Parehaka Minerals Ltd.

The Company

Parehaka Minerals Ltd. Of New Zealand is owned GR. And TR. Bloomfield Partnership. The Sodium Bentonite deposit, and the resource consent to mine and process the Bentonite, is also owned by the Bloomfield Brothers. The company was formed to mine and process Sodium Bentonite primarily for the treatment of wastewater in the meat industry, where testing

Had shown it to be superior to local and imported Bentonites from the US. And Australia.

The Resource

The Parehaka Sodium Bentonite deposit is located on the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand close to the city of Gisborne. The deposit is essentially a large lens of Sodium Bentonite consistent in size and grade, Several cored drill holes confirms some fifty million plus Tonnes of easily accessible and extractable clay. The Bentonite is on the surface or with only zero to two meters of overburden. It is situated adjacent to the processing plant, and fifty five kilometers downhill to an export port. Mining and transport costs are therefore very low.

The Plant

The plant is a modern PLC controlled crushing and drying operation using a Jacobsen High speed mill for powdered product and a barrel dryer and classifying screens for absorbent products. It is capable of five tonnes an hour of finished powder and three tonnes an hour of absorbents.

For the purposes it is being used the Bentonite is not beneficiated in any other way.