Malaga sitting pretty as tungsten prices soar
Three years ago when Pierre Monet went out on the road to talk to the investment community about tungsten, he would spend more than half of his time explaining what the metal was all about.
Volume 98 Number 4 Mar 12 - 18, 2012
Rare Element bullish on Bear Lodge
Rare Element Resources (RES-T, REE-X) says its prefeasibility study on the Bear Lodge project in Wyoming indicates that the rare earths project is technologically feasible and offers robust returns on invested capital.
Facts ‘n’ figures: Record US$18B spent on exploration in 2011, says Metals Economics Group
The following is an excerpt from the Metals Economics Group’s Worldwide Exploration Trends 2012 report based on the firm’s Corporate Education Strategies series of studies. The exploration budgets in the report include spending for…
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Cameco buying out Areva at Millennium
After being trumped last year in a bidding war with Rio Tinto (RIO-N) for Hathor Exploration and its Roughrider uranium deposit, Cameco (CCO-T, CCJ-N) is back on the acquisition trail, announcing on March 2 that it plans to buy Areva’s…
Commentary: US industry relies too much on Chinese REEs
The following letter was sent to U.S. President Barack Obama by members of congress Mike Coffman, Hank Johnson, Leonard Boswell, Cynthia M. Lummis, Dana Rohrabacher, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Tom Latham, Walter B. Jones, Paul A. Gosar and Donald…
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Buffet buys into tungsten mine
While tungsten promoters may want to spin a tungsten mine investment that connects back to Warren Buffet as a rousing endorsement for the metal, the main factor in the move may be far more pragmatic.
Kincora rides Mongolian copper wave
Kincora Copper (KCC-V) believes that with a bit of patience and a lot of drill work, its Bronze Fox property can become the next big name in Mongolian copper and gold.
Editorial: Lowell and Rebagliati urge free thinking
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada kicked off its annual convention in Toronto with a panel discussion on what makes a successful mineral explorer.