Term, Prairie Downs Has Exciting Potential In Vanadium; Short-Term It’s A Good Job That Mine Development Work Is On Hold

It’s not often that you can look at an emerging base metals miner and think how fortunate it is that a commitment to a mine development hasn’t been made. But a perfect example of what might be called a financial near-miss comes from the experience of small Australian explorer, Prairie Downs Metals. A few months ago, Prairie Downs Metals came close to proceeding with development on the Prairie Downs silver-lead-zinc project near BHP Billiton’s big Mt Newman iron ore mine in Western Australia. If it had, Prairie Downs, both the company and the mine, would be struggling to make ends meet in an extraordinarily depressed market for all metals. Instead, the company has been able to re-organise its affairs and continue with a resource upgrading exercise and an exploration programme which continues to reveal tantalising indications of additional mineralisation, and all with enough cash parked in the bank to ride out the global financial storm.

“The downturn has certainly prompted us to wind back our drilling programme, but not lose sight of the potential,” says Prairie Downs director, Alex Pismiris. He explains that the primary objective of current work is to boost the high-grade component of the orebody. “We’re targeting a resource to support a minimum of five years of high-grade production,” he says. “Conceptually, we can see expanding the resource from 1.6 million tonnes to between two and 2.5 million tonnes of material grading between 8 and 12% zinc, between 1 and 2% lead and between 10 and 20 grams of silver a tonne. But, to get those numbers we need to carry out more drilling and resource studies, and get the results from a lot of drill core still waiting to be assayed.”

While work continues on the silver-lead-zinc potential of Prairie Downs, the company’s geologists have also picked up the first sniffs of what might be a world-class vanadium structure within the main project area. In mid-October Pismiris re-kindled interest in the company with a brief report outlining the presence of unusually rich vanadium mineralisation. Surface sampling which followed preliminary x-ray fluorescence analysis yielded rocks grading more than 1% vanadium over a 3.7 kilometre strike.

“The problem we’ve had with the vanadium is that local laboratories couldn’t handle the material because it was above their detection limits,” Pismiris says. “They’re sent the material to Canada where it can be tested. We’re waiting on the results, but we suspect the samples are in the order of 2 to 3% vanadium.” If that estimate is right it would be one of the world’s richer vanadium structures. The Windimurra mine to the south of Prairie Downs assays at around 0.46% vanadium and the best mines in the world, on South Africa’s Bushveld, assay 1.5%. “We need to gather a lot more data on the vanadium before we know whether we’re on to something significant, but it’s certainly encouraging so far,” Pismiris continues.

Perhaps of more immediate interest, though, is the potential of the company’s zinc business which, at the last global estimate, currently stands at a resource of 4.7 million tonnes of material at a grade of 6.3% zinc, 1.8% lead and 18 grams of silver a tonne, using a 1% zinc cut-off. Given the crash in the zinc price, and slightly smaller crash in the lead price, it is a good thing that Prairie Downs did not proceed to develop what would now look to be a rather skinny project. “What we’ve outlined so far represents a resource of 295,000 tonnes of zinc and 83,000 tonnes of lead, but we need more of that, or more of the higher grade material, to go the next step towards development,” Pismiris says.

He continues by explaining that the company plans to release an upgraded resource estimate soon, based on the most recent drill results. “We still have a lot of core in assay labs,” he says. “It’ll probably take a month or two to catch up with the assay work. But once we get that data we can plug the numbers into a model and spit out a new resource number. We’re reasonably confident that we will grow the resource quite significantly, especially of the high-grade material.”

“The work underway on site now is really to test the mineralisation along the Prairie Downs fault,” he says. “But, rather than hitting that with a diamond rig or RC we’re looking to cut costs by using a smaller, lightweight, air-core rig. That work will test the depth of vanadium mineralisation along strike, as well as giving us more information on the zinc and lead. We’re still exploring, but at a much lower spend.” Pismiris says the work to date has only touched on part of the main fault zone, but has nonetheless revealed a number of mineralised hot spots. “Our goal has always been to prove up the main lode, and then step out from there once we get a substantial resource.”

For investors the key messages coming from Prairie Downs are that it is close to having a mine, but not yet close enough, especially in this environment of low metals prices. Indeed if the company had decided to follow through on the results of a feasibility study that was completed in the June quarter, it might now be in a spot of bother. That study found that a project processing 500,000 tonnes of ore, expandable to one million tonnes, would have a capital cost of around A$86 million. It included a detailed mine plan, costings, and a development schedule pointing to a production start-up at the end of 2010. A few weeks after the release of that report Prairie Downs started a senior management change process, which ended with the 2nd October resignation of managing director, Mark Hansen, and the start of a search for his replacement, with Pismiris in charge until a full-time replacement is found.

On the market, Prairie Downs Metals has suffered the same as other base metal explorer/producers. Since peaking at A$1.40 at this time last year, the stock recently slipped to a low of A11 cents, a price which values the business at an untaxing A$8 million, not much above the cash backing of A$6.8 million. In other words, each dollar in market capitalisation is backed by about A85 cents in cash, with the Prairie Downs orebody assigned limited value – a reflection of the current state of the overall market, but certainly making Prairie Downs a stock to keep an eye on as markets settle

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If you love the water and the sports that go alongside with it, then you might want to consider looking for scuba diving jobs. Of course, you have to be an expert before you can apply and you have to make sure that you’ve got the proper training so that you will be successful enough in this career.

Scuba diving jobs are widely availability especially in areas where the sport is extremely practiced. Coastal areas that are often visited by foreigners from all corners of the globe are good places to start a career in scuba diving. You have to be patient enough in training others and you must also let the students feel comfortable with you so that teaching can be easier.

Requisites Before Applying For Scuba Diving Jobs

Two types of training are needed before you can really say that you are a certified scuba diver. You need to complete the preliminary and the mandatory training first. Diving enthusiasts even opt for broader training such as emergency diving procedures and deep diving. Schools and dive shops can give you this kind of training. Next, you need to choose an area of discipline in diving. You can be a commercial diver, a diving instructor, construction and repair diver and a lot more.

If you’ve chosen a field, then get started right away so that you can begin your career in the diving world. Higher levels of training are needed when you are applying for scuba diving jobs. This makes you certified or licensed enough to perform diving safely and securely. Training in higher levels also gives you a better chance of getting scuba diving jobs that are well compensated. Since you are an expert, many people will hire you for the best scuba diving job opportunities.

Tips Before Applying For Scuba Diving Jobs It is highly recommended that you get your training from the navy in order to secure scuba diving jobs that are paid good enough. It is easier to find scuba diving jobs if you had your experience with the navy.

Some scuba diving jobs also pose a limit on the age. For example, a commercial diver has to retire before they become 50 years old. So if you’re aspiring to become a diver then get started as early as you possibly can.

Lastly, consult the doctor before applying for scuba diving jobs. You need to know the condition of your health before you fully commit yourself to this kind of work.

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I hate to pop your job search bubble about advertised jobs. However, it’s a total fiction that all the good jobs are the advertised ones.

Here’s the absolute latest statistic. 71% of all jobs are NOT advertised jobs.

Ok. So, what happens if you respond to an advertised job — online or in the newspaper? Here are 5 straight facts about what happens. When you realize what’s going on I think you’ll understand why the longest, most painful way to get a job is through advertised openings.

1. Frequently, advertised openings aren’t for real jobs. In fact, employers often advertise jobs to get a feel for what’s out there by way of talent. In other words, when you respond you’re providing some HR researcher with statistical information.

2. Do you have any idea how many people respond to an advertised job? Now, you may think someone wrote the ad with you in mind because the requirements meet your background so exactly. However, there are thousands out there who think the same thing as you. And they’re all responding, too!

3. What happens when your masterpiece of information (like a resume or application) comes to the attention of an organization? Well, first of all, it’s screened. But not by the person making the hiring decision. A lower level staff assistant is going to review your credentials to determine if you have what it takes.

4. Let’s assume through some minor miracle you make the screening cut. Your resume or application has been singled out for further study. So you’re invited in for an interview. Do you think you’re the only one who’s going to be interviewed? And you’re still not talking to the decision-maker. You’re just being further screened by a professional interviewer.

5. By answering an advertised job opening, you’ve done the worst thing of all. You’ve put yourself right in the middle of all the competition for the job. You’re requiring someone to make preliminary decisions about your future based on their reading of a piece of paper or an email. You never have an opportunity to tell anyone what distinguishes your from the crowd.

So, if answering advertised job openings is not the recommended way to go, what’s an intelligent job seeker to do?

First of all, we know that no employer is going to hire you without meeting you face-to-face. It’s in that dialogue that a decision-maker will make an honest assessment of you, regardless of what you’ve put down on a piece of paper. It’s there you have the opportunity to directly state how you can make a difference to the organization. And this is what gets you the job.

Instead of spending countless hours polishing your resume and answering untold advertised openings, we recommend you research the organization and specifically the decision-maker you’d be working for. And then devise a way to get in front of that person without going through the screening process.

Challenging? You bet. But a lot faster. And you’ve just dramatically moved the odds in your favor over your competition!

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Now day’s job is a big issue. Job seekers are not getting good job .Because IT Companies is not recruiting   more employees because of recession. From very long time recession is going on so you are not getting job then everyone is looking for good freshers jobs and they are preparing for different –different jobs interview and government jobs. But we don’t know that how we can get the right job. When we want to know about the good information regarding IT sector job, NON IT jobs, government jobs ect. Then we will so confuse about job information. So I am giving here some experience for get the right information regarding fresher jobs.   So it is a big problem for freshers.

So we can use more ways for solve this problem like first we decide the job example: state government jobs, defense jobs, bank jobs, IT jobs, NON IT JOBS ect. Then we will start for get the information about that job. So we use more ways for search the government job.

Government jobs and private sector jobs are advertised in all the national and regional newspapers from time to time. The advertisement for each government jobs is released in two languages, one is English and the other is an Indian language preferably Hindi. This is to be able to reach out to a vast population. There are special employment related newspapers too which have all the information about the jobs in the government sector and IT sector. The advantage of the newspapers is that it can reach deep inside the remotest of villages where access to the internet might not be feasible for all.

Then, there are also many websites for freshers walkins and government jobs. Each of these websites release the adverts for vacancies that exist and how they will be filled up. They also mention things like the eligibility and cut off dates. By these websites we can get the latest information regarding latest walkins and interviews.

There are many job portals that have exclusive sections for government it jobs and freshers walkin. These websites have web pages that are dedicated to give information regarding center government job, BPO jobs and fresher walkin. Then we can the right information of latest walkins.  And make a good career in IT sector or NON IT sector.

Now when we get the right information then a question is here that how should we know about interview questions? Then we will completely confuse about interview questions. Then some websites are providing some good placement papers for that. So if we want to prepare our self good for interview then we should go through these placement papers and prepare our self well then we can get that job. So these websites are very useful for us and then we can get the good result.

So all job seekers if you want to get good government sector and IT sector jobs then you can follow these rules and get the good information about government jobs. So here I am providing some good websites for get information about government jobs and IT jobs these are very useful it’s my experience. These websites are following ….

www.government-jobs.asia http://www.indianfresher.com http://www.yuvajobs.com http://www.jobsinmarket.com

These are some useful websites for get information about all kind of jobs. So if you want to get right jobs according to you. Then you can visit these sites for government jobs information.

These websites also offer a comprehensive list of government job, IT jobs and good placement papers .These websites is providing latest government jobs and IT jobs information like posted date ,last date ect. So these websites are very helpful for job seeker and then we can get the job in IT sector and government sector.

yogesh sharma

Discussions from Moodle

Jean-Marc Leblond said:

I need some help, I am trying to import a Power Point into my lesson and I keep on getting the following error code:\”PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT (-10): Unable to find End of Central Dir Record signature\”. Can any one give me any direction?

James Chan said:

I have installed Moodle 1.7 on my test server. I placed the SQL outside the public directory. Today, when I tried to import a PowerPoint into a lesson, it just gave me an error message \”could not get data\”. 

The two questions are only the tip of the iceberg about importing PowerPoint to Moodle. You can hear such and such discussions every day on Moolde.org. Can Moodle do a good job in importing PowerPoint courses? Maybe not. 

 

There are many limitations about importing PowerPoint to Moodle  

Complicated presentations with animations, transitions and graphic effects can not be imported This feature does not work with PowerPoint 2003 and onward Multimedia presentation with audios, videos and Flash movies cannot be imported normally

That is to say, you should keep your PowePoint course as simple as possible, and text only is the best. No image, no bullet, no audio, no animation and no???However, such courses are none other than fatal points for effective course to catch the learners to performance. 

Here is the way: Convert PowerPoint to SCORM compliant Flash courses 

Why Flash?

Seamless conversion. You multimedia PowerPoint course could be converted to Flash seamlessly, then the Flash course could be shown in Moodle as it is supposed to be. Smaller file size. Flash files are highly compressed and therefore, the preferred streaming media for the internet, or for quick files distribution. Presentations, when converted to Flash will become very portable and can be easily shared on Moodle, and also do not take up much space. Streaming technology. This enables you to play a movie file without waiting for the whole file to download. As the preferred streaming media, Flash can enhance your reach when you need to do big or lengthy presentations. Playback control. Flash offers more flexible playback controls like stop, pause, replay and etc.

 

Why SCORM compliant?

Once your PowerPoint is converted to SCORM 2004 or compliant Flash SCORM 1.2 compliant Flash, your course becomes \”track-able\”, meaning, you can track the presentation in your Moodle. Progress tracking features like, accessed time, number of viewed slides, presentation time and whether or not the presentation was completed by the user – are all available to you. It is ideal for instructional designers to focus on creating better e-learning content, in effect creating a force multiplier for e-learning effectiveness. 

 In summary, PowerPoint to Flash converter that allows you to \”boost\” your PowerPoint course presentations into and interactive and engaging, multimedia experience for your learners. The SCORM compliant feature will let your presentation be track-able.

Which tool to create Flash compliant course from PowerPoint?

There are several tools that can export Powerpoints or other presentations as SCORM compliant Flash movies, you could go to http://docs.moodle.org/en/Tools_for_creating_SCORM_content to get more. Take Wondershare PPT2Flash Professional for example, this tool can help you convert PowerPoint course to SCORM compliant Flash for high-impact Web presentations and eLearning Courses with rich media, quizzes and simulations. 

The author is a senior expert in eLearning who works at Wondershare E-Learning department. Wondershare Software is an industry-leading learning and training software application provider. You could get more eLearning tool for your teaching and training at: http://www.sameshow.com#110

Placement Papers does a very important role to get right job in right company. Companies Placement Papers and exam papers gives an exact idea about the knowledge of the student who is Appling for the job. Every company has different kind of question papers . All top companies in India fixed a particular exam pattern which is used in written examination. Most of companies recruits freshers from college campus by written of technical interviews. The career of a fresh student depends upon the marks of the written examination. Student will be selected or not for the job it depends upon the result of test which is held by the company. If the student clear the test then it means he or she is eligible for the job. For these kind of written examination or tests they need to do preparation for written test by using Placement Papers. All companies placement papers are displayed by all big websites like yuvajobs.com, sampleplacementpapers.com or indianfresher.com. Student can download the pdf format of placement papers and can study and preparation for the exam.

Every fresh student want to get selected in big brand companies like tcs,wipro,infosys,ibm and they have a lot of worries about the written test. Also students do worry regarding their future after the completion of their degree. They want to secure a good job for them to make a good future. Students get started to prepare for written test in final year of there degree and they look for best placement papers or written papers over the internet or friends. They try to get old and new both kind of test papers for every company.Every student need to study old and new both terms placement papers and have to study very well to solve them. If the student can solve the papers in practise session then they can have an idea about whether you can do well in the real exam or not. If they can not solve the papers then they can’t do well, then they can know their weakness and then they can try to fix it. Before getting prepare for exam student need to know about the exact exam pattern of the company and what kind of papers companies provide also student need to know that which subject can be asked in test, like is it for IQ test, or reasoning or its related to there subject only. Everything depends on they company exam pattern and student can get these ideas from companies old placement papers.

This is very important to understand the placement paper pattern of the companies before taking the campus employment tests. Many companies do negative marking too. Student has to keep in mind all the aspects of the placement paper pattern before deciding to take the test. Following are some best tips for students which they can use before going for written examination

1. Know the company exam pattern and right placement papers

2. Search for best placement papers with friends or on internet

3. Look at right website for placement papers

4. Keep in mind about negative marking in exam

5. Go for right company according to your industry only

These are best tips for every student before appearing in written examination!

Asif Khan is writing artcles from 1 year and have written some good articles on Freshers
Jobs and Government Jobs related topics only.

How to Tell If Your Air Duct Contractor Did a Good Job

There are a few simple ways to tell if your air duct cleaning contractor did a good, thorough job.

First of all, the air duct cleaning contractor should have accessed all areas of the heating or cooling system, including all its components; the fans, drain pans, coil and filters, plenums, etc. They should also show you that all ducts and plenums (areas where air is mixed like joists, crawl spaces, etc.) are completely cleaned and free of dust, debris and mold.

There are a few other easy ways to tell if your air duct cleaner did a good job. Here’s a good checklist to have handy…

Check the heat exchanger surface, it should be visibly clean. The sides of the coil should be clean. Shine a flashlight through the cooling coil. It should shine right through if it is really dust free. The cooling fins should be straight and not bent, and the cooling coil’s drainage pans clean. The blower blades completely dust free. The compartment is clean and dirt free. All filters are installed properly, clean and fit snugly. Interior ducts are free of all dirt. Fiberglass ducts are intact and undamaged. Access doors are closed tightly and the right hardware has been used to secure them. All grills and registers are cleaned and secured in place. If there was mold, all mold should be gone from ducts and heating system. Your heating or cooling system is performing as it should.

Your air duct cleaner should have also made sure to protect your home and furniture from dust and debris. If any damage occurred to your home, notify your contractor immediately.

All air duct cleaners should use the appropriate vacuum and filtering material for indoor use. Contact the NADCA if you feel your home air duct cleaner did not do a good job.

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As a student it can be very frustrating trying to get a decent paying job these days and it’s even tougher for those in smaller towns and cities. But when you do ultimately find one you will usually finish up working dull hours on youth rates.

This is what customarily happens as college students have for a while been perceived as a inexpensive source of labour for most firms. What you are about to learn will change this scenario forever.

set aside everything you have ever heard about earning online because’Paid Online Form Completion Surveys’ are fast becoming the number 1 choice for college students when it comes to online work and making money from home.

this is why the bulk of most people are afraid to try something online . Paid online form completion surveys are completely different, they are offering fair good jobs for college kids that are your more normal’Do The Work and Then get Paid’ sort of jobs. Real roles.

Approval of employment is almost 100% guaranteed so no more beating the streets and catching buses or trains for job interviews, they sometimes make at least 20 greenbacks an hour so they no longer have to endure youth rates, no more spending money and time travelling to and from a job and they can choose when and for how long they work each day or week. These companies are desperate to find out what sort of books they like and do they drink coffee or tea. All that they must have is an opinion and when have you ever met a college student that did not have one of them. Paid online form completion surveys are the most effective way possible for college kids to study and work every day with only minimal disruption to their daily program.

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When it comes to jobs for teens, experience in this field counts for everything. I have compiled a list of the very best 6 companys who literally have thousands of jobs that are hiring right now ! To claim your freelist just visit my website
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Getting a job is dream for every one. There are many options before us, to choose a job. It is better to choose a job which suits for your abilities. There are many ways to get one job. There are so many publications which help job seekers by publishing job opportunities.

This is an old fashion and applicable now also. But it is better to seek the help of job recruitment agencies. They can help you more than any publications. First step for a good job is to register your name in a job recruitment company. They have separate division for each kind of job. Some of them are oil& gas recruitment, engineering recruitment, aerospace engineering recruitment, transport recruitment and construction recruitment. Oil and gas recruitment division deals with the recruitment of jobs related to oil and gas mining field.

These jobs are highly in demand because of its nature. It demands a liking for traveling around the globe and you can earn a good amount of money from them. There are different kinds of jobs inside this field itself. Jobs in this industry mainly classified into two, upstream and down stream. Downstream jobs mean the jobs involving in the processing of crude oil. It is a huge task which has so many stages.

Some other works under this category is transportation of gas or oil using pumping systems and pipe lines. Liquefaction and processing of gas in petrochemical plants also needs large work force. On the other hand, upstream jobs include exploration of source of oil by geological surveys and other methods. Finding out a reserve is the main aim of this job. Implementation of new projects to find out the oil or gas fields comes under this category.

Transportation is another important in this modern world. Driving jobs are different according to the time of the work, the vehicle you drive etc. Some transport recruitment agencies offer both training and placement in local and multinational level. Their transport recruitment section can give more details about the job. Transport recruitment agencies are very helpful to find out a good job. There are so many people getting jobs with the help of transport recruitment jobs.

You can be an engineer, if you are interested to design the things. This field requires proactive and preemptive people. One thing you must do for the job, is registering your name in an engineering recruitment agency. They can easily find out the opportunities around the globe. Engineering recruitment companies are very helpful for finding out a good job. You can tell them about your requirements and where you need to work etc. this will help them to choose an appropriate job for you. But you have to select a good or reputed engineering recruitment company to get a nice job.

Construction needs skilled human force. Construction is an on going process which lasts with mankind. We have to construct something whether it is bridge or home, for the development of the country. Once you choose the job, you can tell your conditions to the construction recruitment representatives. They will choose you a good job without compromising your conditions. Do not say there is no job because there are so many. Only need is you have to find out and groom yourself for it.

An overview of different kind of jobs in the following fields: oil& gas industry, aerospace engineering, engineering, transportation recruitment and construction recruitment. All these fields include a lot of jobs which is diverse in nature, for any kind of job seeker with the aid of recruitment agencies.

Are you looking for some good job opportunities? Well, in present financial crisis, this is the question which will be replied in positive approach by most of the people. So, what is the answer? Well, if you are really interested in an immense source of income, then you have to think beyond the boundaries of custom office jobs. It is so because most of these jobs are highly influenced by the trade of economy. And whenever the economy goes down, these jobs requires you to resign or work at lesser payouts. So, what are these so called out of the box employment options?

Well, regarding this concern, data entry from home is something which you must opt for. Basically, these jobs are provided either by the companies directly or by some mediators. Now, the question emerges how can you expect regular income from these jobs? Well, before considering the answer of this dilemma, it is essential for you to get familiar with the scope of these jobs.

Usually, data entry work involves preparing spreadsheets, translating documents from one language to another and so on. In case you are equipped with some additional technical skills, such as graphics designing, then you can go for some better options such as advertisement designing. Here, it is also worth to note that all the online data entry jobs are project oriented. That’s why the earlier you complete the project, the earlier you enjoy the amount payable to you. On the other hand, if you delay the submission of the project, undoubtedly you have to forget about the payments.

Now, let’s consider the job security in these jobs. Well, this is an issue that threatens many people worldwide. But, do you really need to worry about that while you are dealing with international market online? Absolutely not!  Until you are dedicated towards your work and punctual in submitting the work before the deadlines, you can play safer in the game of data entry from home.

Do you wish to know more about Data Entry From Home? If yes, then visit the website at http://www.goodinternetmoney.com/How_To_Find_Legitimate_Online_Data_Entry_Jobs.php and get known to them.