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INTRODUCTION
Bear River Zeolite Company (“BRZ™”) is a wholly
owned subsidiary of United States Antimony
Corporation (“USAC” OTCBB “uamy.ob” web site
www.usantimony.com)
of Thompson Falls, Montana.
On July 19th,
2011 John Lawrence, CEO, made a corporate
outlook presentation at the Global Hunter
Securities Corporation's 2011 Conference in San
Francisco, California.
To
view the
PowerPoint slides,
click here.
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UNITED
STATES ANTIMONY CORPORATION |
United States Antimony
Corporation has produced various antimony
products since 1969. USAC originally mined
antimony in Montana, but now mines antimony from
its own properties in Mexico and receives other
raw material from non-Chinese sources throughout
the world. The Company is fully
integrated, including mining, transportation,
milling, smelting, and sales. USAC operates the
only significant antimony smelter in the United
States.
The two USAC smelters are
unique in that they process diverse raw
materials, control certain objectionable metals,
recover precious metals, and control particle
sizes and mineralogic composition. Unlike other
producers, USAC dedicates a production line to
each different product to insure consistent
quality.
Besides Antimony Oxide VF,
MP, HT, LT, and Catalyst grade, the Company
produces antimony metal, sodium antimonate, and
a wide variety of antimony specialty compounds.
USAC has an ongoing
research program for new antimony product
development, including a geological department
and a metallurgical development . The Company
has focused on the supply of antimony raw
materials, and has avoided competing with the
consumer in compounding operations.
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In 2009 we sold 6,870.1 ounces of
silver at prices of $11.29 to $14.35
per ounce and 31.79725
ounces of gold for $858.69 to
$949.38 per ounce. Total sales for
the year were $53,059.49 after the
smelter deducted 25% of the silver
value and 40% of the gold value plus
treatment charges.
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In 2010 we sold 27,969.8 ounces of
silver at prices of $17.79 to $28.40
per ounce and 96.69539
ounces of gold at $1,117.96 to
$1,356.40 per ounce. Total sales for
the year were $483,306.84 after
the smelter deducted 25% of the
silver and 40% of the gold values
plus treatment charges.
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Major precious metal production will
start in Q3 from Los Juarez.
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USAC has proprietary technology and
equipment to recover PM from
antimony ores. Historically, the
Chinese pay nothing for PM in
antimony ores.
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ANTIMONY DIVISION
HIGHLIGHTS |
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SALES &
TONNAGE PER YEAR
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Sales of
antimony products for 2010 were
(approximately) $6,657,369 up159%
from $2,567,107 in 2009.
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The
Antimony Division is vertically
integrated including mining,
milling, smelting, trucking and
sales.
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USAC
operates two smelters, one at
Thompson Falls, Montana and one in
Mexico.
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The
Thompson Falls smelter is the only
significant antimony smelter in the
United States.
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Raw
materials are supplied from two USAC
mines in Mexico, other mines in
Mexico, and from mines and plants in
Europe, Peru, Australia, Central
America, Canada, Australia, and
other parts of the world.
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The price of antimony CIF
U. S. Ports has increased steadily from 2002
at $1,940 per metric ton ($.88 per pound) to
$18,077.72 per metric ton ($8.20 per pound)
by the end of March 2011. It continues to go
up at as high as $.825 per week.
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The Chinese produce and
control 92% of the world market and their
production is down and their consumption is
up.
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USAC remains in a “sold
out” condition.USAC is moving their Mexican
flotation mill that should be in production
by Q3 2011.
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The flotation mill will
be one of the only antimony dedicated
flotation mills in Mexico It will give USAC
to mine the Los Juarez silver and antimony
deposit, Soyatal antimony deposit, and
others and will result increase production
significantly.
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ANTIMONY SMELTER AND CORPORATE
OFFICE,
THOMPSON FALLS, MONTANA
The
plant can produce up to 10,000,000
pounds per year (ppy) of antimony
oxide that is used as a flame
retardant in plastics, paints and
textile goods, as a catalyst in
plastic bottles, as an opacifier in
ceramics, and for many other uses.
The plant also can produce up to
5,000,000 ppy of antimony metal that
is used in storage batteries,
bearings, and ordnance. Other
antimony products are sodium
antimonate used as a flame retardant
and for removing bubbles from glass.
By using
a proprietary furnace design, the
plant also produces silver, gold,
lead, copper and bismuth as
byproducts from antimony raw
materials.
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Aerial view of
Antimony Smelter, Thompson Falls,
Montana |
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OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES IN MEXICO |
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LOS
JAUREZ ANTIMONY AND SILVER DEPOSIT,
QUERETARO, MEXICO
USAC
holds three antimony, silver and gold
properties that are collectively called
the “Los Juarez” property in Queretaro,
Mexico as follows:
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San
Miguel I and II are being purchased
by a USAC subsidiary named Antimonio
de Mexico, S. A. de C. V (“AM”). The
property consists of 40 hectares.
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San
Juan I and II are concessions owned
by Antimonio de Mexico S. A. de C.
V. (“AM”) and include 466 hectares.
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San
Juan III is held by a lease
Agreement by AM. It consists of 214
hectares.
The
concessions are contiguous and
collectively constitute 720 hectares
(1,779 acres).
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High grade
stibnite from rock wall in Los Juarez
property |
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SOYATAL
MINING DISTRICT,
PINAL DE AMOLES, QUERETARO, MEXICO
USAC through
USAMSA holds a Supply Agreement with
Pinar de Amores S. A. de C. V. on 4
concessions in the Soyatal Mining
District in the State of Queretaro
totaling 283 hectares. Reportedly, the
Soyatal District was the third largest
producer of antimony in Mexico. USAMSA
does not claim any reserves at Soyatal.
Hand
sorted rock is being mined and purchased
by USAMSA smelter according to a
schedule for direct shipping ore.
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Amado Heyya with high grade antimony ore
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USAMSA
FLOTATION MILL,
GUANAJUATO, MEXICO
A
flotation mill is being moved to
Guanajuato, Mexico (see photograph). All
of the permits to construct and operate
the plant were obtained. The plant has a
capacity of 150 metric tons per day and
will be used for the processing of rock
from Los Juarez, Soyatal, and other
properties.
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Flotation mill being moved to
Guanajuato, MX. |
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ANTIMONY
SMELTER,
ESTACION MADERO, COAHUILA, MEXICO
USAC through
its wholly owned subsidiary, USAMSA,
owns and operates a smelting facility at
Estacion Madero in the Municipio of
Parras de la Fuente, Coahuila, Mexico.
The property includes 13.48 hectares and
it is convenient to a major rail line
and highways for access to the Pacific
Ocean through Manzanillo, to the Gulf of
Mexico through Altamira, and to the
United States. Four furnaces are fully
permitted. The plant has a feed capacity
of 250 metric tons per month (mtpm)
depending on the antimony grade. On a
monthly basis, the crude oxide would
contain more than 300,000 pounds of
antimony metal content. Currently, crude
antimony oxide is being produced, but
the plant has the ability of producing
metal, and finished oxide. Concentrates
and hand-sorted rock from a variety of
mines are being processed. The crude
oxide is shipped to the Montana smelter
to produce finished oxide and antimony
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Smelter at Madero,
Coahuila, MX. |
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ZEOLITE
DIVISION HIGHLIGHTS |
BEAR RIVER ZEOLITE CO.,
INC. (BRZ™) is
a wholly owned subsidiary of United States
Antimony Corporation. The BRZ™ deposit is
located in southeast Idaho, and it is convenient
to two railroad lines and major interstate
highways.
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SALES
& TONNAGE PER YEAR
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BRZ™
sales for 2010 were $2,415,955 up
57% from those of 2009 that were
$1,536,233.
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The
tonnage sold in 2010 was 15,319 at
an average sale price of $157.71 per
ton compared to that 2009 that was
11,519 at an average sale price of
$133.37. The tonnage was up 33% in
2010 and the price was up 18%.
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Gross
profits for 2010 were $470,172
compared to those for 2009 that were
$16,882, an increase of 2,685%.
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Some
2,500 metric tons were sold to the
West Valley Demonstration Project (
U. S. Department of Energy) for
nuclear remediation near Buffalo,
New York.
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The deposit is a very thick
sedimentary deposit of zeolitized volcanic ash
that includes an 800 foot mountain. Zeolite can
be sampled over a vertical extent of 800 feet
and on more than 700 acres. Despite the
apparent huge size of the deposit, the Company
claims no reserves.
MINING
Mining is performed by
stripping a small amount of overburden, drilling
and blasting, loading on rock trucks, and
hauling to the mill
MILLING
Crushing to produce coarser
products is performed with a jaw crusher, cone
crusher, hammer mill, VSI, and numerous screens.
Finer products are produced with a Raymond
roller mill. Blending, a variety of packaging,
and warehousing are available to customers. .
APPLICATIONS
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Animal and
Agriculture: Feed, flow agent, hogs, horses,
odor control, pellet binder, poultry, ruminants.
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Air Filtration:
ammonia, blasting, odor control.
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Aquaculture:
Ammonium control.
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Concrete and
pozzolan.
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Remediation: nuclear, oil
spills on water, floor spills, toxic waste.
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Retail Products:
Aquariums and ponds, decorative stone, floor
clean, traction material for snow and ice, horse
stall and trailer deodorizer, kitty litter, soil
amendment.
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Soil: soil
amendment, fertilizers, high salinity soils,
golf and turf.
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Water: Cation
removal such as Ba, Cu, Zn, Pb, etc., drinking
water filtration, swimming pool filtration,
waste water treatment.
BRZ™ FACILITIES

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