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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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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.
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Freewest Resources: North American Outstanding Chromite Discovery
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Mexivada: Gold-Silver, Uranium, Molybdenum and Diamonds in Nevada, Mexico and Africa
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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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Adriana Resources: The New Player in Iron Ore
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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.
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Terry Tucker, President and CEO of StrataGold Corporation
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Eastmain Poised for Progress
by By Dr. Allen Alper and Alison Conte


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MetalsNews at Ryans Notes Metallics Meeting, Miami 2008
by Andrew M. Alper


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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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Copper, Gold, Uranium, Molybdenum: Polar Star Mining: Excelling in Chile
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos


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Exciting Times for Levon Resources: Gold, Silver, Lead, Molybdenum and Zinc!
by Dr Allen M. Alper and Bryan Martin


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Avanti Mining focuses on Molybdenum: An Experienced Gold Manager Turns His Attention to Molybdenum
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The Waterfront Mining Group: Molybdenum, Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Platinum, Palladium and Silver
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Globex Mining Enterprises : a very large North American portfolio of advanced properties with gold, copper, zinc, silver, uranium, platinum, palladium, magnesium and talc potential
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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.
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Western Troy Capital Resources Positioned in Moly, Copper, and Gold
by Dr. Allen Alper and Bryan Martin


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Moly Mines Ready for Market Upturn
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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.
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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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PDAC 2008 Toronto
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The World Money Show in Orlando at the Gaylord Palm Resort
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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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Commerce Resources - the next Canadian Tantalum and Niobium Mine
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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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TTM RESOURCES INC. ACQUIRES NEW CLAIMS ADJACENT TO CHU MOLYBDENUM PROPERTY
Vancouver, B.C. - (MetalsNews.com, August 31, 2010) – TTM Resources Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it has entered into Purchase Agreements with two vendors to acquire eight additional mineral claims adjacent to the Company’s Chu molybdenum property in northern British Columbia. The claims expand the area of the Chu property by approximately 1,970 hectares.
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A Report From The Rare Earths Conference In Beijing
by Jack Lifton

I am in Beijing, where I am attending and have spoken at the 2010 China Rare Earth Summit, part of the 6th International Conference on Rare Earth Development and Application, run by the Chinese Society of Rare Earths. I was honored to be one of only three American guest speakers.
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Financing Trends. Trouble in Paradise.
by Christopher Ecclestone, Hailgarten

Investors’ interest has revived in the mining space since the slump of 2008/9 but it is not what it was.
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Rare Earths The GAO Report – Mapping the Road Not Taken
by Christopher Ecclestone - Hallgarten & Company Metals Review

After a brief lull in the gunfire in the battle over Rare Earths the heavy artillery is now being drawn into position and a big shell has just gone whizzing over the marketplace in the form of the GAO’s long awaited report on US dependency on Rare Earths. The real barrage is yet to come with the Molycorp IPO set to ride the resurgent chatter in the sector and the politicians will begin to wade in and see how Rare Earth can be turned into pork with some Washington alchemy.
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Thom Calandra, Ticker Ticker Trax: Optioning Colombia gold & copper
by Dr. Allen Alper of Metals News

We sat a spell in Vancouver, Canada, with Thom Calandra, investor and writer. Thom is the journalist who started CBS MarketWatch and MarketWatch.com – now part of the Dow Jones-News Corp. family. Thom (by the way, folks -- as friendly and helpful as ever – some five years post-MarketWatch), and his California family of four profited handsomely from the $518 million sale of MarketWatch to Dow Jones in 2005.
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by Thom Calandra

Thom Calandra of Ticker Trax has been following natural resources since 1991 and shares his thoughts on the current metals market trends. He is the co-founder of CBS MarketWatch and is well known among geologists, prospectors and merchant bankers
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by Larry W. Reaugh

In the past few months we have seen how the rising pre-cious and base metal prices have positively affected the future of several well known mining companies. Some of these companies were scrambling to save themselves as profits disappeared and unsustainable debt dragged them down. It appeared as if they would be seeking bankruptcy protection.
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Model Mining Portfolio: Performance Review
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Gold Leading The Way On Recovery In All Metals
by Larry W. Reaugh

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Worldwide Depression - Think Again!
by Ken Reser

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Fundamental View on Metal Markets Part II
by Larry W. Reaugh

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Fundamental View on Metal Markets
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The resource industry and market review I have prepared are the result of several queries from investors and associates in the past few months about my feelings and beliefs regarding the current debacle and what the future holds. Unfortunately, most of us will be affected on one level or another.
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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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