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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Montero looks to put Tanzania on REE map
Tanzania has established itself as one of Africa’s top gold-mining countries, but Montero Mining (mon-v) believes the nation could soon be known for mineralization of a different order.
Wealth Minerals focuses on rare earths
With Chinese producers choking the supply of rare earths, there’s a race to get new, cheap production from outside of China. Explorer Wealth Minerals (WML-V) is part of that hustle, touting its Rodeo de los Molles deposit in Argentina as…
Molycorp ‘rediscovers’ REE deposit
Molycorp (MCP-N) has found a near-forgotten heavy rare earth element (REE) deposit near its Mountain Pass mine in California.
Positive REE recoveries for Ucore
Metallurgical tests on Ucore Rare Metals’ (UCU-V) Bokan Mountain project in southeastern Alaska has shown encouraging recoveries for both light and heavy rare earth elements (REEs).
Greenlight advancing East Coast lithium project
Eastern Canada-focused Greenlight Resources (GR-V) is testing a new lithium extraction process that could be used at its Brazil Lake project in southwestern Nova Scotia, while it continues to expand its overall property holdings.
Nevada copper lures Enexco south
Having some money kicking around from the old uranium boom days has its advantages.
Kaminak Gold goes big in the Yukon
Ever since the company started out in 2005, Kaminak Gold (KAM-V) has been about scale. When it first launched, the junior boasted 60,000 sq. km of land around Nunavut and B.C., a size that well-suited the company’s…
Political risks worry investors
While most gold miners at the Denver Gold Forum last month touted their increasing dividends and “undervalued” stocks, fund managers warned that political risk is a bigger issue than many companies acknowledge.
The gold run has only begun, gurus say
Moderated by pension fund manager and published gold bull Shayne McGuire, a robust discussion on the finer points of the yellow metal unfolded at the Precious Metals Summit between Thomas Kaplan and John Hathaway.
Gabriel gathers new momentum at Rosia Montana
The trials and tribulations of Gabriel Resources (GBU-T) and its Rosia Montana gold project in Romania’s Transylvania region have been well-documented in these pages since the late 1990s.
Strong economics for Lithium One’s Sal de Vida
Lithium One (LI-V) is fast-tracking its Sal de Vida lithium and potash project at Salar del Hombre Muerto in Argentina based on encouraging economics that sketch out the project’s huge potential.