Quest Minerals & Mining Completes Mining Adjustment to Bring Higher Recovery
PATERSON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quest Minerals & Mining Corp. (OTCBB: QMMC; Frankfurt: QMN.F), a Kentucky based operator of energy and mineral related properties, announced today that it has just completed a longitudinal adjustment to their directional heading in the Pond Creek Mine at Slater’s Branch. This should enable the mining equipment to return a higher rate of recovery.
Eugene Chiaramonte, Jr., President of Quest, stated, “We continue to make what we believe are the most efficient adjustments as possible to achieve the best results that we can. Now we will sever more carbon and collect less ash, which we expect to result in cleaner coal. In the meantime, coal demand for the low sulfur coal being produced at the Pond Creek seam remains strong, and we are continuing to ship coal to our customers above the current market prices.
“We continue to target Labor Day as our goal to reach 20,000 raw tons per month. In addition, we will now be able to accelerate the process of reopening the Lower Cedar Grove seam, located in Slater’s Branch, and the Taylor seam, located in Hurricane Branch.”
About Quest Minerals & Mining
Quest Minerals & Mining Corp., or Quest, acquires and operates energy and mineral related properties in the southeastern part of the United States. Quest focuses its efforts on properties that produce quality compliance blend coal. The company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Gwenco, Inc., currently leases over 600 acres of coal mines that have approximately 12,999,000 tons of coal; 9,000,000 of which are proven reserves. For more information on Quest Minerals & Mining Corp., please visit our website at
www.questmining.net.