Skybridge scoring good grades in Nunavut
VANCOUVER–The Downie brothers are at it again.
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
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 …
Atacama to raise $80M
VANCOUVER– Atacama Minerals (AAM-V, ATAAF-O), a major iodine producer in Chile, has announced an $80-million brokered private placement on a best-efforts basis to raise money for its move into fertil…
A growing Storie for Columbia Yukon (August 08, 2008)
Vancouver – A new resource estimate upgrading most of the Storie molybdenum deposit to indicated is just what Colum…
Yankee Hat forms tungsten JV with Japanese group (August 06, 2008)
Restrictions on tungsten exports from China have caused resource-poor Japan to look to the Yukon and Northwest Terr…