"Pozzotive Products Corporation" est.1993 - Inc. 2020
A line of products that relate to our core materials that have a Pozzotive™ effect and footprint on our Earth.
A line of products that relate to our core materials that have a Pozzotive™ effect and footprint on our Earth.
Calcium Carbonate an Overview Description
Calcium carbonate is a substance naturally found in rocks and in shells of marine organisms, coal balls, snails, eggshells and pearls. It is also a major ingredient in agricultural lime and also used as an antacid or calcium supplement in medical applications. There are two chief sources from which calcium carbonate can be obtained. Calcite, aragonite, vaterite, limestone, marble, travertine and chalks are key geological sources of calcium carbonate. Biological sources include oyster shells, eggshells, snail shells, and most of the sea shells.
Calcium Carbonate Market Overview and Applications
Limestone has more uses than any other IM (Industrial Minerals).
High-purity limestone is rated as above 97% CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate) and very high-purity limestone is rated at above 98.5% CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate).
On the basis of product segments, calcium carbonate market can be classified as precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) and ground calcium carbonate (GCC). Calcium carbonate has a wide range of applications in plastics, paper, agriculture, pharmaceutical, construction, architecture, coatings and also in environmental applications. The construction industry is the key outlet for calcium carbonate as it is the major ingredient used in manufacturing of cement. In addition, it is used in purification of iron ore, as a key ingredient in blackboard chalk, in micro-porous films, in papermaking, as an extender in paints and coatings and as a chief ingredient in glazes. It has been also used as an inexpensive dietary calcium supplement and as inert filler for tablets. It can also be used in the production of consumer goods such as toothpastes and as a color retainer and food preservative. Other uses for Limestone are; glass making, sugar refining, flue gas desulphurisation, ceramics, asphalt filler, floor coverings and tiles, iron and steel making, water and effluent treatment, chemical industry (eg. Soda Ash), gaseous effluent neutralisation, rubber, adhesives, sealants and food and drink to name a few.
Rapid industrialization in regions such as Asia Pacific and Latin America is expected to drive the global calcium carbonate market. Developed economies of North America and Europe are the major consumers of calcium carbonate in all of its varied applications.
Calcium carbonate is a substance naturally found in rocks and in shells of marine organisms, coal balls, snails, eggshells and pearls. It is also a major ingredient in agricultural lime and also used as an antacid or calcium supplement in medical applications. There are two chief sources from which calcium carbonate can be obtained. Calcite, aragonite, vaterite, limestone, marble, travertine and chalks are key geological sources of calcium carbonate. Biological sources include oyster shells, eggshells, snail shells, and most of the sea shells.
Calcium Carbonate Market Overview and Applications
Limestone has more uses than any other IM (Industrial Minerals).
High-purity limestone is rated as above 97% CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate) and very high-purity limestone is rated at above 98.5% CaCO3 (Calcium Carbonate).
On the basis of product segments, calcium carbonate market can be classified as precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) and ground calcium carbonate (GCC). Calcium carbonate has a wide range of applications in plastics, paper, agriculture, pharmaceutical, construction, architecture, coatings and also in environmental applications. The construction industry is the key outlet for calcium carbonate as it is the major ingredient used in manufacturing of cement. In addition, it is used in purification of iron ore, as a key ingredient in blackboard chalk, in micro-porous films, in papermaking, as an extender in paints and coatings and as a chief ingredient in glazes. It has been also used as an inexpensive dietary calcium supplement and as inert filler for tablets. It can also be used in the production of consumer goods such as toothpastes and as a color retainer and food preservative. Other uses for Limestone are; glass making, sugar refining, flue gas desulphurisation, ceramics, asphalt filler, floor coverings and tiles, iron and steel making, water and effluent treatment, chemical industry (eg. Soda Ash), gaseous effluent neutralisation, rubber, adhesives, sealants and food and drink to name a few.
Rapid industrialization in regions such as Asia Pacific and Latin America is expected to drive the global calcium carbonate market. Developed economies of North America and Europe are the major consumers of calcium carbonate in all of its varied applications.
The Cariboo Limestone Property
GEOLOGICAL SETTING
The most abundant rock type within the Cariboo Limestone property area is limestone and marble of the Upper Paleozoic age Cache Creek Group; the carbonate rocks have been intruded by diorite-granodiorite of either Cretaceous or Jurassic age to the northeast of the property. These rocks are locally overlain by young basalts of the Eocene Chilcotin Group.
Massive limestone and dolomitic marble of the Cache Creek Group are exposed at the Cariboo Limestone area within the property. These carbonate rocks locally contain arenaceous interbeds from 2 to 15 mm thick; these interbeds strike northerly and dip 70 to 80 degrees to the east at the northern end of the limestone-marble ridge; these interbeds dip 45 degrees to the east at the southern end of the limestone-marble ridge.
The carbonate rocks have been partly recrystallized. The rocks within the property area have been faulted.
MINERALIZATION
The industrial minerals limestone and dolomitic marble are the most important economic mineralization encountered to date on the Cariboo Limestone property. These carbonate rocks are relatively free of impurities, and thus are suitable for a variety of industrial applications.
The carbonate rocks have been intruded by diorite-granodiorite of Jurassic age. The carbonate rocks nearby the intrusive contact have been recrystallized.
Skarns can occur along such intrusive contacts. Skarns are rocks that form as a result of high temperature alteration of the wallrocks adjacent to the intrusive contact; carbonate rocks are especially reactive, and thus favourable for the occurrence of skarn. Skarns in British Columbia host a variety of metallic mineral deposits, including copper and gold (Hedley reference of Gerry Ray, 1987+/-).
Porphyry copper deposits occur within the property region, for example the Prosperity or Fish Lake deposit and the Gibraltar Mine of Taseko Mines Ltd.
Epithermal quartz veins containing gold and silver also occur within the region, for example on the 3Ts property of Silver Quest Resources Ltd.
GEOLOGICAL SETTING
The most abundant rock type within the Cariboo Limestone property area is limestone and marble of the Upper Paleozoic age Cache Creek Group; the carbonate rocks have been intruded by diorite-granodiorite of either Cretaceous or Jurassic age to the northeast of the property. These rocks are locally overlain by young basalts of the Eocene Chilcotin Group.
Massive limestone and dolomitic marble of the Cache Creek Group are exposed at the Cariboo Limestone area within the property. These carbonate rocks locally contain arenaceous interbeds from 2 to 15 mm thick; these interbeds strike northerly and dip 70 to 80 degrees to the east at the northern end of the limestone-marble ridge; these interbeds dip 45 degrees to the east at the southern end of the limestone-marble ridge.
The carbonate rocks have been partly recrystallized. The rocks within the property area have been faulted.
MINERALIZATION
The industrial minerals limestone and dolomitic marble are the most important economic mineralization encountered to date on the Cariboo Limestone property. These carbonate rocks are relatively free of impurities, and thus are suitable for a variety of industrial applications.
The carbonate rocks have been intruded by diorite-granodiorite of Jurassic age. The carbonate rocks nearby the intrusive contact have been recrystallized.
Skarns can occur along such intrusive contacts. Skarns are rocks that form as a result of high temperature alteration of the wallrocks adjacent to the intrusive contact; carbonate rocks are especially reactive, and thus favourable for the occurrence of skarn. Skarns in British Columbia host a variety of metallic mineral deposits, including copper and gold (Hedley reference of Gerry Ray, 1987+/-).
Porphyry copper deposits occur within the property region, for example the Prosperity or Fish Lake deposit and the Gibraltar Mine of Taseko Mines Ltd.
Epithermal quartz veins containing gold and silver also occur within the region, for example on the 3Ts property of Silver Quest Resources Ltd.
Chemical Analysis of Cariboo Limestone (CaCO3 %)
In a series of testing of samples taken from the Cariboo Limestone property, over a period of 26 years and provided to various independent testing labs, the limestone (CaCO3) samples give results that rate the Cariboo Limestone product as
Very High Purity Limestone (97% - 98.5%) to very High-Purity (>98.5%).
"Test Results"
- Sample 1 98.14% CaCO3
- Sample 2 98.85% CaCO3
- Sample 3 99.59% CaCO3
- Sample 4 99.60% CaCO3
- Sample 5 98.66% CaCO3
"Test Results"
- Sample 1 97.03% CaCO3
Additional detailed results and reporting through to 2021 available upon request.
In a series of testing of samples taken from the Cariboo Limestone property, over a period of 26 years and provided to various independent testing labs, the limestone (CaCO3) samples give results that rate the Cariboo Limestone product as
Very High Purity Limestone (97% - 98.5%) to very High-Purity (>98.5%).
"Test Results"
- Sample 1 98.14% CaCO3
- Sample 2 98.85% CaCO3
- Sample 3 99.59% CaCO3
- Sample 4 99.60% CaCO3
- Sample 5 98.66% CaCO3
"Test Results"
- Sample 1 97.03% CaCO3
Additional detailed results and reporting through to 2021 available upon request.
Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Estimates
For calculation of reserves on the Cariboo Limestone Property, only preliminary estimates of the exposed surface and protrusion were surveyed and mapped.
This preliminary survey and mapping of the exposed protrusion identified an area of 8.31 ha. and approximate volume reserve of 3,240,900 m.t.
The probable reserve based on these initial findings indicate that the underside of the protrusion could double that estimate with the inferred deposit estimated at 50M MT.
Work with an excavator and or crawler tractor in stripping off organic and overburden from the toe and back from the protrusion could expose and identify a significant deposit. Ultimately and if necessary a drilling program or seismic approach would give that proven tonnage and footprint of the reserve.
The Cariboo Limestone deposit is located within an approximate 500 ha. claim area or “25 cells” owned 100 % by the owner.
The site is within 53 kms. from the nearest Commercial Center and Hwy 97.
It is that same distance to the owners private rail siding and truck to rail trans-loading facility. It is planned that crushing and screening would be done at the “Cariboo Limestone Quarry Site” and then trucked to local markets or trucked to the rail siding property for further “value added processing. Then either trucked to local markets from there or loaded onto rail cars destined for tidewater to be shipped to International markets.
A MEMPR Mine Lease was issued in April 2020 for a 10 year period thereafter renewable for an additional term.
For calculation of reserves on the Cariboo Limestone Property, only preliminary estimates of the exposed surface and protrusion were surveyed and mapped.
This preliminary survey and mapping of the exposed protrusion identified an area of 8.31 ha. and approximate volume reserve of 3,240,900 m.t.
The probable reserve based on these initial findings indicate that the underside of the protrusion could double that estimate with the inferred deposit estimated at 50M MT.
Work with an excavator and or crawler tractor in stripping off organic and overburden from the toe and back from the protrusion could expose and identify a significant deposit. Ultimately and if necessary a drilling program or seismic approach would give that proven tonnage and footprint of the reserve.
The Cariboo Limestone deposit is located within an approximate 500 ha. claim area or “25 cells” owned 100 % by the owner.
The site is within 53 kms. from the nearest Commercial Center and Hwy 97.
It is that same distance to the owners private rail siding and truck to rail trans-loading facility. It is planned that crushing and screening would be done at the “Cariboo Limestone Quarry Site” and then trucked to local markets or trucked to the rail siding property for further “value added processing. Then either trucked to local markets from there or loaded onto rail cars destined for tidewater to be shipped to International markets.
A MEMPR Mine Lease was issued in April 2020 for a 10 year period thereafter renewable for an additional term.