Industrial Minerals


Progress on Idaho halloysite-quartz-potassium feldspar

11 March 2011

by Jack Elliott

i-minerals commences drill programme and primary clay testing; appoints new CEO

Keywords: i-minerals, halloysite, kaolin, quartz, feldspar, clay, Idaho

Vancouver-based i-minerals inc. has announced a series of collar locations for 15 additional drill holes at its kaolin-halloysite-quartz-potassium feldspar Kelly’s basin deposit in Idaho, USA.

The primary clay is comprised of an aggregate: halloysite, kaolin and metakaolin and i-minerals reported an estimated inferred minerals resource of 28.4m tonnes at Kelly’s Basin in late 2010.

The purpose of the drilling is to upgrade the first 10 years of production under the mine plan from current probable reserves to proven reserves.

The holes are generally about 150ft and once drilling is...