Avalon encounters tantalum at Lilypad
Avalon Ventures (AVL-V) and privately held partner Global Canada have released encouraging results from an 8-hole, 1,094-metre program of diamond drilling on the Lilypad Lakes tantalum project, near P…
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More juniors join search for platinum group metals
Economically interesting deposits of platinum group metals (PGMs) are few and far between on planet earth, with more than 90% of the world’s supply coming from only three mining camps: Bushveld in Sou…
Anzex drops Longwood permit
The inability to attract a senior partner has prompted Anzex Resources (AZX-V) to surrender the Longwoods platinum-group-elements project in New Zealand’s South Island. The junior intends to continue …
Price rally spawns PGM commodity play
A sustained rally in platinum and palladium prices has rejuvenated exploration for these rare metals and breathed some life into the sickly junior mining sector.Platinum rocketed past $500 recently wh…
EXPLORATION ’99 – RARE METAL EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — Avalon updates Big Whopper
Avalon Ventures (AVL-V) has updated a prefeasibility study of its wholly owned Big Whopper petalite (lithium silicate) deposit, north of Kenora, Ont.The company now expects that market demand for its …
EXPLORATION ’99 – Juniors continue hunt for Ontario PGEs
Exploration for platinum group elements (PGE) in the outback of northern Ontario is in full swing.At its East Bull Lake project, southwest of Sudbury, Mustang Minerals (MMIN-C) is following up on indu…
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MINING MARKET & INVESTMENT NEWS — WESTERN MARKETS — VSE dozes in dog days of summer
The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index edged up 1.37 points to close the report period ended Aug. 31 at 407.88. The mining index slipped 1.93 points, or 0.7%, to finish the week at 272.36. The c…
Avalon completes Big Whopper study
A prefeasibility study of the Big Whopper petalite deposit, north of Kenora, Ont., has boosted the total resource of the Separations Rapids project by 64% to 11.6 million tonnes grading 1.34% Li2O.The…
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