Spur Ventures digs in to ride the dragon
Spur Ventures’ (SVU-T, SPVEF-O) Chinese odyssey began in 1996, when the company’s mining-focused founders saw potential in some rock phosphate mines in the country.
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
DRC sounds sour note on Tenke
Words from the mouth of a mines ministry official of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been anything but music to the ears of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) and Lundin Mining (LUN-…
CPM releases vanadium study
New York City-based CPM Group has released its 2008 vanadium industry outlook. The report forecasts that the demand…
Positive PEA for TTM Resource’s Chu project
Vancouver – In a challenge to skyrocketing equipment costs, TTM Resources (TTQ-V) considered used mining equipment …
Long moly intercepts for Bard Ventures
Vancouver – Bard Ventures (CBS-V) is pulling long molybdenum intercepts out of the ground at its Lone Pine property…
Navasota unperturbed by Rio’s troubles in Guinea
VANCOUVER –Christopher Wild, the president and CEO of Navasota Resources (NAV-V, NAORF-O), doesn’t have any grand delusions about his company’s giant bauxite property in Guinea, West Africa.
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…
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…