Industrial/Specialty Minerals

Lithium’s future supply, demand

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. — With lithium generating so much interest this year, it’s a great time for an overview of the world’s leading lithium deposits and the various plans to mine them.First off, the global lithium market has two major segments:…


A worker cuts out a channel sample from the Kipawa deposit at Matamec Exploration's Zeus REE project in Quebec.

Matamec looks at Kipawa with fresh eyes

Juniors are resuscitating rare earth element (REE) deposits in record numbers as demand for non-Chinese supply grows, but only a few will turn out to have assets with the right mix of grade, elements, and processing ease to make it to…


Midland Exploration's team at the Ytterby REE project in Quebec.

Midland explores Ytterby REE project

In September 2009, Midland Exploration (MD-V) staked the Ytterby rare earth property in Quebec, not far from Quest Rare Minerals’ (QRM-V) Strange Lake property. A year later the junior explorer announced the discovery of two new rare earth…










Nemaska Exploration's Whabouchi project in Quebec shows potentional, with above average grades of lithium.

The key players in Quebec’s lithium scene

SITE VISIT Nemiscau, Que. — Quebec has earned a reputation for being one of the world’s best mining jurisdictions. So it seems only fitting that lithium — widely touted as the metal of the future — would be found in great abundance in the…


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