Ireland Inc. provided an update on the technical program of its ongoing precious metals extraction process at the Columbus Project, located in Esmeralda County, Nevada. Technical Program and Extraction Update: Recent onsite laboratory extraction optimization work has simplified the leach process and successfully separated and collected precious metals from the Columbus Project sands. XRF analysis and ICP/MS analysis of the precious metals collected in the lab has indicated that this leach protocol had the potential to reach extraction goal of 0.2 opt Au. This laboratory success led the technical team to begin to conduct a series (3-4 tests) of larger scale (200 – 400lbs.) tests at Ireland’s pilot plant in order to demonstrate the precious metals extraction process on a larger scale. Smelting of a sample of the concentrates produced from the first pilot plant test of 250lbs of material, has demonstrated the successful extraction of gold within the gold grade range expected. In this test, the refractory coating on the gold that Ireland has been attempting to remove was removed. Ireland is now in the process of conducting its second large test (300 – 400lbs) to determine if the process is repeatable and that the technical team can be assured that the first test results were not anomalous.