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Can We Save the Planet?
Imagine If …

Hi, my name is Enrique Olaizola.
I’d like to invite you to help me change the Mineral Processing Industry for the Better … for the Much Better!

Searching to improve a specific type of mineral processing machine, I unexpectedly ran into something so much GREATER. A discovery that could open the path for a brand-new technology that could significantly benefit the natural Environment by reducing many damaging effects caused by the mineral processing technologies, that are currently being used throughout the world.

I’ve taken my invention as far as I could on my own, with the resources I had. I was able to build a first Recovery Element and functional Proof-of Concept Apparatus, and test it (twice) with a milled ore sample, and in doing so, I was able to Validated the Concept. The geochemical lab tests produced exceptionally great results, which indicate that I’m on the right track for developing a truly promising new clean superior mineral recovery machine which will enable an even more beneficial mineral processing technology. This would not only be a huge technological step forward, but better yet, an even greater advancement in how it could benefit the natural Environment.

For the complete story including how I ended up discovering this new and superior mineral recovery device and how greatly beneficial this technology could be for the planet, I invite you to watch my YouTube video in the following link:

An improved video has been uploaded to YouTube on March 24th hoping to get more attention than the above. New Video Link:

In order to complete the R&D and take my invention to the next level, I need to raise the necessary funds. This is why I’m inviting those of you who having seen my video, can perceive the value of what I have encountered, and recognize the magnitude of the potential benefits that my Invention could bring about for the Environment, to support my cause.

What I didn’t mention in my video, because I wanted to keep it reasonably short, is that I have been trying to fund my Project for the past two years. I’ve reached out to the big mining companies and big mining equipment manufacturers. They don’t care about some little unknown person that claims to have discovered something great. Most didn’t even respond to my emails. I also reached out to angel investors and venture capitalists, but they need my invention to be far more developed and proven than what it is, because after all they would be risking large sums of money, and I get it. I also looked into Canadian Government Grants, and these require a company to be registered, they require the applicant to put up 50% or more of the funds required and sometimes even that the invention already have a patent application, conditions none of which I qualify for at my current stage.

But all the while all these folks are so concerned about the money or their bottom lines, here’s a real opportunity for a new technology that could benefit everyone including them, but most of all, the natural Environment – the Planet if you may, and I can do nothing because I lack the resources to continue my work. That is why I’m turning to you, the people who may care as my last resort.

Mineral concentration technologies, used in mines throughout the world today, most of which are 100 years old or more, require enormous amounts of precious water, consume excessive amounts of electric power and many of them use of tons of all kinds of chemicals that adversely impact the Environment. Decades of efforts to make them more efficient have just resulted in more complexity, higher costs and more contamination. No matter how much automation, smarts and technology is applied to these technologies, there is only so much improvement to be had, because these technologies are inherently inefficient.

If I were to be able to perfect my design to reach fully continuous operation, and if I can do so without sacrificing the extremely high recoveries that my invention promises to be able to deliver, as revealed in the very first lab test results obtained, then it would no longer be a matter of “Imagining if”, because we’d know, for sure, that a real solution to all of these problems had been reached.

This Project needs a lot of money, but if I’m able to reach at least the goal that I have set for this campaign, I am confident that it will suffice for me to start the work again and advance the R&D enough to attract, if needed, the financing to complete the whole Project.

The funds of this campaign will be used for:
  • Incorporation costs to legally form the company
  • Renting a proper industrial facility to carry out the R&D work (design and tests)
  • Public and private services contracting
  • Office - furnishing, equipment and supplies
  • Shops - modifications, equipment and supplies
  • Small lab - furnishing, equipment and supplies
  • Company vehicle – small cargo van (used or leased TBD)
  • Proof-of-Concept Apparatus (PoCA) improvements
  • Casting of multiple Recovery Element (RE) iterations
  • Testing RE iterations with milled ore samples on the PoCA
  • Prototype - Detailed Engineering Design
  • Manufacturing the Formal Prototype
  • Design and construction - Pilot Plant for pilot tests with the Prototype
  • Geochemical Lab tests
  • PCT (International Patent) application for the Invention
  • Reduced staff and contracted services

I intend to cover as much of the above as possible with the funds raised, and if necessary, I will launch a future campaign and/or pursue other sources of funding, to complete these and all other additional activities that are needed to continue after the above, as per my Project Plan, until we reach a fully commercial operational phase.

If I am able reach (or exceed) my goal to start-up, I will be posting for all my donors, regular update videos on the progress of my Project and as much as reasonably possible of the Invention and the results we obtain as the R&D work goes along. I invite you to join me in this exciting journey to help save the planet in a very significant way.

If I don’t reach my goal within the time established, I will pull the plug on the Campaign and ask GoFundMe to return the funds, in full, to all of those who so kindly donated to my funding campaign. I'll give the new video a month or two to reach the goal.

I thank all for your kind contribution to this my cause and R&D Project.

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