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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.”
Click here to continue... | 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.
Click here to continue... | 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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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.
Click here to continue... | 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.
Click here to continue... | 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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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.
Click here to continue... | Gold, Molybdenum, Manganese and Magnesium - Larry Reaugh Shares his Expertise with Metals News
by Dr. Allen M. Alper
Back in late 2008, when doom and gloom were everywhere, Larry Reaugh was upbeat about the mining industry, predicting everything would start to pick up. He was proved right, with metal prices soon on the rise, so we went to seek out his latest views on the situation.
Click here to continue... | Source Exploration: Exploring and Redeveloping Historic Silver Mine in Mexico
by Allen M. Alper Jr and Bryan Martin
For a junior company seeking silver to enrich its portfolio, Mexico is not only an extremely practical choice given its bounteous history, but also, logistically speaking, a very advisable decision. Brian E. Robertson couldn’t agree more.
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Avanti Mining focuses on Molybdenum: An Experienced Gold Manager Turns His Attention to Molybdenum
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
Gold, silver, uranium, and other metals often get glamorous headlines and a dedicated following who will invest in them and swear by them through thick and thin.
Click here to continue... | Numerous 100-Percent-Owned Properties, Financially Independent, Diversified and Making Innovations in Eco-Friendly Minerals Applications
by Dr. Allen Alper and Bryan Martin
The last time Metalsnews.com spoke with the ever-ebullient Jack Stoch, President and CEO of Quebec-based Globex Mining Enterprises Inc., his domain included 85 projects, all of which featured elements spanning a vast stretch across the periodic chart. October saw Globex celebrate a milestone of 60 years in the exploration and mining sphere.
Click here to continue... | Great Western Minerals: Innovators and Rare Earth Producers
by Dr. Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
When it comes to investing in compelling opportunities, investors sometimes look for first movers and innovators as exciting additions to their portfolio. Innovators are forward-looking opportunists who create strategic alliances and develop groundbreaking business models to grow their businesses and become successful.
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Advanced Explorations Inc.: Aiming to Become the Lowest Cost Iron Producer
by Dr. Allen Alper and Bryan Martin
Despite an anxious market bearing witness to the disorienting price seesaw of iron ore over the last few years, a strong insistence on steel in China appears to be positively affecting demand for the stock exchange’s second largest commodity.
Click here to continue... | The Waterfront Mining Group: Molybdenum, Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Platinum, Palladium and Silver
by Dr. Allen Alper and Mindy Matter
With five publicly traded companies, and numerous deposit projects, The Waterfront Mining Group is poised to make a sizable impact in the metals industry in the years ahead
Click here to continue... | Oroco Resources Moving Towards Production
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Mindy Matter
We had a few moments to catch up with Adam Smith, the Business Development Director of Oroco Resource Corporation recently.
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Riches in the Mountains of Mexico-Tony Rovira of Azure Minerals
by Dr. Allen Alper and Jill Cueni-Cohen
 At PDAC 2009 we had the opportunity to talk to Tony Rovira founder of Azure Minerals in the Sierra Madre Occidental Range in northwestern Mexico. He has a great reputation as one of the discoverers of the huge Cosmos nickel deposits for Jubilee Mines in Western Australia.
Click here to continue... | Globex Mining Enterprises : a very large North American portfolio of advanced properties with gold, copper, zinc, silver, uranium, platinum, palladium, magnesium and talc potential
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Bryan Martin
Jack Stoch has very rare abilities and geological and business background that has enabled Globex to have a very successful approach of discovering and acquiring a vast amount of diversified valuable properties and developing them for licensing or partnership.
Click here to continue... | PREMIER GOLD MINES: Discovering and Developing Gold Deposits in the Superior Province of Canada
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Graeme Lamb
Recently we had an opportunity to talk with Stephen McGibbon P.Geo., who is the Executive Vice-President and COO (Chief Operating Officer) of Premier Gold Mines Ltd.
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Avalon Rare Metals Inc.: Advancing Green Energy Technology
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Jill Cueni-Cohen
 Metalsnews.com interviewed Don Bubar in Calgary. He has a very strong background in geological exploration and has assembled an excellent team of employees, management, board and consultants to explore and develop one of the largest and richest potential new sources of rare earth elements in the world.
Click here to continue... | Goldbrook Partners with Jilin Jien of China for Nickel Exploration
by Dr. Allen Alper and Alison J. Conte
In the last decade, China’s manufacturing and building boom spurred a demand for nickel, about 25 percent of the global demand for this metal.
Click here to continue... | Phil Vinet Talks About Red Lake Gold District at PDAC 2009
by Allen Alper Jr.
This is Al Alper Jr. with Metals News. I'm here with Phil Vinet, Mayor of Red Lake, Ontario, Canada. Could you give us a little background on Red Lake and its history, Phil?
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Freewest Resources: North American Outstanding Chromite Discovery
by Dr. Allen Alper and Bryan Martin
Mac Watson is a firm believer in making your own luck. For 45 years he has pioneered incredibly successful expeditions that have lead to the discovery of significant deposits of gold, coal and base metals throughout eastern Canada.
Click here to continue... | Western Troy Capital Resources Positioned in Moly, Copper, and Gold
by Dr. Allen Alper and Bryan Martin
Western Troy Capital Resources, a mineral exploration company based in Canada, keeps itself pretty busy these days with its advanced stage MacLeod Lake Copper/Molybdenum Project and most recently the company has staked a number of promising new properties in Quebec.
Click here to continue... | Mexivada: Gold-Silver, Uranium, Molybdenum and Diamonds in Nevada, Mexico and Africa
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Bryan Martin
Since 2005, Mexivada Mining Corporation has built a genuine name for itself on the international precious minerals scene as a junior exploration and mining company.
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Moly Mines Ready for Market Upturn
by Dr. Allen Alper and Alison Conte
We interviewed Derek Fisher, managing director of Moly Mines Limited, (ASX and TSX listed), at the Cambridge Vancouver Investment Conference. We are extremely impressed with the knowledge and background of Dr. Fisher and his team. He told us how the firm is focusing its efforts on the Spinifex Ridge molybdenum project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Click here to continue... | Great Western Minerals Mines and Markets Rare Elements
by Dr. Allen Alper and Alison J. Conte
Since we last spoke with Gary Billingsley, Executive Chairman of Great Western Minerals,
in May 2008, his company has continued to expand on their mine-to-market business strategy
with the acquisition of another production facility, an option to recommission a former rare
earth mine in South Africa, and a new heavy rare earth property in New Brunswick.
Click here to continue... | Adriana Resources: The New Player in Iron Ore
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Bryan Martin
 
Michael Beley and Richard Barclay are one of the most successful partners in the mining business. They have created billion dollar mining companies. We were fascinated to learn of the progress they have made in developing Adriana Resources into “The New Player in Iron Ore”
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Thomas Patton, President & CEO Quaterra Resources Inc. Discovering New North American Mines – Copper, Uranium, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
by Dr. Allen Alper and Jill Cueni-Cohen
When it comes to making significant mineral discoveries in North America, Quaterra Resources Inc. is on the cutting edge. We caught up with Quaterra’s President & CEO Dr. Thomas Patton to get the inside scoop on this exciting junior’s current projects and outlook.
Click here to continue... | LatAm Mining Congress 2009
by Metals News
The LatAm Mining Congress 2009 will take place June 29 – July 1, 2009 at The Biltmore, Coral Gables, FL.
Click here to continue... | Interview with Warren Bates, Vice President, Exploration for PDX Resources Inc. and Pelangio Exploration Inc.
by Dr. Allen Alper and Jill Cueni-Cohen
Dating all the way back to the 1930’s, Pelangio Mines Inc. was a pioneer in the mining and exploration industry. On September 6, 2008, the legacy of founder Maurice Hibbard was split into two companies: Pelangio Mines was renamed PDX Resources (“PDX”) and holds Pelangio Mines’ interest in Detour Gold Corporation (“Detour”), and Pelangio Exploration (“PX”) was incorporated to hold Pelangio Mines’ exploration assets.
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Terry Tucker, President and CEO of StrataGold Corporation
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Jill Cueni-Cohen
We recently touched base with Terry Tucker, President and CEO of StrataGold Corporation, and his manager of Investor Communications, Vanessa Pickering, to talk about the happenings at this promising junior exploration company.
Click here to continue... | John R. Morgan President, CEO & Director Infinito Gold
by Dr. Allen Alper and Jill Cueni-Cohen
 A small river called the Infinito runs through North Central Costa Rica and has become the namesake of a gold exploration & development company based in Calgary, Canada, formerly known as Vannessa Ventures.
Click here to continue... | Interviews with Exhibitors at the PM 2008 World Conference Washington DC
by Dr. Allen M. Alper, Editor-in-Chief, Metals News
Diversification is the key
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Larry Reaugh, president and CEO of Rocher Deboule
A Visionary in the Mining Industry
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Jill Cueni-Cohen
When it comes
to investing in metals, most people think of gold and silver… but manganese?
Think again! Manganese is the fourth most heavily consumed metal – after iron,
aluminum and copper – but the vital importance of manganese ferroalloys, to a
number of industries, is creating an impressive bull market for savvy
investors.
Click here to continue... | Great Western Minerals Poised for Rare Opportunity
by Dr. Allen Alper and Alison Conte
Interview with Gary Billingsley, Chairman, and Jim Engdahl, CEO, of Great Western Minerals
Click here to continue... | PDAC 2008 Toronto
by Allen M. Alper Jr., Dr. Allen M. Alper Sr. and Andrew M. Alper
 Phots from the PDAC international convention and trade show in Toronto, March 2-5, 2008.
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Outstanding Powder Metallurgy Parts Acknowledged
by MPIF
Winners of the 2008 Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards Competition, sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation, were announced here at the PM2008 World Congress.
Click here to continue... | Adriana Accessing Brazil’s Vast Iron Ore Reserves
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Bryan Martin
 Mike Beley and Rick Barclay are brilliant business partners. The two exploration veterans have a wealth of experience as evidenced in Metals News’ recent interview with them.
Click here to continue... | Eastmain Poised for Progress
by By Dr. Allen Alper and Alison Conte
With Goldcorp increasing its funding in one project, and a new drilling program underway on another, Donald J. Robinson, Ph.D., P.Geo., President and CEO of Eastmain Resources, is riding a wave of fantastic news.
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The World Money Show in Orlando at the Gaylord Palm Resort
by Dr. Allen M. Alper, Editor-in-Chief, Metals News
The World Money Show in Orlando was a great place for investors to meet a huge variety of company experts, global media, world-class companies, software creators, and country representatives.
Click here to continue... | MetalsNews at Ryans Notes Metallics Meeting, Miami 2008
by Andrew M. Alper
The Ryans Notes 2008 Metallics Meeting discussed the global steel market and trends in raw material supply in today's volatile scrap, pig iron and HBI prices. A panel of representatives from steel mills throughout the world talked about their strategies for purchasing raw materials.
Click here to continue... | Mega Uranium – Leading the nuclear power renaissance
by Andrew Alper, Dr. Allen Alper and Jill Cueni-Cohen
Clean, secure and cost-effective: Nuclear power is in high demand as one of the most important sources of energy in the world.
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Nuinsco and Victory Nickel Demonstrate the Power of Diversity
by Dr. Allen Alper and Alison Conte
It is 9,056 kilometers between Nuinsco Resources’ Diabase Peninsula uranium project in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin and northeastern Turkey where it is a 50 percent partner with Xstrata Copper on the Berta copper porphyry project.
Click here to continue... | Galway Accelerates Advanced Projects
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Alison J. Conte
When your mining projects focus on metals that have seen price surges of 400 to 500 percent in recent years, investors are apt to take notice.
Click here to continue... | Mexico’s Largest Copper/Cobalt Deposit
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Jill Cueni-Cohen
Located on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula near Santa Rosalia, Baja Sur; Boleo is one of the largest copper deposits in development in North America.
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Columbia Yukon Sees Bright Future in British Columbia
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Alison Conte
170 million pounds of molybdenum assets in the ground are like money in the bank to Columbia Yukon Explorations. But the exploration company’s future looks even brighter because it has money in the bank to expand the resource underground, as well as a group of experienced, senior geologists that can stay on top of multiple projects at once.
Click here to continue... | Commerce Resources - the next Canadian Tantalum and Niobium Mine
by Dr Allen M. Alper
 For the past few years, I have been following the developments of Commerce Resources with great interest. Commerce Resources is developing the largest new tantalum and niobium resource in Canada. I have had many conversations with Dave Hodge and his staff.
Click here to continue... | Formation Capital Corporation: Cobalt for the Future
by Dr. Allen Alper and Bryan Martin
From a recent interview Metals News conducted with Mari-Ann Green, CEO of Formation Capital Corporation (FCO-TSX), it’s not difficult to see how good old-fashioned initiative and sound corporate policy can work harmoniously to the advantage of not only the company, but for the shareholders and environment as well.
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PLAYFAIR MINING, LTD.
by Dr. Allen Alper and Holly Spadola
Playfair Mining Ltd., a Vancouver based mining company, continues to advance rapidly towards its goal of becoming one of the world’s principal developers of new high-grade tungsten resources.
Click here to continue... | Historic Tungsten Mine Pays off for Primary Metals
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Alison J. Conte
Paying attention to local myths and legends may have led Primary Metals to a gold property in Portugal, but it was faith in another legend, the 112 year-old Panasqueira tungsten mine, that has led to prosperity.
Click here to continue... | Molybdenum and More
by Dr. Allen Alper, Jill Cueni-Cohen
 Located 24 Km outside the town of Atlin, in the extreme northwestern corner of British Columbia in the floor of an alpine cirque, the Ruby Creek Molybdenum Deposit is the second largest known unexploited & proven deposit in B.C.
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Tiberon Minerals and the Tungsten Market
by Andrew M. Alper
 China’s raw material crunch, limited global supply of tungsten ore concentrates and the great worldwide demand for tungsten products makes Tiberon’s Vietnam Tungsten Property very well positioned.
Click here to continue... | Alldyne Powder Technologies: Company Profile
by Andrew M. Alper
 Located in Huntsville Alabama, Alldyne Powder Technologies,
An Allegheny Technologies company (NYSE: ATI), is a leading producer of advanced Tungsten and Tungsten Carbide materials, mainly serving the hard materials industry.
Click here to continue... | ValGold Resources: The little company that can
by Allen Alper and Jill Cueni-Cohen
It was two years ago, at the 2005 Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention, when an exciting turn of events put the Vancouver-based junior on the road to becoming one of the biggest landholders in Venezuela and Guyana. According to ValGold’s President, CEO and Director, Stephen Wilkinson, “We were approached by Newmont, because they needed an exploration group of sufficient quality to take on all their remaining assets in Guyana.”
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