Assay labs race to boost capacity as exploration burgeons

Surging metals prices over the last two years have brought about a boom in exploration, putting pressure on drill rig suppliers and the mineral laboratories that test the core samples with companies having to wait longer than six months for assay...

Rare Element announces resource update for Bear Lodge

New York-and Toronto-listed Rare Element Resources on Tuesday said it had increased its indicated and inferred resource at the Bear Lodge property in Wyoming to 22.7-million tons. This included an indicated mineral resource of 4.9-million tons at...

Rare earth equities continue upward movement

Shares in Canadian rare-earths juniors continued to rally on Monday, after Molycorp announced a $89-million European acquisition and China announced new production quotas last month. Avalon Rare Metals, which owns the Nechalacho deposit in the...

Rare Element announces gold resource at Wyoming project

TSX V- and NYSE-listed Rare Element Resources on Tuesday reported a 947 000 oz gold resource at its Wyoming Sundance project. The company is exploring for rare earth elements at its Bear Lodge property, which includes the Sundance project.

Rare earth junior wants 2015 output from Wyoming project

Vancouver-based Rare Element Resources (RER), which is studying a project in Wyoming, could be producing by 2015 if all goes according to plan, CFO Mark Brown said on Thursday. The TSX-V-listed company will complete a scoping study on the Bear...

Investors take closer look at rare earth elements as technology, green revolution pick up pace

Plucked from obscurity owing to growing demand, the world’s 16 rare earth elements (REEs) are a bit of a conundrum. For one, they are not actually rare. They are found in much higher quantities and much greater concentration than precious...

Investors take closer look at rare earth elements as technology, green revolution pick up pace

Plucked from obscurity owing to growing demand, the world’s 16 rare earth elements (REEs), are a bit of a conundrum.