Rare Earth Elements

True North Gems Options Yukon Rare Earth Discovery to Great Western Minerals

True North Gems Inc. and Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. are pleased to announce that TGX has granted GWMG an option to acquire up to a 65% working interest in TGX’s True Blue property in the Yukon in exchange for carrying TGX through to completion of a bankable feasibility study. The True Blue property is located 55 kilometres south of Ross... 

Tasman drilling update from Norra Karr REE project, Sweden

Tasman Metals Ltd. Mr Mark Saxon, President and CEO, provides an update on developments regarding the Company’s 100% owned Norra Karr Rare Earth Element (REE) project. The drill program currently underway is nearing its conclusion with approximately 80 per cent of the program completed. In addition, a collaborative research project has been initiated,... 

Alix Acquires Claims in B.C. With 2.04% Rare Earth Oxides Across 15 Meters

ALIX RESOURCES CORP. has entered into an agreement to acquire a block of claims totalling approximately 450 hectares in British Columbia which host a historic BC Minfile Rare Earth Oxide (REO) occurrence. BC Minfile reports that “a sample of chips taken at random across a 15 metre section returned… 2.04%REO” (Minister of Mines Annual... 

Newly Acquired Manitoba Intrusive Complex Yields High REE Values

Canadian International Minerals Inc (CIN) has been granted a 5000 hectare Mineral Exploration Licence (MEL) in the Knee Lake region in central Manitoba. The MEL covers the Cinder Lake alkaline intrusive complex (CLC) which has only recently been studied by the Manitoba Geological Survey (MGS) and the Department of Geological Sciences (DGS) of the University... 

SLAM Exploration Prospecting Rare Earth Minerals at Nash Creek

SLAM Exploration Ltd. announces it has mobilized a prospecting crew to explore for rare earth elements (“REE”) and follow up high levels of yttrium and phosphorus detected on its Nash Creek property in New Brunswick. SLAM has researched Provincial records and found a REE occurrence located approximately 2 km west of the yttrium-phosphorus... 

Great Western Technologies Inc Receives DARPA Contract to Develop Aluminum-Based Structural Metal Alloys

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. announce that its US-based, wholly-owned subsidiary, Great Western Technologies Inc, (“GWTI”) of Troy Michigan, has been awarded a US $110,000 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract to develop a set of aluminum-based high strength alloys. These alloys are a new class of materials that... 

Thelon to Acquire Lithium Project

Thelon Ventures Ltd. announce that it has signed a LOI with Gene Leong to acquire a 100% interest in 60 mineral Claims in the Lac Malartic area of Quebec. The terms of the LOI are that Thelon will pay $100,000 dollars cash and issue 3 million Shares on closing. Lac Malartic lithium property is located approximately 40 kilometers north of Val D’Or... 

Commerce Resources Corp. Exploring Eldor for its Rare Earth Potential

Commerce Resources Corp. report that it has initiated its summer field work program at the Eldor Project, located in the Labrador Trough area of northern Quebec, Canada. The program will include mapping, prospecting, and rock and trench sampling and is designed to test some of the areas that were identified in 2008 with high values of rare earth elements,... 

Kat Exploration Announces Rusty Ridge Property Ready for Drilling

Kat Exploration announce that exploration on it’s “Rusty Ridge” (IOCG) property was highly successful in identifying coincidental magnetic IP resistivity and soil geochemical anomalies that suggest potential for a body of Iron Oxide +/- Base, Precious and Rare Earth type mineralization, similar in style and setting to the giant Olympic... 

Great Western Minerals to Acquire Heavy Rare Earth Element Enriched Property in New Brunswick

Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. announce that it has entered into an option agreement with a third party to acquire a 100% working interest in a Rare Earth Elements property in the Province of New Brunswick, approximately 53 km east-northeast of the city of Bathurst. The agreement is subject to regulatory approval. This property is located in a mining-friendly...