Industrial/Specialty Minerals

An adit entrance at Playfair Mining's Grey River tungsten project in Newfoundland. Photo by Playfair Mining

Playfair’s tungsten resource grows at Grey River

Playfair Mining (PLY-V) has increased its inferred resource at Grey River, Nfld., by 16%, to 1.2 million tonnes grading 0.73% tungsten trioxide (WO3) for 18.8 million lbs. WO3, or 853,000 metric tonne units (MTUs). (MTUs are the standard weight…


Machinery at Molycorp's Mountain Pass REE mine in California. Photo by Trish Saywell

Molycorp secures offtake agreements for 78% of REE production

In early January, Molycorp (MCP-N) announced that it had found a home for more than three quarters of its first phase of production, ahead of starting up a rare earth production facility at its Mountain Pass rare earths mine in California.


Quest surges on drill results

Shares of Quest Rare Minerals (QRM-V) closed 25% higher at $3.23 per share Jan. 12 after the junior announced that heavy rare earth oxides represented 22.4-76.5% of the total rare earth oxide content intersected in its drill program at Strange…


Woulfe starts outlining Muguk’s charm

Woulfe Mining, (wof-v) pleased with an initial resource at the Muguk gold-silver project in South Korea, has started a scoping study at the past-producing mine.


Rare Element Resources adds to resource

In an updated resource estimate that includes less than half of the new assay results from holes drilled in 2011, Rare Element Resources (RES-T, REE-X) has boosted by 38% the measured and indicated resources of its Bear Lodge rare earths…


Molycorp secures off-take agreements for 78% of production

Before markets opened on Jan. 3 Molycorp (MCP-N) announced that it has found a home for more than three quarters of its Phase I production ahead of the start up of its rare earth production facility at its Mountain Pass mine in California.


Drillers at work at Western Lithium's Kings Valley lithium project in Humboldt County, Nevada. Photo by Western Lithium

Western Lithium completes prefeasibility on Kings Valley

Jay Chmelauskas bought his 100%-electric Nissan Leaf about a month ago and charges its battery at one of two charging stations across the street from the Pan Pacific Hotel in downtown Vancouver. The car gets him around town and his family to…


Matamec signs MOU with Toyota Tsusho on Kipawa

Shares of Matamec Explorations (MAT-V) have taken off following the junior’s announcement that it signed a memorandum of understanding with the trading arm of Toyota Motor Group to fast track the development of its Kipawa rare earth deposit in…


Playfair’s tungsten resource grows at Grey River

Playfair Mining (PLY-V) has increased its inferred resource at Grey River in Newfoundland by 16% to 1.2 million tonnes grading 0.73% tungsten trioxide for 18.8 million pounds of tungsten trioxide or 853,000 metric tonne units (MTUs), the…



China sets first tranche of 2012 REE export quotas

China has determined that its first tranche of export quotas for rare earth elements in 2012 will be 10,546 tonnes, down 27% from its first tranche of export quotas in 2011, but the China Daily reported that officials at the Ministry of…


Accusations fly in Mosquito Consolidated boardroom scuffle

Weeks of mounting tension between opposing factions of the board of Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines (MSQ-V) came to the fore at the company’s annual general meeting on Dec. 16, as shareholders finally had their say in the matter. 


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