Sunrise Resources Plc (LON:SRES) reported a mixed update from its two pozzolan projects in Nevada.
At the CS deposit things are going well with samples indicating it contains a high quality natural pozzolan competitive with other commercial deposits in the market today.
Pozzolan is a cement alternative and in a 20% substitution for Portland cement, CS’s material gave a favourably high "Strength Against Index" value of 97% compared to 100% Portland cement.
Sunrise will undertake further testing to enable its use in the cement and concrete industries.
At the Pozz Ash deposit, Sunrise said testing had confirmed more work is needed to reduce the clay content.
Patrick Cheetham, Sunrise’s executive chairman, said: "These first results from the CS Deposit are excellent and we look forward to progressing the commercial aspects of the Pozz Project in 2017."