Topic: How To Invest

Hello, Pat. Thank you for the work you and your team are doing. Would you look over Orbite Technologies and consider offering your observations about this company, please? Many thanks.

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Orbite Technologies Inc., $0.44, symbol ORT on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 380.5 million; Market cap: $165.5 million; www.orbitetech.com), is the new name of Orbite Aluminae. The company has developed a way to extract alumina (which is used in the production of aluminum) and other metals—including rare ones like scandium and gallium—from mud, clay, mine tailings, bauxite and other materials. Unlike other methods, including the industry-standard Bayer process, Orbite’s approach doesn’t produce toxic waste. The company considered its pilot project a success, and it hopes to have its long-delayed three-tonne-per-day, high-purity alumina plant in operation by the end of this year. However, it’s far from certain whether Orbite’s process will be a commercial success, and it’s also unclear whether commodity producers will switch from the proven—and familiar—Bayer process unless environmental legislation forces them to. That adds a lot of risk. We don’t recommend Orbite Technologies. Technologies. …