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.
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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.
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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.
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Metal Powder Industry Faces Challenges
by MPIF
Despite facing a perfect storm of challenges in 2007, the powder metallurgy (PM) industry in North America remains the world’s largest and most innovative PM market, reports Mark Paullin, president of the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF), here at the 2008 World Congress on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials.
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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.
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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
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ron Tremblay, President and Director of Levon Resources, Ltd.
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Jill Cueni-Cohen
We had the opportunity to interview Ron Tremblay, President and Director of Levon Resources, Ltd. Previously a broker and trader with two prominent Canadian securities companies, Tremblay was appointed President of the Vancouver-based junior in October of 2006 at the request of founder Louis Wolfin (CEO and Director) and his son, David (V.P. Finance and Director).
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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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Gold in the mountains of Kazakhstan
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Jill Cueni-Cohen
The fall of the Iron Curtain opened up a mountain of possibilities for John J. Komarnicki, Chairman, CEO and Director of Alhambra Resources Ltd.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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