Antimony: Fireproof and Supply-Critical

A NII MONY FIREPROOF AND SUPPLY-CRITICAL ANTIMONY IS A NATURALLY OCCURRING DON'T SWALLOW ANYTHING THAT'S ELEMENT IN THE EARTH'S CRUST. IN ITS MORE THAN 0.05% PURE METALLIC FORM, IT IS SOFT, ANTIMONY - IT WILL BRITTLE AND TOXIC TO HUMANS. COME RIGHT BACK UP! 20 000 ANTIMONY PRICES 18 000 23 JULY 2001 - 24 JULY 2012 16 000 14 000 ANTIMONY HAS INCREASED IN PRICE 700% IN THE LAST 10 YEARS 12 000 10 000 8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 WILL IT CONTINUE ? A NTIMONY USES 250 000 LEAD ALLOYED WITH ANTIMONY IS STRONGER AND HARDER - ESPECIALLY USEFUL IN THE LEAD-ACID BATTERIES FOUND IN CARS. 200 000 OTHER LEAD ALLOYS 150 000 ANTIMONY ACTS AS A DECOLOURIZING AGENT WHEN ADDED TO OPTICAL GLASS. THIS IS USEFUL IN CAMERAS, BINOCULARS, AND IPAD SCREENS. LEAD-ACID BATTERIES GLASS & CERAMICS 100 000 FLAME RETARDANTS 50 000 WHEN MIXED WITH ANTIMONY, PLASTICS AND ELECTRONICS CAN BE USED IN APPLICATIONS WHERE THEY WOULD OTHERWISE MELT. NOT ONLY IS ANTIMONY BASED FIRE-PROOFING SUPERIOR TO THE COMPETITION, BUT MOST INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES REQUIRE BY LAW THAT CLOTHES AND HOUSEHOLD PLASTICS ARE FLAME RESISTANT, 2011 CONVENTIONAL ANNUAL GROWTH IN THE FLAME RETARDANT SECTOR WILL DRIVE GLOBAL ANTIMONY CONSUMPTION UPWARD BY MORE THAN 18% BY 2016. DEMAND GROWTH: 3% FUTURE A P PLICATIO N S ANTIMONY IS A KEY COMPONENT IN PHASE-CHANGE MEMORY 30X WHICH COULD BE THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMPUTER MEMORY. FASTER THAN FLASH COULD LEAD TO 1 GIGAHERTZ TRANSFER SPEEDS A BREAKTHROUGH IN THIS FIELD WOULD CAUSE AN UNPRECEDENTED JUMP IN ANTIMONY DEMAND. A NTIMON Y SUPPLY GLOBAL PRODUCTION OF ANTIMONY IS DOMINATED BY CHINA, AND RESERVES ARE RUNNING LOW. GLOBAL RESERVES: 1,831,000 TONNES 2011 MINE PRODUCTION THAT IS JUST NINE YEARS AT CURRENT PRODUCTION RATES ILLEGAL CHINESE PRODUCTION 203,500 TONNES 17% OF GLOBAL ANTIMONY SUPPLY IS CURRENTLY SOURCED FROM MANY SMALL, POLLUTING, AND ILLEGAL ANTIMONY MINING OPERATIONS IN CHINA, 17% BY COUNTRY REGULATORS ARE BEGINNING TO IDENTIFY AND CLOSE DOWN THESE OPERATIONS - IF SUCCESSFUL, GLOBAL ANTIMONY SUPPLY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. LEGAL CHINESE PRODUCTION CHINA - LEGAL CHINA - ILLEGAL: 55% 17% WHILE CHINA ACCOUNTS FOR NEARLY HALF OF ALL REMAINING ANTIMONY OTHER ASIA: 7% RESERVES, IT HAS NEARLY EXHAUSTED IT'S SUPPLY OF HIGH GRADE ANTIMONY ORE. RUSSIA: 5% TAJIKISTAN: 5% NORTH AMERICA: 3% SOUTH AMERICA: 3% MYANMAR : 2.5% THE ONLY ANTIMONY MINE IN PRODUCTION IN NORTH AMERICA IS LOCATED IN CENTRAL NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA. SOUTH AFRICA: AUSTRALIA 1.5% S% 1% 3% 1.5% 0 UTLO O K STRONG DEMAND FOR ANTIMONY COMBINED WITH DWINDLING AND PRECARIOUS SUPPLY WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE CURRENT SUPPLY DEFICIT. WORLD: ANTIMONY DEMAND AND SUPPLY FORECAST 2005-2016 (T SB) 250 000 EXPECTED DEMAND HISTORICAL DEMAND 200 000 POSSIBLE PRODUCTION RANGE. ACTUAL PRODUCTION DEPENDENT ON HOW MANY ILLEGAL MINES IN HISTORICAL PRODUCTION CHINA ARE SHUTDOWN. 150 000 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 AS THE WORLD SAW WITH GRAPHITE AND RARE EARTH ELEMENTS SUPPLY DEFICITS CAN LEAD TO LARGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTMENT. THE PRICE OF ANTIMONY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE 5% ANNUALLY, REACHING $20,000 PER TONNE BY 2020. VISUAL CAPITALIST IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING INDEPENDENTLY Great Atlantic RESEARCHED CONTENT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. THANKS TO VIRAL NETWORK INC.FOR COVERING THE PRODUCTION COSTS resources corp TSX.V: GR OF THIS PROJECT. LEARN MORE AT GREATATLANTICRESOURCES.COM VISUAL CAPITALIST: EDUCATING A NEW www.visualcapitalist.com @VisualCap GENERATION OF INVESTORS ON RESOURCE INVESTING AND MANAGEMENT. VISUALCAPITALIST TOP 5 SOURCES: HTTP://WWW.ROSKILL.COM/REPORTS/MINOR-AND-LIGHT-METALS/ANTIMONY/LEAFLET HTTP://WWW.TRI-STARRESOURCES.COM/TRISTAR% 20ANTIMONY% 20PRIMER%20JAN%202012.PDF HTTP://WwW.IAOIA.ORG/ HTTP://WwW.MMTA.CO.UK/METALS/SB/ "STUDY OF THE ANTIMONY MARKET, 29TH SEPTEMBER 2011' BY ROSKILL CONSULTING GROUP FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF SOURCES, PLEASE VISIT: VISUALCAPITALIST.COM/SOURCES ANTIMONY PRICE USD / MT (99.65% SB)