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NewsBot Date: December 22, 2005 03:31:00 AM
EEGC News Empire Energy Announces the Nano-Key Ball Mill
LENEXA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 2005--Empire Energy Corporation International (Empire) (OTCBB:EEGC) has entered into an agreement with Expedia Limited, a technology company headquartered in Hong Kong, to secure a novel piece of equipment. The particular equipment involved is the nano-key ball mill, which will enhance the cost-effective comminution of a wide variety of particulate matter and facilitate difficult chemical reactions.
The nano-key ball mill is a device utilizing kinetic energy, electricity and ultrasonics to process a wide range of granular materials down to sub-micron sized particles and facilitate mass/chemical reactions requiring high pressures and temperatures. It works by a combination of ultrasonic energy, rapid energy dissipation, and applied voltages of selected frequency and waveform. This combination results in an order of magnitude reduction of capital and operating milling costs for granular material compared with that of conventional ball and rod mills. It hence appears to have the potential to restructure the production processes in industries where comminution is important and expensive.
Although applicable across many industries, from pharmaceuticals, inks and paints through to mining and ore preparation, Empire is taking the opportunity to demonstrate the effectiveness of the nano-key ball mill at the Zeehan Zinc Limited mine, of which Empire holds a 37.5% interest through a subsidiary. The intent is to demonstrably improve the cost-effectiveness of that operation as a sample of what can be achieved elsewhere. On this basis Empire is actively pursuing wider application areas with trials planned or currently under test to determine the applicability of the science to other industrial applications.
This press release contained forward-looking statements based on our current expectations about our company and our industry. You can identify these forward-looking statements when you see us using the words such as "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "believes," "plans" and other similar expressions. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of our ability to complete required financings and other preconditions to the completion of the transactions described herein and Empire's ability to successfully acquire reserves and produce its resources among other issues. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future. We caution you not to place undue reliance on those statements.
