Pacific Wildcat confirms rare earths in Kenya (April 18, 2011)
A first round of drill results from the Mrima Hill rare earth-niobium project in southeastern Kenya has given Pacific Wildcat Resources’ (PAW-V) share price a major boost.
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Mercator to buy Creston Moly for $195 million
Vancouver – Mercator Minerals (ML-T) has entered an agreement to buy Creston Moly (CMS-V) in a friendly merger with significant potential for synergies that values Creston at $195 million.
Western Copper releases updated Casino study
Vancouver – Western Copper (WRN-T, WRN-X) has released an updated prefeasibility study for its sizable but remote polymetallic Casino project in the Yukon, three years and a commodity-price rollercoaster after the first.
Industry group worries about rare earth supply
How fast Chinese exports of rare earths get to zero is the $64,000 question, Keith Delaney, executive director of the Rare Earth Industry and Technology Association told participants on a private conference call on Mar. 31.
Reunion gets the cash to press ahead at Matthews Ridge
Some big resource investment houses have signaled their faith in Reunion Gold’s (RGD-V) Matthews Ridge manganese project in Guyana, and market participants took their cue. A syndicate of underwriters led by BMO Capital Markets and Dundee…
Pacific Wildcat confirms rare earths in Kenya (March 30, 2011)
Vancouver – A first round of drill results from the Mrima Hill project in southeastern Kenya has given Pacific Wildcat Resources’ (PAW-V) share price a major boost.
Ethiopian Potash upbeat about the Danakil Depression
Despite lingering concerns in North America and Europe over a slower-than-expected economic recovery, there appears to be little worry left in Ethiopia’s potash-rich Danakil Depression.
China imposes tax on rare earth production from April 1
China’s Ministry of Finance and State Administration for Taxation will start levying a tax on rare earth elements mined in the country beginning on April 1.
Wildcat Silver’s share price leaps on drilling, financing
Vancouver – Promising drill results, a healthy financing and an underlying rise in the price of silver have helped Wildcat Silver’s (WS-V) share price climb upwards in recent weeks.
A new play on Brazilian potash
For investors hungry for a new way to play rising food prices through potash juniors, a new avenue with experienced management should soon be tradable in Toronto. Toronto-based Rio Verde Minerals, currently a privately held company, plans to…
Fennell’s Reunion seeks Guyanese manganese
As industrial metal prices continue to rise from their 2008 lows, Vancouver-based Reunion Gold (RGD-V) has refocused its exploration efforts away from precious metals and on to past-producing manganese mines in Guyana.
American Vanadium targets 2012 for Gibellini production (March 10, 2011)
SITE VISIT: Eureka, Nevada – A little ways off a quiet highway in eastern Nevada, freshly re-branded American Vanadium (AVC-V) is working to bring a vanadium heap leach operation to life.