March 26, 2012

Baja Mining urges shareholders: Vote the Gold Proxy

aja Mining Corp. (TSX:BAJ)(OTCQX:BAJFF) today announced that it has filed and is mailing a third and final letter to shareholders regarding the proxy contest initiated by dissident Mount Kellett Master…

March 26, 2012

Energizer Resources Confirms Jumbo Flake Graphite With +90% Purity; DRA Mineral Projects Makes Initial Equity Investment in Energizer

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 26, 2012) - Energizer Resources Inc. (TSX:EGZ)(OTCBB:ENZR)(FRANKFURT:YE5) ("Energizer" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received positive initial metallurgical test results from its...

March 23, 2012

Uragold Signs Agreement for the Asbury Graphite Mine and the Canadian Graphite Property

Uragold Bay Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:UBR.V - News), Uragold is pleased to announce it has signed an agreement with a private vendor regarding the acquisition of 100% interest in two…

March 22, 2012

Tasman’s PEA gives Norra Karr a $1.46bn value

Vancouver-based Tasman Metals on Wednesday published the results of a scoping study at its Norra Karr rare earths project in southern Sweden, sketching out a mine that would cost $290-million…

March 21, 2012

Winning the rare earth economic war: Luisa Moreno

China's sudden cuts to rare earth export quotas and domestic production marked the beginning of a Rare Earth Economic War, proposes Jacob Securities' Senior Mining and Metals Analyst Luisa Moreno.

March 21, 2012

Greenland Minerals releases initial 242-million tonne mineral resource estimate for the ‘Zone 2’ uranium-rare earth deposit

Greenland Minerals and Energy Limited ("GMEL" or "the Company") (ASX: GGG.AX - News) is pleased to announce the first mineral resource estimate for the 'Zone 2' multi-element deposit. Zone 2…

March 20, 2012

REE International Acquires Rare Earth Property With Estimated Value of $10 Million

REE International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: REEI) (the "Company"), a U.S.-based mineral exploration company focused on the exploration and production of rare earth elements, today announces the acquisition of a rare earth…

March 19, 2012

Ucore Working on Rare Earth Ramp-Up in Alaska

Alaska Dispatch reported on Ucore's (TSXV:UCU) progress at the Bokan rare earth project in Alaska.

March 19, 2012

Clean up one of mining’s dirtiest industries – REE experts

Industry experts say the key to ending China's monopoly on rare earths is for other nations to help clean up the industry instead of freeing up trade.

March 17, 2012

A nation’s metallurgical Achilles’ heel

The following have all combined to limit control of foreign minerals by US companies: