Cliffs goes after Spider to get Big Daddy
Iron ore and coal giant Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) has raised its offer for Spider Resources (SPQ-V) by …
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Wildcat Silver updates resources at Hardshell
For the second time this year Wildcat Silver (WS-V) has updated the resource estimate for its 80%-owned Hardshell property in southern Arizona, which Wildcat’s president and chief executive Chris Jones describes as “one of the most important…
Metals Exploration flaunt promising economics for Runruno
A feasibility study on Metals Exploration’s (MTL-L) Runruno gold-molybdenum project on Luzon Island in the Philippines has “transformed” the project “from a promising resource into a mine-in-waiting,”…
Lithium One and Kores sign JV for Argentine project
South Korea’s government-owned mining company has agreed to finance Lithium One’s (LI-V) Sal de Vida lithium b…
Cliffs makes play for majority stake in Big Daddy
A battle for control over the high-grade Big Daddy chromite deposit in the McFauld’s Lake area of nor thwes tern Ontar io has erupted. For the moment, it looks like KWG Resources (KWG-V) and Spider Re…
Cliffs goes after majority stake in Big Daddy
Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) has made separate but similar cash offers to acquire KWG Resources (KWG-V) an…
Canadians chip away at China’s rare earth monopoly
China may have cornered 97% of the global rare earth market over the last two decades, with its low-cost structure putting many non-Chinese suppliers out of business, but a handful of Canadian juniors hope to challenge that monopoly and develop…
Canadians hope to chip away at China’s monopoly on rare earths
China may have cornered 97% of the global rare earth market over the last two decades, with its low-cost struc…
Largo secures US$150 million for vanadium project
Vancouver – Largo Resources (LGO-V) has conditionally secured more than half the needed funds to develop its 7…
China lusts after Jamaica’s bauxite, alumina
Chinese companies have been on a tear for years now buying up mineral assets or joint-venturing with resource …
Quest outlines rare earths at Strange Lake
Quest Uranium (QUC-V) quickly built its reputation on the potential of the Strange Lake rare earth elements pr…
AMEC snaps up contract for feasibility study at Kitsault
U.K.-based consultants AMEC (AMEC-L) have been pegged by Avanti Mining (AVT-V) to prepare a feasibility study for the Kitsault molybdenum mine in northern British Columbia.