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Silver Research Consortium Formed - Three Projects Begun

The International Lead Zinc Research Organization, based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, has formed the Silver Research Consortium (SRC), an organization cooperatively sponsored by silver producers and the Silver Institute.

SRC’s mission is to “assist in the defense and enhancement of environmentally appropriate markets with clear promise for the future, and to find new markets through scientific research and technical innovation,” its mission statement notes.

According to Chief Executive Jerry Cole, the SRC so far has funded three active projects concerning silver’s role in biocide applications, silver’s ecotoxicity, especially in the photographic industry, and improved tarnish resistance for sterling products through surface treatments.

Cole said that $100,000 has been committed for these projects in 2003 but more funding is needed. Membership in the SRC is open to any entity with an interest in silver. Research programs will be funded by members on a program-by-program basis. Members are not required to support research programs, but they are encouraged to do so.

Silver News - First Quarter 2003