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Consultant Tony Mariano (left) and Tasman Metals chief geologist Magnus Leijd at the Norra Karr rare earth project, 300 km southwest of Stockholm, Sweden. Source: Tasman Metals

Tasman’s Norra Karr on top of Europe’s wish list

VANCOUVER — The global rare earth element supply crisis in 2010 served as a “wake-up call” to businesses and governments, and future supply “poses supply security concerns,” according to a recent study commissioned…


Les Ford, Largo Resources technical director of Brazil operations, at the Maracas vanadium project in Brazil. Source: Largo Resources

Stars to realign for Largo in Brazil

Largo Resources (TSXV: LGO; US-OTC: LGORF) is keeping its 2015 guidance at the Maracas Menchen vanadium mine in Bahia, Brazil, despite the slower-than-expected ramp up. 



Aston CEO outlines potential at Storm copper project

Despite an uphill battle in raising funds, Aston Bay Holdings’ (TSXV: BAY) founder and CEO Benjamin Cox remains upbeat on the copper potential at the junior’s Aston Bay property in Somerset Island, Nunavut. 



TSX drops, July 6-10

Canada’s benchmark index tumbled 1.9% to 14,411.07 after a weak jobs report, the continuing debt crisis in Greece and a slump in China’s stock market. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index fell 5.5% to 630.99,…


Editorial: No silver bullet for cybercrime

At the end of June, Detour Gold reported that its IT systems had been subject to an “illegal breach” that resulted in confidential information being “accessed and disclosed by hackers.” The stolen information included…


Imperial Metals' Mount Polley copper-gold project, which has been on care and maintenance since last August's tailings spill at the site. Source: Imperial Metals

BC government sets mandate for Mount Polley start-up

VANCOUVER — Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) has been given the green light to temporarily resume operations at Mount Polley, 56 km northwest of Williams Lake,  B.C., provided the company meets a number of…


At the ceremonial unveiling in Bathurst, N.B., of a plaque honouring geologist Ben Baldwin, from left: Baldwin's wife Inka Milewski, daughter Carolyn Evans and son-in-law Beric Evans. Photo by Richard Mann

Bathurst geologist Baldwin celebrated

A plaque honouring geologist Ben Baldwin was unveiled in May at the Promenade Waterfront in Bathurst, N.B. Baldwin discovered zinc-lead mineralization in rocks near Austin Brook as he prepared his thesis while studying at the University of New…





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