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Plenge Laboratories of Lima, Peru to receive New SAGDesign Test Mill for Comminution Testing.

Expomina - Lima, September 8, 2010 - Gustavo Plenge, President and Owner of Plenge Laboratories and John Starkey, President and Owner of Starkey & Associates Inc. are pleased to announce their exclusive agreement to provide SAGDesign comminution testing to Peruvian-based mining clients.

Adding a well-established and respected South American laboratory to the SAGDesign consulting group is a great new phase for the SAGDesign Test, John Starkey stated. “Until now, samples had to be shipped to North America which would take more time. Now they can be processed in Lima and allow our South American clients to directly observe the test work in progress.

The test equipment is currently being installed and will soon be commissioned. Gustavo Plenge stated that “Exclusively offering the SAGDesign testing procedure will provide more metallurgical jobs within Peru while expanding Plenge’s comminution testing capabilities.”

About Starkey & Associates Inc.’s SAGDesign Testing:

Starkey & Associate Inc. offers Professional Engineering Services as well as the Mineral Processing Industry's most accurate and cost effective technology for designing SAG and AG mills. Now in its seventh year, the patented SAGDesign test is combined with supervised sample selection to measure the total required grinding energy to meet our client’s throughput criteria prior to the bankable feasibility study phase for any project. With 336 tests completed on 63 projects to date, this grinding mill design technology has been utilized by junior and major mining companies world-wide to quickly define grinding requirements for future mill procurement and production forecasting. This design technology is universal to any SAG or AG mill and provides the basis for one major manufacturer to guarantee performance in mills supplied by them, when designed by Starkey & Associates using SAGDesign technology protocols.

About Plenge:

The Plenge Laboratory was established in 1954 to provide assay and metallurgical services to the Peruvian mining industry. Plenge provides both the facilities and the experience to provide consistent high quality service. Our facilities are among the finest available and our experience spans more than 53 years. Our vast experience and top of the line equipment allows us to provide our clients with the service they require. We will keep striving to be the best laboratory in the region and maintain the capabilities our clients demand.

Inspectorate to offer SAGDesign Communition Testing to Western Canadian Mining Companies.

2010 CIM Exhibition, Vancouver, British Columbia May 9, 2010 - John Starkey, President and Owner of Starkey & Associates Inc. and Michael Redfearn, Director Metallurgical Services of Inspectorate are pleased to announce the agreement to provide SAGDesign communition testing to Western Canada. John Starkey confirms that adding laboratory resources to the Western Canadian mining marketplace will speed up turnaround time and allow our clients to directly observe the testwork in progress.

The test equipment will be completed and shipped within the next two months from Starkey & Associates and Inspectorate will be able to immediately offer SAGDesign testing to clients. Michael Redfearn stated that “Offering the SAGDesign testing procedure will benefit Western mining companies while expanding Inspectorate’s communition testing capabilities.”

John Starkey welcomes Inspectorate to the SAGDesign Consulting Group because they are a forward looking reliable partner prepared to work with us in the growth of accurate SAG mill testing and design services.

About Inspectorate:

Inspectorate America Corporation’s PRA Metallurgical Division provides complete mineral processing, hydrometallurgical and environmental testing, along with full petrographic and analytical services. Serving the mining industry since 1992, they have completed more than 1500 projects for clients world wide. The laboratories are fully equipped to handle all metallurgical investigations from initial studies through bankable pilot plant, feasibility and mill circuit design.

January 1, 2009 - John Starkey, President and Owner of Starkey & Associates inc., is pleased to announce the incorporation of Starkey & Associates. The incorporation of Starkey & Associates is the next step to better support the growth of the SAGDesign testing group as well as our International Process Engineering group. Starkey & Associates Inc. will continue to work directly with our established network of laboratories to ensure turn around time is minimized while meeting any company's testing budget. Mr. Starkey stated that with our quick turn around time, Mining companies don't have to waste their time and money waiting for test results to be finished. One of the benefits of the SAGDesign method has been the dramatic reduction in wait times for clients, allowing them to expedite their mill orders.

April 22, 2008 - John Starkey, President and Owner of Starkey & Associates, is pleased to announce the appointment of William Alexander Montgomery as Marketing Director. Since graduation from the University of Guelph, Alex has gained practical mining industry experience by working 5 years setting up and operating projects for airborne geophysical exploration surveys. Alex has completed work in Burma, Cameroon, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, Thailand, the United States and Northern Canada. Following this international experience he transitioned to marketing where he has worked an additional 10 years promoting some of the world’s leading brands including those publicly recognized for rapid growth in technology. John Starkey notes that this career experience is unique and will benefit Starkey & Associates by positioning our organization for continued growth both here in Canada and abroad.

August 23, 2007 - We are pleased to welcome AMMTEC Limited as an associate member of the SAGDesign Consulting Group. AMMTEC will offer SAGDesign testing services starting in October 2007. The agreement was signed on July 28, in Perth and we are delighted to be able to offer this service locally to our Australian clients. John Starkey was in Australia for Aker Kvaerner, working on the BHP Billiton Olympic Dam Expansion Project.

November 29, 2006 - "Starkey & Associates is pleased to announce the shipment of two new SAGDesign Test Mills to the TOMS and IRGIREDMET ore testing laboratories in Irkutsk, Russia. In 2007 this will expand our SAGDesign Testing and grinding design service to any mining company in the world. Our initial mill at Dawson Metallurgical Laboratories in Salt Lake City provides this testing service to clients in the Western Hemisphere. The Russians chose SAGDesign Technology over other traditional methods because of the open technology (patented by Outokumpu), accuracy, and commercial process guarantees that are available if Starkey & Associates designs the grinding mills, and specifies the power." John Starkey released this announcement to INFOMINE today. At this time we therefore welcome TOMS and IRGIREDMET as associate members of the SAGDesign Consulting Group. They join founding members, Dawson Metallurgical Laboratories, Outokumpu Technology, and Starkey & Associates.