friday announcement, page-3

bhp- 3.5% interest in turkey bioheap Quote Mining news july 12th 2005
"interest in heap leaching process is for extraction of nickel from low grade ores is tipped to reach a new high.
BHP has taken a 3.5% interest in the European Nickel Company, opions of 9% in their Caldag project Turkey. Retrieval of 60% was quoted."
SBNC previous trials retrieved 91% - present coloumn testing are aiming for greater recovery. 3 metre coloumn testing results due soon.
Note conference held June El Escurial Spain.
International Biohydromtallugy Symposium and the environment toward the mining of the 21st century.
Quote" biohydrometallugy and the environment is predicted the comming century biotechnology will make its greates contribution in this area. Biohydrometallugrical - areas covered bioheap leaching, microbiology molecular biology, biosurption - are the areas addressed for the environment and the future of mining."