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Posts from February 2010
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
February 24, 2010 (Source: CNW) - Tasman Metals Ltd. (Tasman or the Company) (TSXV - TSM). Mr Mark Saxon, President and CEO, provides an update on developments regarding the Companys 100% owned Norra Karr Rare Earth Element (REE) project. The drill program currently underway is nearing its conclusion with approximately 80 per cent of the program completed.
Continue reading "NEWS: Tasman drilling update from Norra Karr REE project, Sweden" »
February 23, 2010 (Source: Avalon Rare Metals Inc.) - Avalon Rare Metals exhibited at the Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town, South Africa held February 1 to 4, 2010. Mining Indaba was attended by over 4,000 people with a strong presence of European, American and Asian financiers, investment bankers, analysts and other investment specialists. Jack Lifton was
Continue reading "MEDIA: Mining Indaba and REE & Thorium Conference, Cape Town, South Africa " »
The 2010 SME Annual Meeting takes place from Feb 28 - Mar 3, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona. The SME is the Society for Mining, Metallurgy Exploration. Through this and other meetings, the SME provides opportunities for the critical exchange of information that enhances the professional and the industry. These programs are designed for and by the men
Continue reading "Rare Earths At The March SME Meeting In Phoenix" »
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
February 21, 2010 (Source: Lithium Investing News) - It is turning out to be a commodity of choice for most investors. With the spotlight now firmly fixed on lithium as the new wave green-energy material of choice, the first annual industrial mineral commodity conference in Las Vegas showcased how corporates are warming up to the strategic resource.
February 23, 2010 (Source: CNW) - Rare Element Resources Ltd (Rare Element - TSX-V: RES) and Medallion Resources Ltd (Medallion - TSX-V: MDL) announce that they have completed and executed a definitive option agreement whereby Rare Element grants to Medallion an option (Option) to acquire a 65% interest in a joint venture to explore the Eden Lake
Last weeks blog saw a couple of articles coveringthe final stages of Tracys preparations as she headed to Yellowknife and Thor Lake in the Northwest Territories, with a French documentary film crew in tow, valiantly trying to keep up with her. She received a warm welcome and by the sounds of things had a most successful visit
Continue reading "RareMetalBlog Week in Review: 02/15/10 - 02/21/10" »
Monday, February 22, 2010
Regardless of the potential street value of the minerals contained within any given rare metal ore body, the absence of direct links to the supply chain further downstream is a likely impediment to the ultimate success of the project. Hence we hear terms such as mine to market or mine to magnet used to describe the strategies
Continue reading "The Mine To Market Approach: The Importance Of Owning The Customer" »
Sunday, February 21, 2010
For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it. – Jean-Paul Sartre Barely 20 minutes off of the plane and the office of Floyd Roland, Premier of the Northwest Territories (NWT), invites me to the Legislative Assembly gallery. Premier Roland graciously introduces me to the full seating of the
Continue reading "Southern Girl Ice Trek Secures a Rare Find" »
Saturday, February 20, 2010
There has been muchchatter about among different government across the world around the sensitive Rare Earth Suppply-Damand balance andthe securiity of its supply chains. TheChinese arepursuing acquisitions of mining operations overseas, the Koreans are establishing Rare Earth Technology Network, and the US governmenthas launched a number of reports and is contemplatingRESTARTing its resource and technology base. Recently,
Continue reading "BLOG: Japan Plans Law to Boost Mine Investment to Compete With China " »
Thursday, February 18, 2010
February 17, 2010 (Source: CBC) - Investors are scrambling to cash in on a new mining boom, one that might end up creating a new industry in Canada. The rush is on to find deposits of rare earth elements (REEs), critical components of materials used in the defence, electronics and other key industries. REEs comprise 16 chemical
Continue reading "MEDIA: Investors rush into rare earth element mining" »
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature. -- Helen Keller24 hours and the hourly countdown to my ice trekking journey begins...I am running behind...no one forced me to have that extra glass of sauvignon blanc at Rodneys last night. Meeting was with prominent Bay Street
Continue reading "Southern Girl Ice Trek Adventure Final Countdown. " »
“It is born to every Western girl to like outdoor life and to do all kinds of wild, daring things.” -- Pearl White “Excuse me, how much was that again?” I asked the cashier at Mountain Equipment Coop as she provides me with a total for my Ice Trek wardrobe for the upcoming trip to the Northwest
Monday, February 15, 2010
Ian kicked things off last week with a post on a session during the Magnetics 2010 conference led by Ed Richardson, VP of Thomas Skinner, on the re-establishment of a domestic rare earth magnet industry, and a recent letter sent by the United States Magnet Materials Association [USMMA], to a variety of officials in the US Federal
Continue reading "RareMetalBlog Week in Review: 02/08/10 - 02/14/10" »
Sunday, February 14, 2010
A robust DJ’s voice on the phone says “Happy Valentine’s Day!” It’s 5:30 AM on a Sunday morning, having taken Nyquil for cold symptoms last night – I reply: “What? Who? Is this some kind of a prank?” Nope, I was live and on the air with radio jockey being asked to identify a love song for
Saturday, February 13, 2010
If youve been following the rare earths space for a while, you may have come across theRare Earth Supply-Chain Technology And Resources Transformation [RESTART] Act, a draft bill proposed by the United States Magnet Materials Assocation [USMMA] as a means of reviving a competitive rare earths industry in the USA.If passed, the RESTART bill would provide up
Continue reading "The RESTART Act For Rare Earths: Setting The Record Straight" »
Friday, February 12, 2010
“2009 was a challenging year for the Northwest Territories mining industry. The economic downturn saw spending on exploration and deposit appraisals go down significantly in our Territory...” – excerpt from a statement supporting mining in the Northwest Territories from Bob Mcleod, Minister of Industry Tourism and Investment issued on February 10, 2010. There are 6 days to
Continue reading "BLOG: Southern Girl Trek to NorthWest Territories Countdown...(Day 6)" »
“Each of us has the right and the responsibility to assess the road which lie ahead and those over which we have traveled, and if the feature road looms ominous or unpromising, and the road back uninviting-inviting, then we need to gather our resolve and carrying only the necessary baggage, step off that road into another direction.
February 12, 2010 (Source: FT.com) Chinas leading producer of rare earth metals has been given government approval to build a strategic reserve, exacerbating concerns that Beijing is tightening its grip on the valuable minerals, needed to produce green and high-technology products. China supplies about 95 per cent of the global market for rare earths, used to produce
Feb. 11 (Business Week via Bloomberg) -- Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare- Earth Hi-Tech Co. jumped the most among stocks on the Shanghai Composite Index on the prospect government approval for a strategic reserve of rare-earth materials will shore up earnings. Inner Mongolia Baotou, owner of China’s largest rare-earth mine, surged 7.3 percent to 25.89 yuan at
Continue reading "MEDIA: Inner Mongolia Baotou Surges Most in China on Reserve Approval" »
Thursday, February 11, 2010
February 11, 2010 (Source: The Globe and Mail) - The rare-earth elements – supply and demand have “a wild dynamic.” IntroductionThere are 16 rare-earth elements on the periodic table. Many of them, particularly neodymium, dysprosium, lanthanum, terbium and europium, are used to make specialized magnets, phosphors and other components in high-tech gadgets and green technologies. Over 95
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
In 1984, the magnetic materials research community in Europe was at a formidable crossroads. The latter part of 1983 had seen industrial research groups in the USA and Japan simultaneously announce the discovery of a promising new permanent magnet material, based on the neodymium-iron-boron [Nd-Fe-B] alloy system. This long-sought successor to the evermore expensive samarium-cobalt magnet materials,
“Weather forecast for tonight: dark.” -- George Carlin8 days and counting I am getting anxious.I just got off of the phone with a friend from NYC: ‘Check this story out and call me right back’ he says. I explain that I will not be available on the 24th as I will be flying back from the NWT
I alwayssmile when I come across a story that basically showsus REE/rare metal enthusiasts the light. While we try to get a handle on the underlying science, engineering, economics and geo-politics of the industry, there are folks out there who are putting rare metal-enabled LED and lithium battery technology to unique uses. I’m also intrigued how we
Continue reading "BLOG: Dog leash lights the way on dark nights." »
Are we there yet, Dad? Are we there yet? Not quite… maybe soon. We’re still on to the road to find the ultimate replacement for conventional gasoline-powered cars continues, with governments around the world actively promoting batteries-powered vehicles through legislation, tax incentives and grants. As such, advanced hybrid electric and electric vehicles (EVs), and as a result,
Continue reading "BLOG: The EV Battery Market – Are we there yet?" »
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Last week began with news from Avalon Rare Metals that it had begun a new drilling program on its East Kemptville tin-indium project in Nova Scotia, in addition to looking at the possibility of restarting the mine at this site.Stew also posted news from Hudson Resources on plans to begin drilling for rare earth elements at the
Continue reading "RMB Week in Review: 02/01/10 - 02/07/10" »
“I was just thinking, if it is really religion with these nudist colonies, they sure must turn atheists in the wintertime.” -- Will Rogers No rest for the wicked, 32 emails, 3 phone calls and a “LOVE IT” email from 1 of my 3 younger sisters whose idea of a good time is running 10 miles in
Continue reading "BLOG: Southern Bred TV Host Accepts NWT Adventure Challenge...(9 Day Countdown)" »
February 8, 2010 (Source: CNW) - Rare Element Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:RES) is pleased to report rare-earth-element (REE) assay results for an additional ten holes from the 2009 core drilling program, completed on the Companys 100% owned Bear Lodge property in Wyoming. All ten holes were drilled into the Bull Hill Southwest target, where an NI 43-101-compliant inferred
Continue reading "NEWS: Rare Element Reports Additional 2009 Rare-Earths Drilling Results" »
Monday, February 08, 2010
UPDATE: 02/10/10: Due to the snow storms in Washington, this hearing has been postponed to a future date.On Wednesday of this week [02/10/10] the Investigations Oversight Subcommittee of the US House Committee on Science and Technology is scheduled to hold a hearing titled Rare Earth Minerals and 21st Century Industry in Washington D.C.On the roster to appear
Continue reading "BLOG: US Congress To Hear Testimony On Rare Earth Minerals" »
“This place is too cold for hell – Shakespeare It started out as a dare. I do not like the cold. In fact, I am a self-professed beach bunny, a champion surfer (in my mind) and was raised southern girl...I play tennis in my heels.After 15 years of living in Toronto, I finally bought a proper winter
February 8, 2010 -- Stans Energy Corp., (Stans) (TSX.V:RUU) has entered into an exclusive 12 month agreement (the “Option Agreement”) with the “Kyrgyz Chemical and Metallurgical Plant” (KCMP) to option the processing plants that previously isolated and recovered each of the 15 rare earth elements (REEs) from the Kutessay II mine. The REE mine Kutessay II and
Continue reading "NEWS: Stans Energy Corp. Options KCMP Rare Earth Processing Plant" »
I had the good fortune of sitting in on a more-than-interesting session toward the end of the Magnetics 2010 conference a week or so ago (Jan 28th and 29th). Ed Richardson, Vice President of Thomas Skinner (one of the few magnet makers remaining in the US) made a brief presentation, then opened the floor to a wide
Friday, February 05, 2010
February 5, 2010 (Source: CNW) - The TSX Venture Exchange today announced that Rare Element Resources Ltd. (TSXV - RES) has been named as one of the TSX Venture 50, a ranking of strong performers listed on TSX Venture Exchange. TSX Venture 50 is comprised of 10 emerging companies in five industry sectors that have been identified
Continue reading "NEWS: Rare Element named to 2010 TSX Venture 50" »
February 5, 2010 (Source: CNW) - Tasman Metals Ltd. (Tasman or the Company) (TSXV - TSM). Mr Mark Saxon, President CEO, announces staking of the historic Korsnas rare earth element (REE) - lead (Pb) mine, located 350 km north of Helsinki in central western Finland (Figure 1). Tasman has acquired a 100% interest in the former mine
Continue reading "NEWS: Tasman acquires the past producing Korsnas REE-PB mine, Finland" »
Thursday, February 04, 2010
The U.S economy continues to face some challenging times as it tries to work itself out of the record deficits it incurred as of the global financial meltdown of late 2008 and 2009. There areunfortunately no simple solutions as the recovery around the world is only in its early stages and remains somewhat delicate because of the
Continue reading "BLOG: Obama’s 2011 Budget: The‘Green Economy Economy’ remains a priority" »
February 4, 2010 (Source: CNW) - Rare Element Resources Ltd (Rare Element Resources - TSX-V: RES) and Medallion Resources Ltd (Medallion - TSX-V: MDL) announce that they have received the basic data and initial interpretation from a helicopter-borne high-intensity electromagnetic geophysical survey flown over the Eden Lake rare-earth-element (REE) property during December 2009. This survey is our
Continue reading "NEWS: Eden Rare-Earth Project Airborne Geophysical Survey Delivered" »
February 3, 2010 (Source: Marketwire) - Stans Energy Corp., (Stans or the Company) (TSX VENTURE:RUU) is pleased to announce the closing of a private placement of 5,000,000 units, priced at $0.30, for gross proceeds of $1,500,000. Each unit consists of one common share and one half common share purchase warrant exercisable at $0.45 for a period of
Continue reading "NEWS: Stans Energy Corp. Announces Closing of $1,500,000 Private Placement" »
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Satoshi Okubo, a contributor to Tech-On!, the technology industry analysis in Asia website championed by Nikkei Electronics, recently reported on an exciting advance inlithium battery technology (Jan 7th): “A Japanese research group has just begun developing lithium polymer batteries that can be manufactured en masse--with roll-to-roll printing technology. The new lithium battery, designed for use with a
Continue reading "Japanese scientists invent printable lithium battery" »
February 3, 2010 (Source: Tasman Metals) - Tasman Metals Ltd. (Tasman or the Company) (TSXV - TSM). Mr Mark Saxon, President CEO, announces staking of the historic Korsnas rare earth element (REE) -- lead (Pb) mine, located 350 km north of Helsinki in central western Finland (Figure 1). Tasman has acquired a 100% interest in the former
Continue reading "NEWS: Tasman Acquires The Past Producing Korsnas REE-PB Mine, Finland" »
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
February 2, 2010 (Source: Marketwire) - HUDSON RESOURCES INC. (Hudson) (TSX VENTURE:HUD) is pleased to announce that it has approved the first phase of an aggressive program to advance the rare earth element (REE) project on the Sarfartoq Carbonatite in Greenland, which is 100% owned by Hudson. The program will commence in March and will include geophysical
We kicked last week off with a pair ofnews releasesposted by Stew. Hudson Resources announced the addition of John McConnell to its Board of Directors, and Great Western Minerals announced that it had closed its previously announced short form prospectus offering by raising over $8 million, with Pope Company acting as the agent. The latter news was
Continue reading "RMB Week in Review: 01/25/10 - 01/31/10" »
Monday, February 01, 2010
February 1, 2010 (Source: Marketwire) - Toronto, ON -- Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSX:AVL, OTCQX:AVARF) (“Avalon” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has commenced a 2,000 metre diamond drilling program on its exploration licences in the East Kemptville area, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. Ten holes are planned to test three target areas for tin-indium-copper-zinc
February 1, 2010 (Source: CNW) - Neo Material Technologies Inc. (TSX: NEM) (the Company or Neo) announced today that it has appointed Ms. Claire M.C. Kennedy to its Board of Directors effective immediately. This appointment increases the total number of directors to eight, seven of whom are considered to be independent. Claire Kennedy, a resident of Canada
January29, 2010 (Source: The Gold Report) - Equities and Economics Report writer Victor Gonçalves, in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, says the yellow metal will generally see more strength than weakness this year, hovering around $1,500. Hes enthusiastic about some undervalued juniors and the prospects for rare earths, saying a lot of projects are looking
Continue reading "MEDIA: Victor Gonalves: Gold Will Continue to Glitter Despite Market Turbulence" »
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