BE Resources Inc V.BER.H

BER will be the first in line

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Reading the 2010 New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department annual Report there is not one word about BE Resources or beryllium. That is understandable because there is no established production in New Mexico for this mineral. None. BER will be the first in line. The New Mexico board is working on two large Uranium mines, but that's as close as we get. BER will be setting the ground work for any further beryllium mine or exploration projects. BER is a pioneer in New Mexico. We know Utah has Brush's mine. New Mexico might have it`s first Be mine with BER if BER produces great results or at least enough results to get the departments attention. The next few months will be interesting. Cheers.

Environmental Issues

In the state of New Mexico there are four different types of permits possible when exploration or mining work is proposed for a specific property. The four types of permits are 1) a minimum impact exploration permit, 2) a standard exploration permit, 3) a minimum impact mining permit and, 4) a standard mining permit.

In order for BE Resources Inc. to move ahead with exploration at Sullivan Ranch, a minimum impact exploration permit (Subpart 4 Exploration Permit) was applied for (a mining permit is not required at this stage). The application for an exploration permit was prepared and submitted to the New Mexico Mining and Minerals Division (MMD) in accordance with Title 19: Chapter 10, Part 4, Natural Resources and Wildlife, Non-coal Mining Exploration.

History

Sullivan Ranch Bertrandite Exploration Project
The Sullivan Ranch property lies within the Taylor mining district (DIS230, New Mexico Mines Database), (McLemore et al. 2005), which also encompasses numerous beryllium and tungsten, including deposits at Iron Mountain (Meeves 1966), rhyolite-hosted beryllium deposits, and volcanic epithermal vein deposits (McLemore 1996). Beryllium mineralization at Sullivan Ranch was first reported by M. Howard Milligan in November 1961 (Hillard 1969).
Eighteen exploration drill holes were completed in the 1960’s by a commercial company as part of a U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) project investigating mineralization in the northern Cuchillo Mountains (Table 1 and Figure 4). Drilling was centered on a bertrandite mineralized outcrop (Figure 3). Samples from seven trenches were also taken. The overall drilling depth was limited by the water table. Six drill holes penetrated the surface mineralization and intersected additional mineralization at depth. The deposit was also examined by the USBM with a portable beryllium detector, and additional samples were taken from shallow trenches in the bertrandite mineralized outcrop.
Subsequent to the USBM project a reexamination of the property was completed by Hillard (1969), who mapped a thick sequence of andesitic and latitic flows. Later sampling of non¬magnetic concentrates in stream sediments yielded anomalous values of lead, molybdenum, zinc and copper (Griffitts and Alminas, 1968).
Griffitts and Alminas (1968) also report that “several tons of oxidized ore containing copper, lead, silver and zinc are reported to have been recovered from a quartz vein…” from the Taylor prospect approximately one mile southwest of the bertrandite mineralized outcrop.
No original source records of the sampling program or the USBM investigation were available for this report, except for information contained in Hillard (1969) and Meeves (1966). The location of the USBM drill holes and trenches were not able to be verified in the field by the authors of this report. The accuracy and validity of the historical results were therefore not established by the authors of this report.