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.
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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.
Union troubles for Excellon in Mexico
Feuding unions at Excellon Resources’ (EXN-T) Platosa polymetallic mine in Mexico’s Durango state have staged two demonstrations in recent months and caused a total of seven days of lost production in August and September.
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Anglo Pacific Group — Matthew Tack resigned as finance director.
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.
PMI Gold spikes on Obotan resource update
Vancouver – Ghana-focused PMI Gold (PMV-V, PVM-A) has managed a 270% increase in gold resource at its Obotan project in a new resource estimate.
Violence plagues Freeport’s Grasberg mine
Three contractor workers died and two security personnel were wounded at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (fcx-n) Grasberg copper-gold mine in Indonesia’s Papua province on Oct. 14.