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Balmoral Resources (TSX:V:BAR) Focuses on Gold Exploration in the Gold Rich Detour Lake Region
by Dr. Allen M. Alper


Balmoral Resources, founded in November of 2010, has already made several significant new gold discoveries in Quebec's historic Detour Lake Belt.
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Moly Mines Secures Financing and Prepares for Rapid Growth
by Allen M. Alper Jr.

Moly Mines Limited, under the direction of CEO Dr. Derek Fisher, has moved quickly to develop plans for the Spinifex Ridge Property, as the closing date for their $200 million dollar financing deal draws near.
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PDAC 2011
by Allen Alper and Jeff Senior


With the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s next Toronto show set for 6-9 March 2011, we caught up with Joe Hinzer to find out what’s on the agenda.
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Golden Phoenix Minerals: Royalty Mining In The Americas
by Allen Alper Jr. and Jeff Senior


CEO and Director Thomas Klein joined Golden Phoenix when it got into financial difficulties in the fall of 2008 due to the price of molybdenum crashing from $40 to below $10. The company has been running for around twelve years and had previously brought two mines into production for a period of time — the Ashdown Mine and the Mineral Ridge project, both in Nevada.
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King Island Scheelite: Developing a Tungsten Mine on King Island
by Allen Alper Jr.


This Australian company is named after its main project, which is to develop a tungsten mine on King Island, situated on King Island in Tasmania - Australia. Chief Executive Officer Simon Bird spoke to us and gave a presentation on the project at the recent ITIA Annual General Meeting in Austria.
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Largo Resources Seeks to be a Significant Low Cost Producer of Vanadium and Tungsten
by Allen M. Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos


Savvy investors carefully watch for businesses that not only work on growing revenue but also manage their costs and drive them down to grow profit margins.
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Thompson Creek Metals: Their Moly Focus is their Strength… And There's More to Come
by Allen M. Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos

Some companies pursue a diversified approach and broaden their skill-set while minimizing their risks. Other companies go in the opposite direction, focusing solely on a single target, which gives them other advantages and mitigates other risks. Thompson Creek Metals Company (NYSE: TC, TSX: TCM) pursues the latter strategy and investors who are excited about the burgeoning opportunities in the molybdenum market will love this company's focus.
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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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Exciting Times for Levon Resources: Gold, Silver, Lead, Molybdenum and Zinc!
by Dr Allen M. Alper and Bryan Martin


For more than 20 years Ron Tremblay had been exclusively involved in mining finance. So when he was approached three-and-a-half years ago by Vancouver-based junior Levon Resources Ltd to oversee operations, it didn’t take long for the now-president and CEO to make what has become a pivotal venture into mineral exploration.
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Avanti Mining focuses on Molybdenum: An Experienced Gold Manager Turns His Attention to Molybdenum
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos


Gold, silver, uranium, and other metals often get glamorous headlines and a dedicated following who will invest in them and swear by them through thick and thin.
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The Waterfront Mining Group: Molybdenum, Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Platinum, Palladium and Silver
by Dr. Allen Alper and Mindy Matter


With five publicly traded companies, and numerous deposit projects, The Waterfront Mining Group is poised to make a sizable impact in the metals industry in the years ahead
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Riches in the Mountains of Mexico-Tony Rovira of Azure Minerals
by Dr. Allen Alper and Jill Cueni-Cohen

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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Avalon Rare Metals Inc.: Advancing Green Energy Technology
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Jill Cueni-Cohen

Metalsnews.com interviewed Don Bubar in Calgary. He has a very strong background in geological exploration and has assembled an excellent team of employees, management, board and consultants to explore and develop one of the largest and richest potential new sources of rare earth elements in the world.
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Dr. Allen M. Alper Interviews Chris Herald, President and CEO of Solitario Exploration at the 2009 Cambridge Vancouver Show
by Dr. Allen M. Alper


This is Al Alper talking with Christopher Herald, who's president and CEO of Solitario Exploration & Royalty Corp.
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Mexivada: Gold-Silver, Uranium, Molybdenum and Diamonds in Nevada, Mexico and Africa
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Bryan Martin


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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Tasman Metals Ltd. (TSX.V : TSM; Frankfurt : T61) Bringing Rare Earth to Market Out of Europe
by Dr. Allen Alper


Tasman Metals, a Canadian company, is currently focused on developing the Norra Karr rare earth deposit located in Sweden.
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Larry Reaugh is Ready to Profit from Another ‘M’: Manganese
by Allen Alper Jr. And Aaron Hoos


Smart investors watch for trends and invest accordingly. Some notice trends headed downward and they get out to protect their gains. Others see trends headed upwards and they get in early to earn profits. Smart investors should be paying attention to Larry Reaugh, who has not only identified a compelling and potentially profitable trend for investors, he and his company are doing something about it in a big, big way.
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Mining convention draws people from around the world
by PDAC 2011


For a few days every March, Toronto becomes the focal point for some 20,000 people involved in the world’s exploration and mining industry.
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Ormonde Mining: An Emerging Tungsten Producer
by Allen Alper and Jeff Senior


At the recent ITIA meeting, we caught up with the company’s Chief Operating Officer Steve Nicol and Executive Chairman Mike Donoghue to find out the latest developments. Although an Irish company, Ormonde Mining’s operations are centered in Spain.
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Stan Bharti Leader of Forbes & Manhattan
by Dr. Allen Alper and Jeff Senior


A leading private merchant bank that mainly manages junior resource companies to create shareholder value, Forbes & Manhattan has founded and managed many public and private enterprises. It employs geologists and mining engineers as well as financial professionals and lawyers so it can focus on the global resources sector.
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Malaga Inc is a Niche Tungsten Player with Burgeoning Opportunities
by Allen M. Alper and Aaron Hoos


There's something really compelling about a niche player who is completely focused on one opportunity. In some cases, it can be daring (and even risky) but when fate works in their favor, it's an exciting and even profitable opportunity.
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Copper, Gold, Uranium, Molybdenum: Polar Star Mining: Excelling in Chile
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos


While a lot of the companies we interview here were often started by people who have only ever worked in the mining industry as geologists, it's interesting to get a different perspective from time to time.
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Gold, Platinum, Diamonds and Volcanic Massive Sulphide (VMS) Deposits, a Future Possibility for Barker Minerals
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Aaron Hoos


A hunting trip in 1993 led to Louis Doyle finding coarse placer gold at the end of a culvert. The result was an end to a career in the mutual fund business and the formation of Barker Minerals, of which he is now President and CEO.
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Gold, Molybdenum, Manganese and Magnesium - Larry Reaugh Shares his Expertise with Metals News
by Dr. Allen M. Alper


Back in late 2008, when doom and gloom were everywhere, Larry Reaugh was upbeat about the mining industry, predicting everything would start to pick up. He was proved right, with metal prices soon on the rise, so we went to seek out his latest views on the situation.
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Numerous 100-Percent-Owned Properties, Financially Independent, Diversified and Making Innovations in Eco-Friendly Minerals Applications
by Dr. Allen Alper and Bryan Martin


The last time Metalsnews.com spoke with the ever-ebullient Jack Stoch, President and CEO of Quebec-based Globex Mining Enterprises Inc., his domain included 85 projects, all of which featured elements spanning a vast stretch across the periodic chart. October saw Globex celebrate a milestone of 60 years in the exploration and mining sphere.
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Oroco Resources Moving Towards Production
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Mindy Matter


We had a few moments to catch up with Adam Smith, the Business Development Director of Oroco Resource Corporation recently.
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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
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Bryan Martin


Jack Stoch has very rare abilities and geological and business background that has enabled Globex to have a very successful approach of discovering and acquiring a vast amount of diversified valuable properties and developing them for licensing or partnership.
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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


Western Troy Capital Resources, a mineral exploration company based in Canada, keeps itself pretty busy these days with its advanced stage MacLeod Lake Copper/Molybdenum Project and most recently the company has staked a number of promising new properties in Quebec.
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Moly Mines Ready for Market Upturn
by Dr. Allen Alper and Alison Conte


We interviewed Derek Fisher, managing director of Moly Mines Limited, (ASX and TSX listed), at the Cambridge Vancouver Investment Conference. We are extremely impressed with the knowledge and background of Dr. Fisher and his team. He told us how the firm is focusing its efforts on the Spinifex Ridge molybdenum project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
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Rare Earths Panel Explores Prices, Supply and Demand, and Investors Opportunities
by Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
One of the events at the summit was a panel entitled "The Rare Earth Think Tank". Mickey Fulp, founder of the Mercenary Geologist, moderated the discussion and he was joined by Anthony Alfidi (of Alfidi Capital), John Thomas (the Mad Hedge Fund Trader), and Jeb Handwerger (of Gold Stock Trades). Some of these experts, themselves, own an interest in some of these companies.
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Jon Nadler Talks about Silver's Cloudy Lining
by Allen Alper Jr.
Jon Nadler, Senior Metals Analyst, Kitco Bullion Dealers, is bearish on silver prices. In his talk at the San Francisco Hard Assets Investment Conference, he provided lots of data to back up his position. Mr. Nadler applied the basic laws of supply and demand mentioning that a decrease in demand for silver and a current surplus points to a decrease in price. He’s not totally against silver though; he just says if you do invest in silver, “Do it in addition to a core position in gold.”
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Gareth Hatch: Navigating the Rare Earth Metals Landscape
by Brian Sylvester of The Critical Metals Report (11/22/11)
Gareth Hatch, co-founder of Technology Metals Research LLC, gives us the lay of the land in the rare earth sector. Many variables are shaping this developing market, and from calculating global demand to anticipating individual project costs, data makes the difference in determining viable investments. Gareth Hatch gets down to the nitty gritty in this Critical Metals exclusive, and comes up with some promising projects in the works.
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Critical Raw Materials
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the herd
A critical or strategic material is a commodity whose lack of availability during a national emergency would seriously affect the economic, industrial, and defensive capability of a country.
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Globetrotting Mickey Fulp Brings Back Exciting News
by Dr. Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
There are plenty of arm-chair metals experts who make decisions based on information they dredge up from various sources. But the best experts put on their work boots and willingly get their hands dirty by visiting mines.
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Mine to Magnet
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the herd
The rare earths are a group of 17 elements comprising Scandium, Yttrium, and the Lanthanides. The Lanthanides are a group of 15 (Cerium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium, Holmium, Lanthanum, Lutetium, Neodymium, Praseodymium, Samarium, Terbium, Thorium, Thulium, Ytterbium) chemically similar elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71, inclusive.
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Mickey Fulp Talks about the Critical Problem of “Critical” Metals
by Allen Alper Jr. and Aaron Hoos
Markets go up and down. They are fundamentally propelled by supply and demand but markets are also propelled by investor exuberance over the latest fad. For a while it was gold. We've also seen uranium as the "everyone's-talking-about-it" metal, and copper, and rare earth elements. Right now, the term "critical” is a popular term for a particular group of metals among speculators.
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Jim Letourneau is excited about something you've never heard of
by Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
Some investors invest in a stock because they heard about it from someone they know. Other investors buy into a stock because they read about it somewhere and then did their own research. Jim Letourneau, of Big Picture Speculator, says that people will profit the most by something they haven't heard of.
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Adrian Day is Optimistic about China’s Future and China’s Impact on Commodities
by Allen Alper and Aaron Hoos
It’s easy for investors to get caught up in the hype of the market – which sectors are doing well, which stocks are doing well, and why you might want to invest in something that is skyrocketing. This hype comes from many different directions, but the media and friendly word-of-mouth recommendations from friends and family are often the key influencers.
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Wicheeda Lake REEs
by Richard (Rick) Mills / Ahead of the Herd
The rare earths are a group of 17 elements comprising Scandium, Yttrium, and the Lanthanides. The Lanthanides are a group of 15 (Cerium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Gadolinium, Holmium, Lanthanum, Lutetium, Neodymium, Praseodymium, Samarium, Terbium, Thorium, Thulium, Ytterbium) chemically similar elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71, inclusive.
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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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Banking with Metals
by Allen M. Alper
It’s rare to find a bank at a metals conference, but at the New York Hard Assets Investment Conference, we came across Kristin Kuchem, the Assistant Vice President with EverBank, and we discovered a very interesting connection between this unique institution and the world of metals.
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David Morgan Creator of the Silver-Investor.com
by Dr. Allen M. Alper and Jeff Senior
As creator of the Silver-Investor.com website and publisher of The Morgan Report, David Morgan is considered an authority on the silver market in particular and other precious metals in general. So, we took the opportunity to seek his views on the current state of play and future trends
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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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