Industrial/Specialty Minerals

Great Quest rises on Mali’s phosphate potential

It must have been one inspiring annual shareholders meeting for Great Quest Metals (GQ-V) as the company’s shares jumped just a day after it was concluded. In Toronto on June 14 the company’s shares were up 26% or 85¢ to $4.15 on 98,400…


International Lithium president Mike Sieb at the Mariana lithium project in Argentina.

New lithium junior gets ready to explore (June 13, 2011)

Newly listed International Lithium (ILC-V) spent two years cherry-picking projects, securing a strategic partner and fulfilling requirements for a plan of arrangement. Now, the company is ready to get the drills turning on its lithium and rare…


General Moly impresses

Investors always like to know when chief executives buy stock in the companies they head. So it didn’t pass unnoticed last week when Bruce Hansen, chief executive of General Moly (GMO-T, GMO-X), spent US$99,250 on the purchase of 25,000…


Canada Lithium shrinks Quebec Lithium’s resource

This year has been a bumpy ride for Canada Lithium (CLQ-T). The company has lowered the measured and indicated resource estimate for its Quebec Lithium project near Val d’Or, Que., by 37% compared to the previous estimate, which was prepared…


Largo Resources makes headway in Brazil

Largo Resources (LGO-V) acquired its Brazilian Maracas vanadium project in November 2006 and by September 2008 had taken the resource from 10 million tonnes to 23 million tonnes and completed a feasibility study. Between 2005 and 2008, the…


Exploration Orbite produces first aluminum

Exploration Orbite (ORT.A-V) has had a wild ride over the last year — moving from a low of 12.5¢ a share in July 2010 to a high of $5.69 on April 12 2011, before slipping to the $3 range in the recent market slowdown.  


New lithium junior gets ready to explore (June 06, 2011)

Newly listed International Lithium (ILC-V) spent two years cherry picking projects, securing a strategic partner and fulfilling a plan of arrangement in May, and now is ready to get the drills turning on its lithium and rare metal properties.



Majors pour billions into Eastern Canada

It’s not quite as exciting as a new mine built from scratch on a substantial mineral discovery but, in dollar terms, the recent expansions announced by majors active in eastern Canada all add up significant economic activity.


General Moly presents at Goldman Sachs conference

Investors always like to know when chief executives buy stock in the companies they head. So it didn’t pass unnoticed last week when Bruce Hansen, chief executive of General Moly, (GMO-T, GMO-X) spent US$99,250 on the purchase of 25,000…



The processing plant at Iamgold's Niobec niobium mine, 25 km northwest of Saguenay, Que. Photo by Iamgold

Iamgold sees big potential at Niobec (May 23, 2011)

By re-evaluating the mining method at its niobium-producing Niobec mine in Quebec, Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) found that it could significantly increase the contained resource and production rates with a switch to bulk mining.


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