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Leaf Resources Lodge Australian Patent for Method for Extracting Silica
- Published June 02, 2016 12:00AM UTC
- Publisher Wholesale Investor
- Categories Company Updates
2nd June 2016, ASX Announcement
Highlights:
- Provisional Australian patent application lodged which details a method for extracting silica from organic material including agricultural waste/biomass;
- Some agricultural wastes, especially rice husk, contain an attractive source of silica
- Rice husk after silica extraction is potentially a new, large and economical biomass resource for Leaf Resources’ Glycell™ process
- Further testing is required to determine if the extracted silica can be used in microchip manufacturing – an industry estimated to be worth over US$300 billion a year;
- Preliminary testing shows the Glycell™process works well with rice husk and straw as an input
Leaf Resources Ltd (ASX:LER), the ‘Company’) is pleased to advise that it has lodged an Australia provisional patent application (No. 2016901959) entitled “Method for extracting Silica”, which details a method for extrating silica from organic material, includig plant waste/biomass.
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