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This study has been prepared in order to supplement the industrial mineral resource database of the BC Geological Survey of the Ministry of Energy, Mines & Petroleum Resources of the Province of British Columbia, which has identified a number of potentially economic deposits of perlite within the Province (White, G.V.).  Funding for this project was provided by the Canada-British Columbia Agreement on Mineral Development (MDA.) through National Resources Canada. The Terms of Reference provided called for a broad literature review, a listing of relevant processing patents, a thorough domestic (B.C.) market survey, and an analysis of the potential viability of a new local perlite operation utilizing B.C. ore.  The existing demand is currently being met by imported products, or domestically expanded goods that rely on imported raw perlite.