platina

pla·ti·na

(plə-tē′nə)

Platinum, especially as found naturally in impure form.

[Spanish, diminutive of plata, silver, plate, from Vulgar Latin *plattus; see plate.]

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platina

(ˈplætɪnə; pləˈtiːnə)

(Metallurgy) an alloy of platinum and several other metals, including palladium, osmium, and iridium

[C18: from Spanish: silvery element, from plata silver, from Provençal: silver plate]

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plat•i•na

(ˈplæt n ə, pləˈti nə)

n.

a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, or osmium.

[1740–50; < Sp: literally, silverlike element]

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The streams under the furnaces gave out to the sponges of platina a heat which was regularly kept up and distributed.

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The hardest rock is worn into impalpable mud, the ordinary metals oxidate, and both are removed; but gold, platina, and a few others are nearly indestructible, and from their weight, sinking to the bottom, are left behind.

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Brisbane, Australia, Jan 24, 2014 - (ABN Newswire) - Platina Resources Limited (ASX:PGM) is pleased to report its activities for the December 2013 quarter on the Company's 100%-owned Owendale Platinum, Scandium, Nickel and Cobalt Project in Australia, the Skaergrd Gold and PGM Project in Greenland and new projects in Australia.

Platina Resources Limited (ASX:PGM) Quarterly Activities Report

The Spaniards named the metal "platina," or little silver.

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Brisbane, Australia, Nov 20, 2013 - (ABN Newswire) - Platina Resources Ltd (ASX:PGM) (OTCMKTS:PTNUF) is pleased to announce that it has received more significant assay results from a follow up program of 1,170 metres of reverse circulation (RC) drilling recently completed on the Company's 100%-owned Owendale Platinum, Nickel, Cobalt & Scandium Project in central New South Wales.

Platina Resources Ltd (ASX:PGM) Significant Platinum Results at Owendale Project NSW

Brisbane, Australia, May 30, 2012 - (ABN Newswire) - Platina Resources Limited (ASX:PGM) is pleased to confirm that the Scoping Study on the Owendale Platinum & Scandium Project in central New South Wales is set to commence on the 4th of June.

Platina Resources Limited (ASX:PGM) Scoping Study Tender Awarded For Owendale Project

Brisbane, Australia, April 27, 2012 - (ABN Newswire) - Platina Resources Limited (ASX:PGM) is pleased to provide its Quarterly Activity Report for the quarter ended 31 March 2012.

Platina Resources Limited (ASX:PGM) Quarterly Activities Report

Brisbane, Australia, April 26, 2012 - (ABN Newswire) - Platina Resources Limited (ASX:PGM) is pleased to provide an update for its 100% owned Owendale Platinum and Scandium Project, located in central New South Wales, Australia.

Platina Resources Limited (ASX:PGM) Project Update - Owendale Platinum and Scandium Resource

Brisbane, Australia, Mar 9, 2012 - (ABN Newswire) - Platina Resources Limited (ASX:PGM) are pleased to provide an Interim Financial Report for the half-year ended 31 December 2011.

Platina Resources Limited (ASX:PGM) Half Yearly Accounts For The Period Ended 31 December 2011

Brisbane, Australia, Nov 7, 2011 - (ABN Newswire) - Platina Resources Limited (ASX:PGM) is extremely pleased to announce the maiden resource estimation for its 100% owned Owendale Platinum and Scandium Project, located in central New South Wales, Australia.

Platina Resources Limited (ASX:PGM) Announces Platinum and Scandium Resource Estimate for Owendale Project

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