African Metals held up by violence and rain
National elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have held up African Metals (AFR-V) in the development of its Luisha South copper and cobalt project.
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Huckleberry approves mine expansion
The board of Huckleberry Mines – in which Imperial Metals (III-T) holds a 50% stake, and a consortium of Asian companies (Materials, Marubeni, Dowa Mining and Furukawa) owns the remainder – has approved a plan to extend the life of its…
Quest moves higher on drill results
Shares of Quest Rare Minerals (QRM-V, QRM-X) closed 25% higher at $3.23 per share on Jan. 12 after the junior announced that heavy rare earth oxides represented 22.4% to 76.5% of rare earth oxides intersected during the company’s Strange Lake…
More REEs at Bear Lodge for Rare Element
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) has boosted the measured and indicated resources of its Bear Lodge rare earths project in Wyoming…
Globex rises on REE results
Globex Mining (GMX-T) got a boost to its market cap after announcing results from its Turner Falls rare earth project in Quebec.
Baja Mining updates progress at Boleo
Baja Mining (BAJ-T) has tested the first of three 2.5-megawatt power generators at its 70%-owned Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc-manganese project, and says that all three will be online before the month’s end.
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…
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.