VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 17, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- White Mountain Titanium Corporation (OTCBB:WMTM) recently received a report from SGS Lakefield in Ontario setting out results of metallurgical mapping studies of the Cerro Blanco rutile deposit. The results of these studies, which were based on 15 different samples selected from a recent RC drilling campaign, indicate that a high grade rutile product with low levels of calcium and other impurities can be produced from a range of ore types. The results also highlighted ore types that would present process problems. The Company is using the results of these studies as a basis for further geological assessment of certain areas of Cerro Blanco.
Metallurgical test work also showed that the incorporation a gravity pre-concentration stage in the process flow sheet would reduce the amount of material passing from the crushing to the milling stage. At the same time the head grade of ore going to the flotation section could be almost doubled. The Company feels that such a process improvement could have a significant effect on the overall capital requirement of the project.
In related work, an earlier SGS Lakefield report indicated that ore from Cerro Blanco, in addition to high grade rutile, could also yield a sodium and potassium feldspar co-product. Feldspar is used extensively in the glass and ceramics industries and the Company is examining the commercial possibilities for such a product.
White Mountain Titanium Corporation is advancing the Cerro Blanco rutile project, located in Region 3 of Chile near the port city of Huasco, towards a full engineering feasibility study. Details on the Company and its project are set out in SEC filings on Forms SB-2 and 10-QSB, both of which are available for review on the EDGAR web site.
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