2011

Venture climbs again in Oct. 11-14 period

Vancouver – Continued cautious optimism had the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index climbing again, up 85.11 points in the shortened October 11-14 trading period to reach 1,557.61 points. The index climbed on three trading days while dropping…



Editorial: What’s next for REEs?

Over the past few years we’ve seen booms and busts for niche-market metals like uranium and molybdenum. Now it’s time for the rare earth elements (REE) subsector to endure a similar correction.


Commentary: HR challenges in exploration

The federal government-funded Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) and the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) have released a report that analyzes the labour market for mineral exploration in Canada and the human…



Facilities at Excellon Resources' Platosa polymetallic mine in Durango state, Mexico. Photo by Excellon Resources

Union troubles for Excellon in Mexico

Feuding unions at Excellon Resources’ (EXN-T) Platosa polymetallic mine in Mexico’s Durango state have staged two demonstrations in recent months and caused a total of seven days of lost production in August and September. 


People

Anglo Pacific Group — Matthew Tack resigned as finance director.



Montero looks to put Tanzania on REE map

Tanzania has established itself as one of Africa’s top gold-mining countries, but Montero Mining (mon-v) believes the nation could soon be known for mineralization of a different order. 


Wealth Minerals focuses on rare earths

With Chinese producers choking the supply of rare earths, there’s a race to get new, cheap production from outside of China. Explorer Wealth Minerals (WML-V) is part of that hustle, touting its Rodeo de los Molles deposit in Argentina as…



Positive REE recoveries for Ucore

Metallurgical tests on Ucore Rare Metals’ (UCU-V) Bokan Mountain project in southeastern Alaska has shown encouraging recoveries for both light and heavy rare earth elements (REEs).


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