MagIndustries boosts Kouilou reserve
Four months after nailing a 25-year licence to mine potash in the Republic of Congo, in Equatorial Africa, MagIndustries (MAA-V, MAAFF-O) has filed an updated technical report and reserve and resource…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
A growing Storie for Columbia Yukon (September 01, 2008)
VANCOUVER — A new resource estimate upgrading most of the Storie molybdenum deposit to the indicated category is just what Columbia Yukon Explorations (CYU-V, CYUXF-O)was aiming for with its aggressi…
Sultan drills moly, tungsten in B. C.
VANCOUVER — For Sultan Minerals (SUL-V), 5 million tonnes is the magic number. Sultan president and CEO Arthur Troup hopes another batch of drill results from its Jersey-Emerald property in the south…
Skybridge scoring good grades in Nunavut
VANCOUVER–The Downie brothers are at it again.
International Beryllium funds nuclear fuel research (August 29, 2008)
International Beryllium (IB-V) has agreed to fund a two-year, US$500,000 research project by Purdue University in W…
Spurred on in China (August 29, 2008)
Spur Ventures’ (SVU-T, SPVEF-O) Chinese odyssey began back in 1996 when the company’s mining-focused founders saw p…
Keep an eye on NA Tungsten, says Haywood’s Thompson
VANCOUVER — Some mining analysts who recently visited the Arctic tungsten assets of North American Tungsten (NTC-V) question whether the company can cut it in the Yukon, despite positive drill result…
Creston Moly’s bet on El Creston paying off
VANCOUVER — With complete results now available for the latest drill program at El Creston, it’s becoming clear that Creston Moly (CMS-V, CMSJF-O) has its hands on one of the highest-grade molybdenum…
Mongolian hurdles don’t faze Ivanhoe (August 21, 2008)
Vancouver – In spite of everything, it seems Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) is committed to Mongolia.The major an…
Spurred on in China (August 19, 2008)
Second quarter results showed Spur Ventures (SVU-T, SPVEF-O) to be well on its way to becoming a key fertilizer sup…
Largo makes plans for long-term vanadium mine
Largo Resources (LGO-V) is looking at producing vanadium over 23 years at its Maracas project in Bahia state, Bra…
SRA plans pilot germanium/gallium plant
Processing germanium and gallium from zinc leachate could earn Strategic Resource Acquisition Corp. (SRZ-T) a bonus operating profit of US$25 million a year on top of zinc income, a new scoping study …