USA
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Great Deposits
Mountain Pass: America’s Once and Future Rare Earth King
Mountain Pass, California once produced the majority of the world’s Rare Earth Elements (REEs). The 2002 closure of the mine…
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Prospects and Projects
Lithium Americas: Critical Time, Critical Element
Most junior miners focus their efforts on advancing a single project, but after acquiring Millennial Lithium, Lithium Americas is poised…
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Deposit Types
Sediment-hosted Stratiform Copper Deposits: The Future of Copper and Cobalt Mining?
Sediment-hosted Stratiform Copper (SSC) deposits have long been an important, but often overlooked, source of copper. Accounting for about 20%…
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Deposit Types
Helium Mining – Now Is The Time
Introduction Although helium is quite abundant in the universe, it is rather scarce here on Earth. It is so light…
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Commodities
Helium Commodity Overview
Introduction Helium is a critical commodity for a high-tech world. It is widely known that helium is used for inflation…
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Commodities
Gemstone Commodity Overview
Gemstones have enchanted humans since ancient times. Gems were believed to be gifts of gods, miracles of nature or stars…
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Deposits and Projects
A New Project in the Search for Ethical Cobalt: The Idaho Cobalt Operation
This article outlines the geology of the Idaho Cobalt Operation (ICO), an advanced project expected to start production by Q4…
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Prospects and Projects
Project Review: PolyMet’s NorthMet Copper-Nickel-PGM Deposit in Minnesota, USA
The NorthMet deposit is located in northeastern Minnesota,USA and was discovered in 1969 by US Steel. The property was acquired by Fleck resources…
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Mining Company News Reviews
Carlin Gold Takes Another Look at that Hole they Drilled
Finding an extension of the same rock unit that hosts gold in a nearby deposit is definitely worth follow-up, but…
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Mining Company News Reviews
Radius Searching for Gold in Idaho’s Ancient Volcanic Hotsprings
Otis will benefit from cash payments and continued exploration on their property, but if Radius ends up of with poor results…
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