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Hahaha FGB,

Definitely a Perth boy. Found it while searching the net.



I have another one from the Oregon Coos Bay newspaper which highlights something incredibly important that all shareholders should know and be very proud of.
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ORC dedicates chromite plant

COOS BAY -- Before cutting the ribbon on Oregon Resource Corporation's plant in Bunker Hill on Tuesday, state Sen. Joanne Verger compared the anticipation to waiting for childbirth or high school graduation.

"When you have to wait a long time for things, there seems to be a deep appreciation that comes with the event," she said.

To celebrate the plant's grand opening, ORC invited 90 people to spend a day touring its chromite sand mine near Bandon and its processing plant. The guests included customers from Japan, China, Germany, Australia and South Africa, as well as investors, board members and local officials. Employees of contractors who helped build the plant and vendors who serve it also were on hand.

At the ribbon-cutting, Verger praised the company's patience with the regulatory process it had to go through before it could start mining.

Neighbors of the mine sued state and federal regulators in October 2010, claiming ORC hadn't adequately assessed the mine's impact on water quality. But they dropped the suit in March.

ORC's principal product is foundry sand, used in metal casting. The company mines sand, extracts chromite and other minerals from it using a mechanical separation process, and puts most of the sand back in the ground.

Mining has been going on since spring, but the operation still is in the commissioning phase, said Phil Garratt, CEO of ORC's Australian parent company, Industrial Minerals Corporation.

He said five or six trucks an hour are traveling to the plant during daylight hours. When the plant is at full capacity, its hours will be extended, he said.

The plant is shipping its product by truck to Portland, for shipment to Asia, and Junction City, for rail shipment domestically.

At the ribbon-cutting, a sign was unveiled designating the plant the "James P. Garratt Mineral Separation Plant," in honor of Garratt's late son.

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Phil Garratt has been involved with this project since 1989 and it's a fitting tribute to have the facility named after his late son.

It should highlight to us all what really is the most important part of our lives.

...our family.

Pep