Palo is a
hamlet
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in
Rosemound Rural Municipality No.378,
Saskatchewan
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, Canada. Palo used to have a
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway station, and is near
Canadian National Railway's
Wainwright Subdivision
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* Wainwright (occupation), a tradesperson skilled in the making and repairing of carts or wagons
* Wainwright (surname), including the list of people
Places Canada
* Wainwright, Alberta, a town in Alberta
** Wainwrigh ...
. Palo is still home to the Palo mine facility.
Industries
The Palo Mine is owned by
Nanostructured Minerals
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and supplies
sodium sulphate
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with a purity of 98 to 99%. Nanostructured Minerals is 51% owned by
Logician Minerals
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of
Hong Kong
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while
ZEOX of Canada owns 49% and operates the facility. The Whitehorse Lake bed is the mineral source.
In October 2008,
Otish signed an agreement with Nanostructured Minerals to acquire potash mineral rights in the Palo area.
Press release on Potash Mineral Rights Sale
See also
* List of communities in Saskatchewan
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Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and nor ...
* Hamlets of Saskatchewan
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References
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Rosemount No. 378, Saskatchewan
Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan
Ghost towns in Saskatchewan
Mines in Saskatchewan