BEAR RIVER ZEOLITE

 
email: tfl3543@blackfoot.net

BEAR RIVER ZEOLITE CO., INC.
4005 East Glendale Road
Preston, ID 83263

tel: 406-827-3523
fax: 406-827-3543



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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.
 

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.
 

CORPORATE HIGHLIGHTS

 


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  • Sales of $9,073,324 for 2010  compared to a loss of $343,492 on sales of $4,103,340 for 2009.
     

  • Revenue growth during 2010 was up 121% over that of 2009.
     

  • Profitability would have been much greater during both years had it not been for Mexican exploration, start up, and impairment costs of $445,002 in 2010 and $211,944 in 2009.
     

  • Total shareholder equity was $4,888,672 in 2010 an increase of 65 % from that of 2009 that was $2,963,231.
     

  • Previous "antimony" sales revenues have included precious metals sales.

 

  • 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.
     
  • 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.
     
  • Major precious metal production will start in Q3 from Los Juarez.
     
  • USAC has proprietary technology and equipment to recover PM from antimony ores. Historically, the
    Chinese pay nothing for PM in antimony ores.
     

ANTIMONY DIVISION HIGHLIGHTS

 


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.
     

  • The Antimony Division is vertically integrated including mining, milling, smelting, trucking and sales.
     

  • USAC operates two smelters, one at Thompson Falls, Montana and one in Mexico.
     

  • The Thompson Falls smelter is the only significant antimony smelter in the United States.

  • 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.

 

  • 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.
     

  • The Chinese produce and control 92% of the world market and their production is down and their consumption is up.
     

  • USAC remains in a “sold out” condition.USAC is moving their Mexican flotation mill that should be in production by Q3 2011.
     

  • 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.

 

USAC HEADQUARTERS

 

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.

 

Aerial view of Antimony Smelter, Thompson Falls, Montana

 

OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES IN MEXICO

 

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:

  • 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.

  • San Juan I and II are concessions owned by Antimonio de Mexico S. A. de C. V. (“AM”) and include 466 hectares.

  • 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).
 

  


 High grade stibnite from rock wall in Los Juarez property

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.
 


 


Amado Heyya with high grade antimony ore from Soyatal mine.

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.

 

 


Flotation mill being moved to Guanajuato, MX.

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 metal.

 
Smelter at Madero, Coahuila, MX.

 

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.

 


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.
     

  • 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%.
     

  • Gross profits for 2010 were $470,172 compared to those for 2009 that were $16,882, an increase of  2,685%.
     

  • 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.


ZEOLITE

 “Zeolite” refers to a group of minerals that are basically hydrated calcium potassium sodium aluminosilicates in which the water is held in cavities in the lattice.  The lattices are negatively charged and they loosely hold cations such as calcium, sodium, ammonium, and potassium and also water.  The zeolites are also referred to as “molecular sieves”, because the channel ways within the crystalline structure are extremely small and they can be used to separate large molecules from smaller molecules.

GEOLOGY

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

  1. Animal and Agriculture: Feed, flow agent, hogs, horses, odor control, pellet binder, poultry, ruminants.

  2. Air Filtration: ammonia, blasting, odor control.

  3. Aquaculture: Ammonium control.

  4. Concrete and pozzolan.

  5. Remediation: nuclear, oil spills on water, floor spills, toxic waste.

  6. Retail Products: Aquariums and ponds, decorative stone, floor clean, traction material for snow and ice, horse stall and trailer deodorizer, kitty litter, soil amendment.

  7. Soil: soil amendment, fertilizers, high salinity soils, golf and turf.

  8. Water: Cation removal such as Ba, Cu, Zn, Pb, etc., drinking water filtration, swimming pool filtration, waste water treatment.

BRZ™ FACILITIES