-trace-cobalt-mined-congo/?utm_source=digest-en-mining-190116&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=digest
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The group wants to use blockchain to help ensure responsible mining practices for raw materials such as cobalt,
which is in high demand for its use in lithium-ion batteries.
( Reference image. Artisanal miners in Kaili, DRC. By Julien Harneis | Flickr Commons.)
Automaker Ford has partnered up with
IBM,
South Korean battery maker LG Chem and
China's largest cobalt producer Huayou Cobalt to test the first blockchain project to trace supplies of the metal from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The pilot, overseen by multinational responsible-sourcing group RCS Global,
seeks to help manufacturers ensure the cobalt they use is not linked
to human rights abuses.
On the simulated sourcing scenario, cobalt produced at
Huayou’s mine
in the DRC will be traced through the supply chain as it travels
from mine and smelter to LG Chem’s cathode plant and battery plant
in South Korea, and finally into a Ford plant in the United States.
An audit trail will be created on the blockchain, which will
include corresponding data to provide evidence of
cobalt production from mine to end user.
Pilot is the latest effort to use blockchain to improve the
transparency of global supply chains,
especially in the mining industry.
With the growing demand for cobalt, this group has come together
with clear objectives to illustrate how blockchain can be used
for greater assurance around social responsibility in the
mining supply chain,
" Manish Chawla,
GM,
Global Industrial Products Industry at IBM, said in the statement.
The move is the latest effort to use blockchain to improve the transparency of global supply chains, especially in commodities.
Blockchain, the technology behind cryptocurrency bitcoin,
provides a shared record of data held by a network of
individual computers rather than a single party.
There already are some examples of the use of blockchain in the
mining industry, with world’s No. 1 diamond producer by value
De Beers testing its Tracr platform,
which allows tracing gemstones throughout the entire
value chain — from mine to buyer.
Eyes on the DRC
The DRC generates more than 60% of the world’s cobalt,
but much of it is sent to China to be processed by multiple
companies before it is used in batteries.
In addition, up to 20% of the DRC’s cobalt is mined by hand,
often by children with picks and shovels.
Congo generates about two-thirds of the world’s cobalt,
but much of it is sent to China to be processed by multiple
companies before it is used in batteries.
Cobalt, a by-product of copper or nickel,
is in high demand for its use in lithium-ion batteries,
which power a wide range of products such as
laptops,
mobile devices, and
electric vehicles (EVS).
Currently, about two-thirds of it comes out the DRC.
However, due to the region’s intense poverty and the mineral’s
soaring price,
thousands of impoverished Congolese have flocked to the
cobalt rich areas to secure an income.
Traditionally, artisanal miners have sold their ore to local co-operatives,
which then sell it to local merchants and traders.
They, in turn, sell to international traders or operating mines
with established transport links and the artisanal mined cobalt
ends up being exported to China as concentrate.
In 2014,
UNICEF estimated that around 40,000 children were involved in
artisanal mining in the DRC.
And Amnesty International has said that children as young as
seven can be found scavenging for rocks containing cobalt in DRC,
which holds about 49% of the world’s known reserves.
Those and other allegations have put pressure on multinationals
to trace the cobalt they use and so forego the risk of inadvertently using raw materials sourced from child labour,
which remains rampant in central Africa.
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$ACRL/ CEO RAMBLINGS - JANUARY 22, 2019/ CHINA ADDS POWERFUL GRAPHENE ARMOR TO Z-10 ASSAULT HELICOPTERS
Major Graphite Deposit.
You may recall from previous ramblings that Atacama is developing
a major graphite deposit.
Graphene comes from graphite.
Graphene, many claim,
is about to revolutionize military hardware worldwide.
The Pentagon and NATO forces call it a wonder material.
Thinner than a sheet of paper,
200 times stronger than steel means that it can be used for
body Armour that will be stronger than diamonds.
It offers unlimited military and aerospace applications.
It has the highest potential to revolutionize military capabilities
over the next decade.
It can be used to completely absorb radar rays making
aircraft,
rockets,
ships,
planes,
subs, etc. virtually undetectable.
Naturally most of this research is classified but you can see
its applicability to much of the civilian world. The demand for
graphite worldwide is about to explode.
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I want Atacama to play a major role in in the development of
this new wonder material called graphene.
Military research is exploding everywhere re this new product as the attached article indicates.
I am Glenn Grant. CEO of
http://www.acrlintl.com.
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MILITARY & INTELLIGENCE
22:51 24.10.2018Get short URL2641
An unknown number of China’s Z-10 air-to-ground attack helicopters
have been upgraded with ultra-thin
graphene semimetal to serve as an extra layer of protection from adversaries, according to Asia Times.
A video appeared on China Central Television earlier this month
showing one of the helicopters with
"an extra armor module near its tandem cockpit"
touch down after a flight.
The video has not been independently verified for authenticity,
and Beijing is known to keep its military secrets under wraps.
Graphene is simply a one-atom layer of carbon tightly packed together in a hexagonal lattice. When exactly two layers are stacked on top of each other — a configuration called diamene —
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During a ground attack operation,
the Z-10 would likely be called upon to take out hostile tank
formations or other ground artillery,
Asia Times noted in an October 24 report,
exposing the chopper to a variety of anti-aircraft weaponry that
might be to take it out during low-altitude operations.
Graphene is an incredible material with novel properties as compared
to the materials conventionally used in making military equipment.
The material can withstand 200 times as much force as steel at a fraction of the weight, Asia Times reported.
In 2017, a study published in the journal
Nature Nanotechnology found that graphene
— which is almost 1 million times thinner than a sheet of paper
— layered on top of itself twice can
"temporarily become as hard as diamond"
and just as impervious to projectiles like bullets, Futurism reported.
Graphene is simply a one-atom layer of carbon
tightly packed together in a hexagonal lattice.
When exactly two layers are stacked on top of each other
— a configuration called diamene
— the material hardens and demonstrates magnificent strength
comparable to that of diamonds, according to Futurism.
On a curious note,
Nature Nanotechnology reported that stacking more than two sheets
of graphene did not trigger any hardening effect.
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$ACRL/GRAPHITE/LIFE CHANGER/CEO RAMBLINGS-JANUARY 23, 2019/ 30 WAYS GRAPHENE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE. stating investors are calling and e-mailing our CEO
PLANES, DRONES, TO CURING BLINDNESS
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https://acrlintl.com/blog/2019/1/23/ceo-ramblings-january-23-2019
I have been totally inundated with
calls and emails over the past few days from investors
asking why I am so keen to develop our graphite holdings
and why I am so keen on the future of graphite and graphene.
I appreciate that most of the world is unaware of the importance
of these two commodities but this is what Atacama is all about.
We want to be part of the future,not the past. GRAPHENE,
which is derived from graphite,
is considered to be the material of the future.
IT is truly a wonder material.
IT IS REVOLUTIONIZING THE FUTURE.
Check the article which I have attached for your edification
and you will see what I mean.
Graphene is about to remake much of the world as we know it .
We at Atacama wish to be part of this exciting new trend.
I am Glenn Grant, CEO of
http://www.acrlintl.com
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pg #1/https://www.techradar.com/news/20-ways-graphene-is-about-to-change-your-life
It's strong,it's flexible, and it's here.
After a long time cooking in the labs,
the first graphene-based products are beginning to trickle out
into the world of
smartphones,
wearables,
batteries,
virtual reality,
sports equipment,
super-capacitors and
supercars.
Graphene is a material that some believe has been coerced from
abandoned space ships,
left on Earth by extraterrestrials years ago.
While that's a little unlikely,
the power of this super-thin, strong,
conductive and
all-round amazing material is deserving of such a conspiracy.
It's been over 60 years coming as scientists and manufacturers
alike have struggled to harness the power of this awesome material,
but it's closing in on revolutionizing so many things we're using day to day.
We've recently updated this page with
10 more ways that graphene is about to change your life,
as seen on display at
MWC 2018 in Barcelona.
Want to learn more about graphene and its future uses?
Check out our feature, Why is graphene taking so long?
This graphene patch measures UV light on skin (Credit: Jamie Carter)
Smart insole monitoring for athletes
Cool graphene shoes
The world's most efficient solar cell
Graphene brain-computer interfaces
Graphene cryo-cooler compressor for 5G
Graphene infection-detectors
Graphene earphones
Graphene planes
Graphene phone cases
Super-thin graphene Kindles
Graphene cars
Wearable tickets
Robotic graphene hands
Graphene to cure blindness
A battery that charges in minutes
Graphene e-tattoos and fitness trackers
Graphene pixels for wearables
Graphene for scanning your Shiraz
Graphene scanners for smartphones
Graphene sensors for 3D cameras
Night vision for self-driving cars
More useful windows
3D-printed graphene drones
Graphene motorcycle helmet
Flexible graphene Wi-Fi receivers
Making water safe
Graphene gloves
Graphene bikes
https://www.techradar.com/news/20-ways-graphene-is-about-to-change-your-life/2
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$ACRL/ CEO RAMBLINGS - SCENARIO/
Smart Investors for those who are inclined to be able to do so. If arranged, a $1 a share for me is good enough for a .000's investment, call me greedy.
https://acrlintl.com/blog/2018/11/23/ceo-ramblings-november-23-2018
The investment required to fully confirm the
Atacama 1, 2 and 3 proven reserves has been fully budgeted on a
project management basis and equals $5 million dollars.
Required costs are substantiated for audit and review.
Our investment initiative must focus on a $5 million capital raise
over the next year with a first tranche of at least $1 million dollars immediately.
The upside for the confirmation of gold ‘proven reserves’ for the Atacama 1, 2 and 3 holdings is almost too large to be believable.
An analysis of the ACRL position, similar to the KLG analysis for
its new shaft, would yield a proven reserve in the $5 billion dollar range.
With a proven reserve pegged at a more realistic $1 billion dollars,
the contribution to the market value of the company would be approximately $1 dollar per share.
Starting with an assumption that the ACRL common shares could end
up valued up to $1.00 per share because of the proven reserve confirmation, the investor upside is as follows.
The investment offered with this capital raise is to sell the
B shares at the equivalent of one cent per common share with
a six-month hold. The investor, under even a worst-case scenario,
should see a significant return in his ACRL investment
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https://acrlintl.com/blog/2018/12/11/ceo-ramblings-december-11-2018
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