Vulcan Worldwide
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

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Barrick Exploration has purchased Vulcan for the Antofagasta/Barrick Reko Diq JV exploration project, potentially one of the world’s largest reserves of gold and copper discovered in 2007 in the Chaghi area in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan Province.

Barrick Kainantu, a gold mine in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea will use Vulcan for exploration and geological modelling.

Cía. Minera Antamina, a large copper/zinc mine in the Andes, North Central Peru, is using Chronos to help with its pit optimisation activities.

Cía. Minera Quebrada Blanca, an open pit truck & shovel copper mining operation southeast of Iquique in northern Chile, has acquired Vulcan.

Ferrous Resources do Brasil has purchased Vulcan for geological modelling, geostatistics and mine planning. The company has 4 mines in Brazil’s Minas Gerais region, and is also implementing a technology research centre near Esperança mine in Brumadinho city.

Integral Resource Consulting, a coal consultancy focusing on the Bowen Basin in Queensland, will use Vulcan for geological modelling.

Media Jungle Pty Ltd, based in Perth, Western Australia, has been helping mining and energy companies for over 20 years with corporate presentations. The Media Jungle will use Vulcan for generating sequences such as 3D project fly throughs for roadshows and capital raising.

Newcrest Mining’s Namosi gold and copper prospect in Fiji will use Vulcan for exploration. The Namosi site sits in the mountains about 30 km west of Fiji’s capital, Suva.

Phoenix Copper Limited has acquired a Vulcan Explorer licence for copper exploration work in the area around the historic mines of Burra, north of Adelaide, South Australia.

St Barbara Mines will apply Vulcan to its exploration efforts for gold and base metals near Leonora in Western Australia.

Stratford Coal, 95 km from Newcastle in the Gloucester Basin of New South Wales will use Vulcan for geological modelling and mine planning.

Sultan Corporation Limited, a base metals and emerging zinc producer in Western Australia is renting Vulcan for use in its exploration activities.

Uranium Exploration Australia, established in 2005 to explore for and develop commercial grade uranium mineralisation and associated copper and gold in tenements covering 9,800 km2, will use Vulcan for exploration.

Votorantim Metals, headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil, has acquired Vulcan for long term mine planning and Chronos for underground scheduling of several projects. Votorantim Metals operates in the zinc, nickel and flat steel markets.

Zilloc Pty Ltd, a consultancy based in New South Wales, will use Vulcan for geological modelling and resource estimation for its global customer base.

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