Haber Strongly Urged by Ghana Science and Government Authorities to Rapidly Introduce Gold Extraction and Recovery Processes.BAYONNE, N.J. -- Note to Editors: Included with the release is a brief sidebar describing the environmental and health dangers caused through the use of highly toxic highly toxic Occupational medicine adjective Referring to a chemical that 1. Has a median lethal dose–LD50 of ≤ 50 mg/kg when administered orally to 200-300 g albino rats 2. mercury by artisinal gold miners in Africa and throughout the developing world. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is a technical university located in Kumasi, Ghana. It is the second public university to be established in the country. It was founded as the Kumasi College of Technology in 1952. Evaluation Report confirms 99 Percent Efficiency of Haber Processes on Native Alluvial al·lu·vi·al adj. Of, relating to, or found in alluvium: alluvial soil; alluvial gold. alluvial Adjective of or relating to alluvium Noun Gold Concentrates Haber, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). : HABE HABE High Altitude Balloon Experiment ), a New Jersey-based company with proprietary technology for the environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] processing of gold bearing ores, announced today that, based on a highly favorable report regarding its extraction and recovery processes from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST KNUST Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana ) of Kumasi, Ghana, the Ghanaian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is South Africa's central and premier scientific research and development organisation. It was established by an act of parliament in 1945 and is situated on its own campus in the city of Pretoria. and the Ministry of Lands, Forests and Mines strongly urged the company to introduce its gold extraction Gold extraction or recovery from its ores may require a combination of comminution, mineral processing, hydrometallurgical, and pyrometallurgical processes to be performed on the ore. and recovery technology into Ghana's artisinal mining sector on a large scale as soon as practical. KNUST had been asked to verify through a demonstration on Feb. 7 and exhaustive analysis thereafter, the practicality of using the extractive extractive /ex·trac·tive/ (-tiv) any substance present in an organized tissue, or in a mixture in a small quantity, and requiring extraction by a special method. ex·trac·tive adj. 1. Haber Gold Process (HGP See Human Genome Project. ) on the alluvial gold-bearing ores widespread throughout Ghana, the efficiency of the Haber Recovery Process (HRP) in recovering the gold present and; Haber's claims that both processes were environmentally friendly. The Haber processes do not use mercury, cyanide cyanide (sī`ənīd'), chemical compound containing the cyano group, -CN. Cyanides are salts or esters of hydrogen cyanide (hydrocyanic acid, HCN) formed by replacing the hydrogen with a metal (e.g., sodium or potassium) or a radical (e.g. or any other component that is dangerous to human health or to the environment. The report, prepared under the direction of Professor F.W.Y Momade of the Materials Engineering Department of KNUST's College of Engineering, and forwarded to Haber on June 13th by Ghana's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, concluded that the test results showed that: 1. HGP can extract gold without use of mercury or cyanide; 2. HRP can recover the gold present; 3. that extraction is relatively fast with roughly 99 percent of the gold present being extracted within three hours and; 4. that both processes are, in fact, environmentally friendly. The test ore was an alluvial gold concentrate obtained from small-scale gold miners from the Wassa Akropong region of Ghana Albert B. Conti Conti (kôNtē`), cadet branch of the French royal house of Bourbon. Although the title of prince of Conti was created in the 16th cent. , president and COO of Haber, and its principal executive involved in the implementation of Haber's initiative in Ghana, known as STAMP (Strategic Abatement of Mercury and Poverty) developed jointly with Haber 's licensee Gold City Inc. (a private Nevada Corporation A Nevada Corporation is a corporation chartered under the laws of the U.S. state of Nevada. Nevada, like the state of Delaware (See Delaware corporation), is well known as a corporate haven. ), said, " We are very pleased by the KNUST report findings and by the strong support of the Ghanaian scientific community and government officials. We believe that the Haber Gold Processes can effectively assist the artisinal mining community in Ghana in improving their health, their standard of living and their environment. We are confident that the field testing and eventual full implementation of these processes will make the Ghanaian artisinal mining sector a model for all of Africa and elsewhere around the globe." The STAMP program The stamp program of a postal organisation is an umbrella term for the entire process of postage stamp issuance and distribution by the organization. Aspects include the decision of about stamps to issue, what postal rates they will pay, postage stamp design, printing, and objectives, as announced at its inception by Haber in May 2004, focus on the elimination of mercury use in artisinal mining, significant increases in the health, incomes and standard of living of the artisinal miners and their families and offers the expansion of a value-added component of the Ghanian economy through gold jewelry manufacturing for the world market. During the past year, Conti and his team have focused on successfully obtaining a site for the initial field trials and working out logistics involved in the start-up. They are now engaged, along with the Ghanaian authorities, in raising the funds necessary to begin field trials and move ahead to regional expansion throughout Ghana. About Haber, Inc. Haber, Inc. is a high technology process development company with proprietary technologies in extractive metallurgy Extractive metallurgy is the practice of extracting metal from ore, purifying it, and recycling it. Most metals found in the Earth's crust exist as oxide and sulfide minerals. These compounds must be reduced to liberate the desired metal. and electrochemical electrochemical /elec·tro·chem·i·cal/ (-kem´i-k'l) pertaining to interaction or interconversion of chemical and electrical energies. e·lec·tro·chem·i·cal adj. separations. These technologies include the company's Haber Gold Process (HGP), a chemical system discovered by Norman Haber, the chairman of the company, for the hydrometallurgical hy·dro·met·al·lur·gy n. The treatment of metal or the separation of metal from ores and ore concentrates by liquid processes, such as leaching, extraction, and precipitation. extraction of gold from its ores. The Haber Gold Process is both non-toxic and more efficient than conventional solvents such as cyanide. This technology accelerates the gold extraction rate and may increase gold recovery from its ores by a substantial factor. The company's Electromolecular Propulsion (EMP EMP abbr. electromagnetic pulse ) technology is an electrochemical process that enables the electrically controlled movement or positioning of a variety of different molecules. It is distinguished from the techniques of electrophoresis and chromatography by its wide variety of potential applications and the greater speed and control of the results. For more information, call Peter R. D'Angelo (781) 643-2727, or visit the company's website at http://www.habercorp.com. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement Any statements contained herein that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995, and involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance and underlying assumptions. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, economic conditions, the impact of competition and pricing, government regulation, and other risks. All forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company are qualified. The Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.
The Dangers of Mercury's Use In Small-Scale "Artisinal" Mining
Highly toxic mercury is the chemical of choice for use as an
amalgamating agent in gold production by artisinal miners in at
least 55 developing countries.
Based on the estimated 800 tons of gold produced annually by
small-scale miners worldwide, many of whom produce as little as
one gram of gold per day, it is believed that there are roughly 30
million people, one third of them women and children, actively
engaged in these small-scale mining efforts. Based on the sizes of
the communities in which they live and work, perhaps as many as
100 million people in total are at severe risk to their health due
to the mercury vapors created when mercury-gold amalgams are
heated or burned to further concentrate the mined gold and/or
recover excess mercury in the process. Many others are placed at
risk as mercury is introduced by this process into rivers, streams
and groundwater and is taken up and retained by fish.
Mercury, a heavy metal, is highly toxic. Exposure by handling or
ingestion causes severe neurological damage, renal system failure
and a general weakening of the immune system in humans. Because
most artisinal mining takes place in alluvial terrain adjacent to
rivers, streams or lakes and involves hydraulic sluicing, excess
mercury is being washed into these water sources and the soil in
large volumes.
The cost of mercury has risen in lockstep with the recent rises in
the price of gold on world markets. The higher gold prices in turn
have attracted more subsistence workers into the artisinal gold
fields, further increasing demand for mercury. The use of mercury
in gold mining in the United States is now both rare and severely
limited by permitting procedures. The U.S., Canada, European
countries and others in the developed world export roughly 1,600
tons of mercury annually to developing countries. Since mercury's
use in mining is illegal in many of these countries, much of the
mercury being imported is falsely described as being for "dental"
applications. As a consequence, there is a strong global mercury
"lobby" working to preserve its industry's franchise and
discourage any search for affordable and practical alternatives to
mercury usage.
National and international organizations, NGOs, private
individuals and companies rightly concerned about the extreme
public health and environmental damage caused by mercury, have
worked diligently for some years to mitigate the escape of mercury
residues into the environment. Their efforts and mitigation,
through educational and mechanical means, however, have been
hampered by an a priori assumption that there is no alternative
process available, and that they must make the best of a bad
situation.
The mercury- and cyanide-free Haber processes, coupled with the
advent of the STAMP program in Ghana, provide the potential that,
for the first time, the root cause of the health and environmental
problems can now be addressed by totally eliminating mercury usage
from the artisinal gold mining sector.
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