September 7, 2011

St-Georges Platinum and Base Metals Ltd.: New Mineralized Zone Expanding to the West at Villebon

St-Georges Platinum and Base Metals Ltd. (CNSX:SX)(BERLIN:85G) is pleased to provide updates on the second phase of its drilling program carried out on the Villebon property located 45 km southeast…

August 31, 2011

Cobalt is the king of critical metals

Most people don't know or care about cobalt. But, as with a number of metals we seldom hear about, we would certainly miss cobalt if it were not available for…

August 15, 2011

Manicouagan provides an exploration update on its Pickle Lake gold properties

In late July 2011, Manicouagan completed a follow-up diamond drill program on its Kasagiminnis Lake Project to test for the down-dip extension of the encouraging results from the drill program…

July 28, 2011

Formation Metals starts construction at US cobalt project

Formation Metals has commenced the construction of mine site earthworks at its cobalt project, located in east-central Idaho, US.

July 25, 2011

CDE announce distribution agreement for Africa with Pilot Crushtec

CDE have announced the addition of Pilot Crushtec to their global distributor network with responsibility for South Africaand sub-SaharanAfrica. Pilot Crushtec will promote the full range of CDE washing equipment…

July 24, 2011

AusNiCo intersects nickel from drilling at Pembroke prospect

AusNiCo has intersected 181 meters at 0.25% nickel from drilling at the Pembroke prospect, supporting extensions to its large low grade nickel sulphide mineralized system.

July 24, 2011

Philippines miners opposed ban on ore exports

Manila Bulletin reported that the mining industry has urged government to encourage processing of mineral ore into high value added products by granting incentives but they opposed a plan to…

July 22, 2011

Nautilus awarded exploration tenements in Eastern Pacific

Nautilus Minerals' (TSX:NUS)(AIM:NUS) Tongan subsidiary, Tonga Offshore Mining Ltd. ("TOML"), has become one of the first private sector organizations to be granted exploration licences in the highly prospective Clarion Clipperton…

July 14, 2011

Critical minerals and materials

In this article I am going to take a look at three reports covering what the US and Europe consider critical or strategic minerals and materials.

July 11, 2011

Zambia: Mining company seeks partners

Mining company, Sandulula Mining Ltd., is seeking technical and equity funding partners to develop mines in Zambia. Investment opportunity: Mining company, Sandulula Mining Ltd., is seeking technical and equity funding…