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Quest Rare Minerals Exploring and Developing Rare Earth Metals to Serve the Rapidly Growing Green Technologies Industry
by Dr. Allen Alper
Quest Rare Minerals, a Quebec-based company, is currently working on exploring the Strange Lake Property for rare earth element deposits, while creating value for their investors.
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Tasman Metals Makes Huge Strides on the Norra Karr Rare Earth Project in Sweden
by Dr. Allen Alper
Tasman Metals, a Canadian-based junior exploration and development company working in the rare earth markets, has made considerable strides in the development of the Norra Karr project located in Sweden.
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Lara Exploration Ltd. (TSX-V:LRA) has a Portfolio of Mineral Properties and Reduces Risk Through Joint Ventures
by Dr.Allen Alper
A prospect generator with a portfolio of mineral properties in South America and Asia, Lara Exploration Ltd., manages risk by focusing on acquisition and exploration and forming joint ventures with companies to fund detailed exploration and project development. “You can not control your rewards in the exploration business, but you can control your risks,” says Miles Thompson, Chairman, CEO & Director, Lara Exploration Ltd. He clarifies, “Lara’s strategy is to build a portfolio of minority interests in projects where we don’t carry the risk.”
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Lara Exploration Ltd. (TSX.V: LRA): Creating Wealth through Exploration, Discovery and Acquisition in South America
by Dr. Allen M. Alper
We love finding creative minds in mining, and we recently found one in Andre Gauthier, President of Lara Exploration. Lara Exploration is a prospect generator with early to advanced stage exploration projects in South America and, to a lesser degree, in China. According to their website, Lara’s business plan is “to build a large and diverse portfolio covering various commodities and to seek out joint venture partnerships whenever possible and as early as possible, in order to lower risk and leverage its investments.”
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Tasman Metals Ltd. (TSX.V : TSM; Frankfurt : T61) Bringing Rare Earth to Market Out of Europe
by Dr. Allen Alper
Tasman Metals, a Canadian company, is currently focused on developing the Norra Karr rare earth deposit located in Sweden.
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Moly Mines Secures Financing and Prepares for Rapid Growth
by Allen M. Alper Jr.
Moly Mines Limited, under the direction of CEO Dr. Derek Fisher, has moved quickly to develop plans for the Spinifex Ridge Property, as the closing date for their $200 million dollar financing deal draws near.
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Focus Metals Advancing Quickly to Bring Graphite to Market
by Dr. Allen Alper
Focus Metals, with rare earth elements and extensive deposits of flake graphite is pursuing production to bring their high quality graphite project to market.
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PDAC 2011
by Allen Alper and Jeff Senior
With the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s next Toronto show set for 6-9 March 2011, we caught up with Joe Hinzer to find out what’s on the agenda.
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Golden Phoenix Minerals: Royalty Mining In The Americas
by Allen Alper Jr. and Jeff Senior
CEO and Director Thomas Klein joined Golden Phoenix when it got into financial difficulties in the fall of 2008 due to the price of molybdenum crashing from $40 to below $10. The company has been running for around twelve years and had previously brought two mines into production for a period of time — the Ashdown Mine and the Mineral Ridge project, both in Nevada.
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King Island Scheelite: Developing a Tungsten Mine on King Island
by Allen Alper Jr.
This Australian company is named after its main project, which is to develop a tungsten mine on King Island, situated on King Island in Tasmania - Australia. Chief Executive Officer Simon Bird spoke to us and gave a presentation on the project at the recent ITIA Annual General Meeting in Austria.
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Stan Bharti Leader of Forbes & Manhattan
by Dr. Allen Alper and Jeff Senior
A leading private merchant bank that mainly manages junior resource companies to create shareholder value, Forbes & Manhattan has founded and managed many public and private enterprises. It employs geologists and mining engineers as well as financial professionals and lawyers so it can focus on the global resources sector.
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Largo Resources Seeks to be a Significant Low Cost Producer of Vanadium and Tungsten
by Allen M. Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
Savvy investors carefully watch for businesses that not only work on growing revenue but also manage their costs and drive them down to grow profit margins.
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Malaga Inc is a Niche Tungsten Player with Burgeoning Opportunities
by Allen M. Alper and Aaron Hoos
There's something really compelling about a niche player who is completely focused on one opportunity. In some cases, it can be daring (and even risky) but when fate works in their favor, it's an exciting and even profitable opportunity.
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Thompson Creek Metals: Their Moly Focus is their Strength… And There's More to Come
by Allen M. Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
 Some companies pursue a diversified approach and broaden their skill-set while minimizing their risks. Other companies go in the opposite direction, focusing solely on a single target, which gives them other advantages and mitigates other risks. Thompson Creek Metals Company (NYSE: TC, TSX: TCM) pursues the latter strategy and investors who are excited about the burgeoning opportunities in the molybdenum market will love this company's focus.
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Moly Mines: Molybdenum, Copper, Iron: Profiting from China's Rapid Growth
by Allen M. Alper Jr and Aaron Hoos
Investors everywhere love robust, growing economies. That's because a growing economy is building and people are buying. And a growing economy like China has an extra benefit: It's a country with a huge landmass and a lot of people and it desperately needs infrastructure – roads, power, buildings, etc. So, smart investors are watching China and buying infrastructure-related investments in order to profit from that growth.
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Commerce Resources’ President, David Hodge Discusses Critical Minor Metals with Plenty of Long-Term Upside
by Dr. Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
 Some mining companies specialize in a certain type of mineral; others specialize in a particular business model. Commerce Resources Corp. (TSXv: CCE; U.S. OTCQX: CMRZF; FSE: D7H) has its own unique advantage – it is taking a "double barrelled" approach to mining with minerals that have been neglected for the past decade or more. This approach, coupled with a projected increase in global demand for these minerals, make Commerce Resources an interesting opportunity for investors who are looking to move beyond some of the more conventional junior mining company stories.
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Marifil Mines Ltd. (TSXV: MFM) Experts in Argentina, is Diversified to Profit in Both Economic Ups and Downs
by Dr. Allen Alper
A diversified portfolio of base and precious metals, industrial minerals and fertilizers position Marifil Mines Ltd. as a great place to invest. As John Hite, President and Director, Marifil Mines Ltd., says, whether the economy recovers or the current economic downturn continues, Marifil is on a firm footing. He adds, “People always have to eat,” thus ensuring continued demand and profit from their fertilizer projects
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Equitas Resources Corp., led by CEO Jay Roberge, is Pioneering the Partnership Model
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
Today, many junior resource companies dig around on their property until they find something – anything! Then they wait for larger companies to outbid each other in an effort to acquire the junior company.
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Largo Resources (TSX.V: LGO) Exploring, Developing and Near Term Producer of Vanadium and Tungsten in the Americas
by Dr. Allen M. Alper
Demand for Vanadium is “growing about 8% per annum in the steel market,” proclaims Mark Brennan, President, CEO & Director, Largo Resources Ltd. He adds that there is also a lot of interest in the battery market for Vanadium. Largo owns the top two undeveloped vanadium deposits in the world, one of which is also the highest grade vanadium project in the world. Largo also holds a record for the largest undeveloped tungsten deposit. With such a prestigious profile of high demand strategic mineral mines, Largo is well-positioned for growth in the next few years and definitely worth a second look for addition to your investment portfolio.
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American Manganese Developing Artillery Peak Manganese Resource in Arizona For Batteries for Electronic Cars
by Dr. Allen M. Alper
American Manganese has been working diligently to develop the Artillery Peak property located in Arizona, to bring manganese products to market in the form of technology batteries and batteries for electric cars.
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U3O8 Corp. (TSX-V: UWE) Rapidly Advances Berlin Uranium Project
by Allen Alper Jr.
With properties in Colombia, Guyana and Argentina, U3O8 Corp. is focused solely in South America – a new frontier for uranium exploration. This junior exploration company has a dramatic growth profile that could see its uranium resources grow 10-fold to 60-75 million pounds by the end of 2011. In addition, it plans to undertake resource estimates of potential co-products including vanadium, phosphate and rare earths.
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Larry Reaugh is Ready to Profit from Another ‘M’: Manganese
by Allen Alper Jr. And Aaron Hoos
Smart investors watch for trends and invest accordingly. Some notice trends headed downward and they get out to protect their gains. Others see trends headed upwards and they get in early to earn profits. Smart investors should be paying attention to Larry Reaugh, who has not only identified a compelling and potentially profitable trend for investors, he and his company are doing something about it in a big, big way.
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Mining convention draws people from around the world
by PDAC 2011
For a few days every March, Toronto becomes the focal point for some 20,000 people involved in the world’s exploration and mining industry.
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Ormonde Mining: An Emerging Tungsten Producer
by Allen Alper and Jeff Senior
At the recent ITIA meeting, we caught up with the company’s Chief Operating Officer Steve Nicol and Executive Chairman Mike Donoghue to find out the latest developments. Although an Irish company, Ormonde Mining’s operations are centered in Spain.
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Copper Mountain Mining Corp: Walking in the Footsteps of Successful Copper Mines
by Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
Recently, we spoke to the Copper Mountain Mining Corp's CFO, Rodney A. Shier, who told us about their project and how they plan on walking in the footsteps of this successful past producer to turn it into a significant copper producer in the future.
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Minefinders: Pouring Gold with Considerable Potential for Growth
by Dr. Allen Alper and Jeff Senior
Vancouver-based Minefinders Corporation Ltd. is a junior mining company with considerable potential for growth. It currently has five projects in Mexico that are at different stages of development.
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North American Gem TSX-V: NAG is Suppling Premium Quality Coal to Semiconductor Industry
by Allen Alper
Despite its name, North American Gem’s main focus right now is coal, particularly Blue Gem coal. President and Director Charles Desjardins, who has been in the resource business since the early 1980s, describes how he got involved: “North American Gem was a company that our group took over from a Calgary group. It came to us because it needed somebody that could finance it properly.”
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Canada Lithium is Betting on an Electric Future
by Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
Smart investors pay attention to social and economic trends and make investments based on where they see consumer attitudes shifting. One area that is getting more and more attention, both at the government level and the consumer level, is the electric car.
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Copper, Gold, Uranium, Molybdenum: Polar Star Mining: Excelling in Chile
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
While a lot of the companies we interview here were often started by people who have only ever worked in the mining industry as geologists, it's interesting to get a different perspective from time to time.
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Exciting Times for Levon Resources: Gold, Silver, Lead, Molybdenum and Zinc!
by Dr Allen M. Alper and Bryan Martin
For more than 20 years Ron Tremblay had been exclusively involved in mining finance. So when he was approached three-and-a-half years ago by Vancouver-based junior Levon Resources Ltd to oversee operations, it didn’t take long for the now-president and CEO to make what has become a pivotal venture into mineral exploration.
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Experts Corner
Rare Earths Panel Explores Prices, Supply and Demand, and Investors Opportunities
by Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
One of the events at the summit was a panel entitled "The Rare Earth Think Tank". Mickey Fulp, founder of the Mercenary Geologist, moderated the discussion and he was joined by Anthony Alfidi (of Alfidi Capital), John Thomas (the Mad Hedge Fund Trader), and Jeb Handwerger (of Gold Stock Trades). Some of these experts, themselves, own an interest in some of these companies.
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Gareth Hatch: Navigating the Rare Earth Metals Landscape
by Brian Sylvester of The Critical Metals Report (11/22/11)
 Gareth Hatch, co-founder of Technology Metals Research LLC, gives us the lay of the land in the rare earth sector. Many variables are shaping this developing market, and from calculating global demand to anticipating individual project costs, data makes the difference in determining viable investments. Gareth Hatch gets down to the nitty gritty in this Critical Metals exclusive, and comes up with some promising projects in the works.
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Jonathan Lee: Graphite and Vanadium to Benefit from Battery Market Growth
by Zig Lambo of The Critical Metals Report
 Graphite and vanadium may be relatively obscure materials, but these commodities could get a jolt from developing battery technology. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Jonathan Lee of Byron Capital Markets explains how graphite and vanadium play critical roles in rapidly growing battery markets, as well as in the steel industry, which is experiencing healthy growth.
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Iron Ore Demand Heating Up
by Marc Davis and Gayle Mavor, BNWnews.ca
As hot as the blast furnaces required to produce steel, China’s ever-expanding economy continues to fuel a seemingly insatiable demand for one of the building blocks of the modern world: iron ore.
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Electrolytic Manganese - More Than Meets The Eye
by Ken Reser
 Historically, Electrolytic Manganese Metal (EMM) held a few basic critical and strategic uses, primarily in the alloying of Steel, Stainless Steel and Aluminum to name a few.
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Brine Mining the Puna for Potash and Lithium
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the herd
The Puna plateau sits at an elevation of 4,000m, stretches for 1800 km along the Central Andes and attains a width of 350–400 km. The Puna covers a portion of Argentina, Chile and Bolivia and hosts an estimated 70 - 80% of global lithium brine reserves.
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Critical Raw Materials
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the herd
A critical or strategic material is a commodity whose lack of availability during a national emergency would seriously affect the economic, industrial, and defensive capability of a country.
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Globetrotting Mickey Fulp Brings Back Exciting News
by Dr. Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
 There are plenty of arm-chair metals experts who make decisions based on information they dredge up from various sources. But the best experts put on their work boots and willingly get their hands dirty by visiting mines.
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Mine to Magnet
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the herd
The rare earths are a group of 17 elements comprising Scandium, Yttrium, and the Lanthanides. The Lanthanides are a group of 15 (Cerium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium, Holmium, Lanthanum, Lutetium, Neodymium, Praseodymium, Samarium, Terbium, Thorium, Thulium, Ytterbium) chemically similar elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71, inclusive.
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American Vanadium: Critical to U.S. Industry
by William Mbaho, BNWnews.ca
Heightened global demand for vanadium, especially from China, is prompting the global steel industry to aggressively seek out new supplies, especially in the U.S. where this 21st century metal is becoming increasingly indispensible. Even U.S. President Obama is championing this metal’s promise for green energy applications.
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Chris Berry: Investment Opportunities Emerge in the Americas
by JT Long of The Gold Report
 From Quebec, Canada to Sonora, Mexico, House Mountain Partners Founder Chris Berry constantly uncovers new opportunities in the Americas. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Chris outlines the geopolitical changes that are driving renewed interest in areas considered too risky or not profitable enough in the past
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Silver: A Currency for Crisis
by Marc Davis, www.BNWnews.ca
Silver is increasingly becoming a global monetary metal, mostly due to inflationary concerns and the debasement of the world’s major currencies. And that’s the main driver for silver’s surging bull market, according to some key players in the precious metals investment sector.
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Obama Hails Renewable Energy Breakthrough
by Marc Davis, www.BNWnews.ca
U.S. President Barack Obama has championed “multi-megawatt vanadium redox fuel cells” for mass-storage batteries as “one of the coolest things I’ve ever said out loud”.
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Tiex Inc. – Green Fields and Blue Sky in BC’s Cariboo
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the Herd
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information
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Quest For The Ultimate Electric Storage Battery
by Ken Reser
The worldwide race is on and escalating for the next generation of low cost high output battery storage system technology that will power our hybrid and electric automobiles as well as every other battery powered device and gadget in the 21st century.
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