+++++PART THREE-$ACRL/ CEO RAMBLINGS-DEC.21,2018-THRU-01-23-2019/Annual Meeting of Atacama Resources International Inc.
Christmas-Wallpaper-Download.jpg 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.
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.
$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.
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.
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
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.
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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
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.
$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.
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.
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.
$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.
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 ----------------------------------------------
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.
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/
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.
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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
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.
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 —
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
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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
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
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
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.
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
PART TWO - $ACRL/ CEO RAMBLINGS - DECEMBER 21, 2018/ Annual Meeting of Atacama Resources International Inc.
Christmas-Wallpaper-Download.jpg 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.
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.
A number of participants took the opportunity to participate during the Q and A session while others emailed in their questions to be answered but most either called members of the Board after the meeting or sent in their emails to them directly.
I am happy to say that every inquiry was responded to in full within ninety minutes from the close of the webinar. Dan from Wisconsin was interested in the two Apps the Company is offering and Don from Oregon asked how the Apps would help law enforcement re the Cannabis issue.
Esperanza from Texas asked about the Company's plans regarding a future reverse split. As CEO let me say categorically that the Board has no plans at all to do a reverse stock spit. none whatsoever.
Jose from New Mexico offered to help the Company if we aver wish to expand into Mexico.
We will see what the future expansion plans may be. Two New York based brokers called me after the meeting seeking clarifications regarding our exploration programs especially as they applied to cobalt and graphite.
They both felt that these were two up and coming minerals of the immediate future.
Considering the number of investors participating, this was by far the largest and most exciting Annual meeting that we have ever had.
Again, I thank you for your on going interest in the future of Atacama Resources International. Be sure to check out http://www.acrlintl.com
Thanks, Glenn, and don't be a stranger...call me 1 780 512 3805
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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.
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.
A number of participants took the opportunity to participate during the Q and A session while others emailed in their questions to be answered but most either called members of the Board after the meeting or sent in their emails to them directly.
I am happy to say that every inquiry was responded to in full within ninety minutes from the close of the webinar. Dan from Wisconsin was interested in the two Apps the Company is offering and Don from Oregon asked how the Apps would help law enforcement re the Cannabis issue.
Esperanza from Texas asked about the Company's plans regarding a future reverse split. As CEO let me say categorically that the Board has no plans at all to do a reverse stock spit. none whatsoever. Jose from New Mexico offered to help the Company if we aver wish to expand into Mexico.
We will see what the future expansion plans may be. Two New York based brokers called me after the meeting seeking clarifications regarding our exploration programs especially as they applied to cobalt and graphite.
They both felt that these were two up and coming minerals of the immediate future.
Considering the number of investors participating, this was by far the largest and most exciting Annual meeting that we have ever had.
Again, I thank you for your on going interest in the future of Atacama Resources International. Be sure to check out http://www.acrlintl.com
Thanks, Glenn, and don't be a stranger...call me 1 780 512 3805
ACRL
We acquire, develop, and attain strategic opportunities worldwide. Learn more about our 7 sectors below:
As one looks around the world, 2018 is closing on a rather low note although not news is all bad news. Let me explain.
The US Government is shut down. Political confusion is the order of the day.
Panic and fear reigns at the southern border with Mexico.
Mexico has a new left-wing President and a new left-wing Congress.
Venezuela is in turmoil and people are fleeing. Central America is violent and essentially non-functioning.
Much of the Middle east is devastated by war and ongoing fighting and violence abounds.
China's economy is slowing down and its trade wars with the USA has everyone guessing. Russia is a bully on the world stage causing disruption.
Europe is floundering, and is about to happen with totally unknown results but likely not good. Japan is going nowhere.
Much of Africa is struggling and some states are essentially non-viable.
Corruption is the reality. In the past, when there was so much uncertainty around the globe, people usually sought stability for themselves in the form of gold.
Gold is real. Gold is safe.
I believe that this all means that the demand for gold is about to increase in the months ahead and yet the number of new gold mines coming on stream in the next few years remains relatively meek.
The good news in all of this is that Atacama has three very promising GOLD properties in what is known as the Canadian Gold Camp in the mining friendly Province of Ontario.
As per the attached article, all this year end gloom and doom could be good news for current and future good investors and be good for Atacama. Glenn Grant, CEO, http://www.acrlintl.com
Gold is powering into the year’s end as global equities sink in the fourth quarter
on Friday and Thursday:
China: The economy slowed for a seventh month in December as the trade war, subdued domestic demand and decelerating factory inflation undercut growth, according to a Bloomberg Economics gauge.
Japan: Factory output dropped in November, the sixth contraction in eight months.
US: Consumer confidence slumped in December to the lowest since July as a gauge of labor market expectations fell by the most in 41 years.
Europe: The European Central Bank expects the global economy to slow next year as rising protectionism curbs trade growth.
In Washington, the partial U.S. government shutdown is likely to continue into 2019 after House Republicans said on Thursday they didn’t plan any votes this week and as the president sought to blame Democrats for a stalemate over funding for a wall that a majority of Americans don’t support, according to polls.
12-30-2018 FROM AH FRIEND/ $ACRL Could the Electric Car Company TESLA [TSLA] be Atacama's very best friend? YES Right in the very center of the Cobalt Camp are the cobalt claims held by Atacama. COBALT [-chart]static1.squarespace.com/static/58b5961486e6c0717e9be46f/591bc70b37c581f0802c6a2e/5bfd7caf352f531a61759816/1543454931414/Cobalt.jpeg?format=1000w[/chart] COBALT [-chart]static1.squarespace.com/static/58b5961486e6c0717e9be46f/591bc70b37c581f0802c6a2e/5bfd7caf352f531a61759816/1543454931414/Cobalt.jpeg?format=1000w[/chart]
Talk about being in the right place at the right time.
Could the Electric Car Company TESLA be Atacama's very best friend? YES COBALT is clearly the mining story of the day.
It has been designated as a STRATEGIC MINERAL by both the USA Government as well as the European Union.
Canada's major cobalt deposit is found in what is commonly called +++++ THE COBALT CAMP +++++ which is located north of the Canadian city of Toronto in the mining friendly province of Ontario. The Camp is surrounded by mining communities providing all of the necessary mining infrastructure needed to open producing cobalt mines.
The demand for cobalt is being driven by the emerging electric vehicle sector which is picking up pace worldwide.
In North America, while all the auto companies are developing electric models for this new market, the leader at the moment is clearly TESLA.
All of them, including TESLA, require electrical storage batteries which in turn requires cobalt as a key component.
Cobalt, both the town and the metal, are attracting renewed attention as a buffer to rising political risks in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which accounted for more than half the world’s 123,000-ton production in 2016, according to Natural Resources Canada. China and Canada were a distant second and third, each contributing roughly 6 percent of supply, followed by Russia and Australia. But as concerns grow about country risk in the DRC, even as demand swells, those smaller players stand to benefit.
“Anybody who has cobalt outside the DRC is in a better situation because carmakers are very worried about their supply chains,” said Roger Bell, director of mining research at Hannam & Parters in London.
Bell believes the amount of cobalt being used in electric cars could easily double in the next eight to 15 years. “Even in the most conservative assumptions, you’re looking at maybe a 20 percent gap between supply and demand for cobalt by 2025.”
Stock investors betting on cobalt are already benefiting. First Cobalt Corp., a Canadian miner exploring in the Cobalt area, has soared 90 percent this year. Cobalt 27 Capital Corp., another miner based in British Columbia, has jumped almost 600 percent. Neither company has any revenue.
As Congo Election Nears, Rioters Storm an Ebola Center and Unrest Grows
Delays of long-anticipated elections to replace President Joseph Kabila are adding to insecurity in a region plagued by an Ebola outbreak and militia violence.
I am especially proud to say that the development of our Atacama cobalt property, located dead center in what is known as Canada's COBALT CAMP, is one of our Company's priorities as we begin 2019.
I believe that the timing of this cobalt property development could not be better, for four main reasons.
One, the global demand for cobalt is expanding by the day as a result of the fact that cobalt is an important component for the storage batteries of electric vehicles.
Second, cobalt has been designated as a "strategic mineral" by both the USA and the EU.
Third, the Atacama cobalt property and the entire Cobalt Camp region is located in "mining country" with all the necessary mining infrastructure in place.
The fourth reason is the big one. 60% of the world's cobalt currently is sourced in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Most of its 82 million inhabitants live in abject poverty.
it is one of the most impoverished nations on earth.
As a result of years of corrupt and violent governments the country is a social, political, cultural and economic "basket case".
Lawlessness and recklessness are the order of the day along with corrupt courts and 100 heavily armed militias rampaging the countryside.
Less than 2% of roads are paved.
Less than 10% of the population have access to electricity. 1% have any access to financial services. I could go on and on but I am sure that you get the picture.
It is time for the world to move to new sources of cobalt.
Corrupt politicians and their cronies make millions from the mines operating there while the people are treated like trash and receive next to nothing. Cobalt demand worldwide in increasing and the Canadian COBALT CAMP can help the world to meet this demand.
Atacama's claims are located right in the middle of the Camp. Right time and right place? You bet. I am Glenn Grant, CEO of http://www.acrlintl.com
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As CEO of Atacama Resources International I am pleased to be able to announce that Atacama is about to be part of a technological revolution that is about to change the way much of the world will operate in the future.
It is referred to as a "Wonder Material" or "The material of the Future".
What I am referring to is GRAPHENE which is derived from graphite which is one of Atacama's mining properties near Kirkland lake, Ontario.
To my knowledge there are NO graphite mines in the USA and only two currently operating in Canada - one small mine operates only seasonally and one is predicted to be soon running out of graphite ore.
That's it, so you see why I am pleased to be able to announce that Atacama has a serious graphite prospect.
Graphene is one of the most promising semi-metals on the face of the earth, yet few people have even heard of it. Simply put, graphene is 300 times stronger than steel, thinner than a sheet of paper and is destined to become the "super material" of the technological future.
It is made up of a single layer of graphite that is only one atom thick.
Yes, one atom.
Not only is it strong but it is also flexible, transparent, highly conductive and impermeable to most liquids and gasses.
It is as light as foil yet can stop a bullet. Think about its application to air and space travel, to the military industrial complex, for heavy equipment and vehicles of the future.
its applications are boundless but it all requires graphite.
Do you see why I say that Atacama is planning to be part of this " tech revolution".
This, and the attached article, will hopefully go a log way to respond to all those investors who asked my why Atacama decided to pursue a graphite property as a part of its mining holdings.
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$ACRL/ CEO RAMBLINGS - JANUARY 4, 2019-PORTRAIT/CEO Blackwater PRIVATE FIRM INVESTOR
[-chart]static1.squarespace.com/static/58b5961486e6c0717e9be46f/t/5c2f78ee0e2e72ab9499fac5/1546615030753/Blackwater+Founder.jpg?format=1000w[/chart] Erik Prince, the founder of controversial U.S. private security firm Blackwater and an informal campaign adviser to President Donald Trump, is looking to raise as much as $500m to invest in metals used in the batteries that power electric cars. (Image courtesy of Miller Center | Flickr.) [-chart]static1.squarespace.com/static/58b5961486e6c0717e9be46f/t/5c2f78ee0e2-e72ab9499fac5/1546615030753/Blackwater+Founder.jpg?format=1000w[/chart] Erik Prince, the founder of controversial U.S. private security firm Blackwater and an informal campaign adviser to President Donald Trump, is looking to raise as much as $500m to invest in metals used in the batteries that power electric cars. (Image courtesy of Miller Center | Flickr.)
BLACKWATER FOUNDER LAUNCHES FUND TO INVEST IN ELECTRIC CAR BATTERY METALS | MINING.COM
The founder of the US private security company aims to raise as much as $500 million to invest in deposits of metals such as cobalt, lithium and copper.
I am sure that most of you are aware of the USA firm Blackwater.
I will not say any more but to simply say that its founder left the firm a while back but has again entered the business world in a very progressive and aggressive way.
He, like those of us at Atacama, see the future as being a future including electric vehicles on a worldwide scale.
As the former Blackwater founder sees it, a mineral of the future will be cobalt, most of which is being mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- one of the poorest and most corrupt countries on earth.
There, cobalt mining occurs to keep unscrupulous, corrupt, dishonest and lawless politicians and their business cronies in place to continue exploiting the people for only their own gain.
Is this where the world wishes to source its cobalt?
I think not, especially when there are sources in Canada.
Atacama has a very promising cobalt property and we plan to be part of the action moving foreword.
Blackwater founder Erik Prince aims to raise as much as $500 million to invest in metals needed for making the batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs), the Financial Times reports.
Prince, who besides starting the controversial private security company is known for have been an informal campaign adviser to US President Donald Trump, said the fund will bring unexplored deposits into production and then sell them to large miners after four to five years.
The fund will focus mainly on cobalt, copper and lithium assets located mainly in Africa and Asia, Prince told http://www.FT.com.
“For all the talk of our virtual world, the innovation, you can’t build these vehicles without minerals that come from generally weird, hard-to-access places,” he said. LITHIUM [-chart]www.mining.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/li-ion-battery-boom-and-its-impact-on-raw-material-markets.jpg[/chart] LITHIUM [-chart]www.mining.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/li-ion-battery-boom-and-its-impact-on-raw-material-markets.jpg[/chart]
Metals such as cobalt, lithium, nickel and copper have seen demand soar in recent years as the shift away from cars powered by fossil fuels gains momentum and mining companies are investing billions of dollars into developing deposits of those key commodities.
Experts expect the need for the commodity from battery makers alone to jump 650% by 2027, while overall demand is forecast to rise more than threefold in the next nine years.
Prices, however, are projected to drop in the early 2020s as a result of an ever-rising number of projects expected to come online.
Wave of lithium supply coming online. (Source: BMO Capital Markets.)
Prince sold Blackwater in 2010, after it was hit with a series of lawsuits. Since then, he’s been running Frontier Services Group, which provides integrated security, logistics and insurance services in frontier markets and is backed by Hong Kong investor Chun Shun Ko and China’s CITIC Group.
Frontier has also invested in a bauxite mine in Guinea, and identified a copper and cobalt deposit in the Congo.
Prince’s sister Elisabeth Dee DeVos is Trump’s education secretary.
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.
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 $1.00 per share because of the proven reserve confirmation, the investor upside is as follows.
The investment offered with this capital raise is to sell the B shares at the equivalent of one cent per common share with a six-month hold. The investor, under even a worst-case scenario, should see a significant return in his ACRL investment
+++++PART THREE-$ACRL/ CEO RAMBLINGS-DEC.21,2018-THRU-01-23-2019/Annual Meeting of Atacama Resources International Inc.
Christmas-Wallpaper-Download.jpg 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.
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.
$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.
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.
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
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.
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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
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.
$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.
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.
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.
$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.
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 ----------------------------------------------
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.
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/
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.
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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
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.
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 —
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
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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
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
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
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.
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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