Recent Intellectual Property Developments
Recent Intellectual Property Developments
-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-
Montréal, January 20 , 2019 – St-Georges Eco-Mining Corp. (CSE: SX) (OTC: SXOOF)
(FSE: 85G1) is pleased to report two important technology development s attained by St -
Georges’ metal lurgical team in relation to lithium extraction and ZeU’s coders in relation to
Random Number Generation on the blockchain. Provisional patents were filed in both cases.
Lithium Extraction Provisional Patent
St-Georges is presenting a simple, efficient, and eco nomical process for beneficiating lithium -
containing ores. The lithium values of a fraction of lithium -containing ores are floated from
gangue slimes by a froth flotation process wherein an aqueous pulp of the ore is treated with a
conditioning reagent , which improves the selectivity of anionic collectors to spodumene and
other lithium values. The conditioning reagent is added to and thoroughly mixed with the ore
pulp before the pulp is subjected to conventional froth flotation in the presence of an anionic
collector as the flotation agent. This method eliminates the need for high -temperature, high -
pressure vessels and avoids the need of roasting or calcination , thus producing a smaller
environmental footprint. This provisional patent was filed under the ti tle ‘Method of Mineral
Recovery’.
The Company is planning to conduct further test s in the coming days and will follow with the
delivery of a confidential draft report to its partner , Iconic Mineral s (TSX-V:ICM), that will
cover the phase 1 of the developm ent agreement and encompass some elements of the phase 2
for which testing was accelerated.
ZeU Crypto Development: A True Random Number Generator, Functional and Trustless.
St-Georges’ subsidiary, Ze U Crypto Networks , filed for a provisional patent in relation to a
distributed and decentralized method of random number generation. The provisional patent is
titled ‘ A Method For Generating Random Numbers In Blockchain Smart Contracts ’ and
describes a method that leverages decentralization and blockchain s pacing to create actual
random numbers. Each user locally generates a random seed, signs this random seed with their
local private key, and submits their signature to the Random Number Generation (RNG) smart
contract for verification. After waiting one blo ck period, the user submits the random seed thus
ensuring that the signature and the seed do not appear in the same block. The smart contract
verifies the random seed to the signature. Then, once all the random seeds are received, the smart
contract calculates the random number with the seed and the block hash of the current block.
This method ensures that it is impossible to manipulate the random number seed or the block
content.
Initially developed to address issues with gambling applications, the techn ology will also be
deployed for testing with partners to create fundamentally more secure financia l transactions .
The technology can also be applied wherever impartiality is required : double-blind medical
trials, computer-simulated training, random sampling for quality assurance, even a military draft.
“(…) While we live in a world filled with randomness, we have, as of yet, been unable to
recreate that randomness within computer systems. When speaking of randomness in computer
systems, we really mean pseu do-randomness or the attempt to simulate randomness. This leads
to vulnerabilities in cryptography and privacy technology where randomness is crucial to
establishing secure channels of communication and in determining the order of such
communications. To d ate, attempts to solve this issue have run into problems with speed,
predictability, or cen tralization. ZeU’s development team , always intrig ued by a Gordian knot,
set about to create a true Random Number Generator (RNG). (…)” Commented Frank Dumas,
President & CEO of ZeU and co-inventor of this patent. “The technology might be an interesting
contribution to a set of solutions that could fix important issues of the blockchain, like the 51%
attacks, that are currently delaying mainstreams adoption of the blockchain technology (…)’
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
“Vilhjalmur Thor Vilhjamsson”
VILHJALMUR THOR VILHJAMSSON, PRESIDENT & CEO
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