On the night of Ione’s Hometown Christmas event on December 6th, 2024, Purebase Corporation participated in the local Ione business Christmas Tree Decorating Contest by displaying a co-company Christmas tree that  encompassed their operations and their mission.

If you got a chance to pass through and possibly vote for your favorite local business Christmas Tree, you probably noticed a tree that didn’t look quite like the others. Our company came together with ideas to truly set it apart, having a multi-tiered Christmas tree set with different minerals and materials on each level that encompassed and told a story about how each one is an important part of everyone’s daily lives.

Many locals may not realize exactly what type of materials our company produces and sells, and how they make the world go round. This was our perfect opportunity to showcase what we are great at, and how we aim to help the world with the resources located right here in our town, in a fun and unique way.

A huge thank you to the City of Ione for allowing us to partake in the local holiday festivities!

Purebase Corporation (OTCQB: PUBC), a natural resource development company headquartered in Sutter Creek, California hosted an educational guided field tour of the Ione mineral reserve for the UC Davis Soil Genesis, Morphology & Classification Course (SSC 120).

Dr. Rebecca Lybrand, an Associate Professor in the Department of Land, Air, & Water Resources at UC Davis, teaches the Soil Genesis course that centers on students recognizing and describing soils in the field and identifying the chemical, biological, and physical processes of soil formation in diverse ecosystems.

The field tour focused on introducing students to the economic and societal importance of the Ione Formation, with an emphasis on kaolinite clay deposits, the highly weathered Ione soils, and the formation of ironstone. Students learned about the formation of the geologic units, the age of the deposits as well as the industrial uses and applications of such clay minerals following extraction from the field.

With the tour guided by CEO Scott Dockter, US Mine Corp Senior Geologist, Chris Strong, and Purebase Director of Sales and Corporate Development, David Harvey, the students were able to witness the operations related to the extraction of kaolinite clay in the mining process while also learning about the societal uses of the silica sand and heavy mineral concentrate sands that also inhabit the property.

“This field trip provided our class with the unique and exciting opportunity to observe kaolinite clay mineral deposits and soils formed in a tropical paleoclimate right here in California! We had a great time spending the afternoon out in the field with the team,” Professor Lybrand said. “It is incredibly important for students to see first-hand the direct relevance and applications of concepts we cover in class. Many thanks to Purebase Corporation for making this opportunity possible!”

Purebase CEO Scott Dockter gave a presentation to the students and educated them on greenhouse gas emissions and how our company utilizes kaolin clay to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions into our atmosphere by incorporating calcined clay into cement production.

In support of this year’s Earth Month theme “Planet vs. Plastics”, Purebase provided each student with a tote bag that contained a reusable aluminum water bottle and a healthy snack enclosed in a reusable silicon snack bag to take home, showing that they can reduce plastic waste by making small individual changes on their own.