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NioCorp’s Mark Smith on the rising global interest in superalloys scandium and niobium

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April 8, 2016 - In a special InvestorIntel interview, Publisher Tracy Weslosky speaks with Mark Smith President and Executive Chairman of NioCorp Developments Ltd. (TSX:NB | OTCQX:NIOBF | FSE:BR3) about the recent successful CAD$11.5 million raise in support of the Elk Creek superalloy initiatives. They also discuss the merits of the project, sustainability and increased global market attention in NioCorp’s super alloys: scandium, niobium and titanium. Tracy…

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Lithium-ion Batteries – The Cobalt Cliff Is Upon Us

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I had a very enlightening conversation on Wednesday morning with the experts at Darton Commodities Limited, a U.K.-based metals trader that specializes in cobalt and serves as an intermediary between cobalt producers and European users. A couple days before the call, Darton sent me a copy of their 42 page “2015-2016 Cobalt Market Review.” It was one of the most impressive and data rich industry overviews I’ve ever seen. Our…

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Ucore COO on the SuperLig®-One separation pilot plant for rare earths

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April 7, 2016 - In a special InvestorIntel interview, Publisher Tracy Weslosky speaks with Ken Collison, COO for Ucore Rare Metals, Inc. (TSXV:UCU | OTCQX:UURAF) on the commissioning of the SuperLig®-One rare earth element separation pilot plant. They also discuss Ucore’s Molecular Recognition Technology (MRT) and both the product and green competitive advantage of MRT. Ucore will be presenting at the upcoming Cleantech & Technology Metals Summit…

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Russia’s Uranium One to increase share in global uranium market

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Uranium One (U1), the uranium holding, operated by Russian nuclear monopoly Rosatom, plans to become one of the world’s leading uranium producers during the next several years, which is expected to be achieved through the reduction of costs and optimization of production. The current situation in the global uranium market remains complex for producers, which is mainly due to low demand and overproduction, however, as part of…

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Rightsizing as a Prelude to Project Liftoff for Peak Resources

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For those needing reminding, Peak Resources Ltd’s (ASX: PEK) main asset is the Ngualla Rare Earth project that is located in southern Tanzania, some 147 kilometres from the city of Mbeya on the edge of the East African Rift Valley. The project is centred upon the Ngualla Carbonatite and was prospected for phosphates in the 1980s by a joint Tanzanian-Canadian university team. The rare earth element (REE) component is…

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Lithium Australia offers investors more upside to success

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Before you begin discussing Lithium Australia NL (ASX: LIT) it is best to remind yourself of the ambitions of this company. As it says on their website, LIT "aims to control the greatest lithium resource base of any entity worldwide, producing battery-grade Li carbonate from Li micas, the ‘forgotten Li resource’.” It is through this prism that you watch moves this company makes, and it has made…

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GM and Tesla Share A Dirty Little Electric Vehicle Secret

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– Using large lithium ion battery packs to provide 200 or 300 miles of electric vehicle driving range EViscerates environmental benefits that are woefully inadequate to begin with. I love toys and performance cars are right up near the top of my list. In the early 90s I owned an Acura NSX, the first Japanese supercar. In the early 00s I owned a ragtop Porsche Carrera which was…

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The Nano One competitive process technology for making lithium-ion battery materials

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April 4, 2016 - In a special InvestorIntel interview, Publisher Tracy Weslosky speaks with Dan Blondal, CEO, Director and Founder of Nano One Materials Corp. (TSXV: NNO) about their patented process technology for making lithium-ion battery materials. Having recently been issued a Taiwanese patent for their battery market, Dan explains the competitive advantage of nanostructuring and clarifies that “…lithium-ion battery materials is not just lithium. There’s cobalt…

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Technology Metals Monthly – Has the decaf, soy latte set hit the Rare Earths Space?

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Well, that was March. What can be said? No price recovery! No market bounce! I was sort of expecting a little action caused by a chocolate induced coma hangover being lifted, but no. Perhaps I’m too old school and remember times when Easter and chocolate was a time of celebration and recovery. Does our new-age, PC, decaf, soy latte set not have the same appetite for the…

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Cleantech: The Essential Investment

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Those who are in the majority today, globally, of policy making believe that the climate is changing due to human activity (anthropogenic causation) and they also at the same time believe that humanity cannot adapt to such changes (as it has, in fact, always done when no human agency was involved or contemplated in such changes) are once again now listening to and sounding an alarm that…

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5 Reasons to Attract Hard Money Lenders into Crowdfunding

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The crowdfunding industry will continue to experience exponential growth in 2016. The entry of 400 of  hard money lenders in the crowdfunding space will add into this growth. Hard money lenders are small groups of investors or private individuals who lend money to house flippers or real estate developers based on the property they are buying and not their credit score. Such loans can cost up to…

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Mark Smith on Largo raising $26.8 million for the only pure producer of vanadium in the world

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April 1, 2016 - In a special InvestorIntel interview, Publisher Tracy Weslosky speaks with Mark Smith of Largo Resources Ltd. (TSXV: LGO), the only pure producer of vanadium in the world, on their recent USD$26.8 million raise. Mark credits Largo’s “truly phenomenal resource”, which has the highest known vanadium ore grade, a well-known technology and a fantastic team as the reason “this one has to win.” Tracy…

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Lithium mine back in action as China demand stays strong

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Poor old lithium, they’re trying to rain on your parade – and on a day when two Australian companies have revived a major mine project there. As reported here on InvestorIntel, Galaxy Resources (ASX:GXY) and General Mining (ASX:GMM) have announced that the Mt Cattlin mine in Western Australia has resumed production. Yet today my colleague John Petersen follows up his earlier ground-breaking work on cobalt, essentially pointing…

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Medical Marijuana – Expect Patient Friendly Changes after Allard

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This is an update to our article from earlier this week, “Allard has no Appeal”. In that article we pointed out the massive risks caused by the Allard decision, leaving the MMPR's in legal limbo. Read that article for context and background, then come back here for the update. The news of the week is that Canopy Growth Corp. announced on March 31 that one of its subsidiaries was granted a license to produce, possess and ship dried marijuana at its facilities in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. What does…

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Cobalt – A Coffin Nail for Cheap Lithium-ion Batteries

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In early March, I was shocked to learn that only 6% of the world’s cobalt is produced as a primary mine product while 94% is produced as a by-product of nickel and copper mining. I found those ratios alarming because: Cobalt is an essential raw material in all high-energy lithium-ion batteries; While conservative analysts forecast that the battery industry’s cobalt requirements will double over the next 10 years, rapid and…

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Argentina Clears Path for Debt Settlement on the Back of President Obama’s Visit

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Argentina’s new government cleared a major hurdle that signals its credibility to the financial world: the Senate yesterday voted, by an overwhelming majority of 54 to 16, in favour of overturning a law that prohibited settlement of debt with a specific group of bondholders – the “holdout” bondholders. This is significant on two fronts: firstly, the vote by the Senate removes the final impediment to settling the…

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Forecast has zinc more than doubling and copper and lead up +50%

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Gold and silver bugs are such inveterate fans that the recent slowdown in the 2016 price rise (read reversal) has not fazed them in the least. The fact that the most serious weakening has been happening while the world reels from the outrages in Brussels and with the background music of the death rattle of the EU  has seemingly also escaped them. Some were ready to lash…
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Cancana JV Arranges Sales Order of 4,500 Tonnes of Manganese

April 7, 2016 (Source) -- Cancana Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:CNY) (the "Company" or "Cancana") and its joint venture partner Ferrometals BV ("Ferrometals"), together Brazil Manganese Corporation ("BMC"), announce a 4,500 tonne sales order of high grade (50% minimum) manganese mineral product.…

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Canadian Metals Closes First Tranche of a Private Placement

April 6, 2016 (Source) -- Canadian Metals Inc. (the "Corporation") (CSE:CME) is pleased to announce that it has closed a first tranche of $ 510,000 (the "First Tranche") of a non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") for total gross proceeds of…

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Critical Elements and Lepidico Extend Lemare Agreement

April 6, 2016 (Source) -- Critical Elements Corporation ("Critical Elements" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:CRE)(OTCQX:CRECF)(FRANKFURT:F12) and Lepidico Ltd ("Lepidico") have agreed to extend the date in which Lepidico has to inform Critical Elements of its intention to exercise its right to…

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Pacific North West Capital Provides a Corporate Update

April 6, 2016 (Source) -- Pacific North West Capital Corp. (“PFN” and the “Company”) (TSX.V: PFN; Frankfurt: PJA.F; OTC Pink: PAWEF) is pleased to provide a corporate update on the business plan for Pacific North West Capital. This update will also…

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Abattis Agrees to License Its NOXX Botanical Blends Products

April 6, 2016 (Source) -- Abattis Bioceuticals Corp. (OTCQB: ATTBF) (CSE: ATT) ("Abattis') has agreed to enter a licensing arrangement and marketing partnership with Crimson Capital Group ("Crimson") to commercialize Abattis' NÖXX Botanical Blends Products, which contain Abattis' patent-pending Phyto(NOS)™. Abattis…

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GeoMegA and Innord Sign a Technology License Agreement

April 6, 2016 (Source) -- GeoMegA and Innord sign a technology license agreement - GeoMegA and Innord move corporate headquarters to the NRC Boucherville facility - New telephone number: +1 (450) 641-5119 - GeoMegA announces transaction to sell the Buckingham graphite…

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Nevada Energy Metals Appoints Jeremy Poirier To Advisory Board

April 6, 2016 (Source) -- Nevada Energy Metals Inc. "the Company" TSX-V:BFF (OTC: SSMLF) (Frankfurt: A2AFBV) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Jeremy Poirier to the Nevada Energy Metals Advisory Board. Mr. Poirier has been providing a range of investor awareness and advisory services for both…

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Nano One Announces Closing of Private Placement

April 6, 2016 (Source) -- Nano One Materials Corp. (TSXV: NNO) (FSE: LBMB) ("Nano One") is pleased to announce the closing of its previously announced non-brokered private placement consisting of the issuance of 1,406,250 shares at a price of $0.32 per…

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Tasman Announces Resignation of Director Gil Leathley

April 4, 2016 (Source) -- Tasman Metals Ltd. ("Tasman" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:TSM)(FRANKFURT:T61)(OTCQB:TASIF) announces that Mr. Gil Leathley has stepped down as director of the Company effective immediately to focus on personal matters. Mr. Leathley has been a non-executive director…

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Critical Elements Welcomes the Arrival of the New Model 3 from Tesla

April 1, 2016 (Source) -- Critical Elements Corporation ("Critical Elements" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:CRE)(OTCQX:CRECF)(FRANKFURT:F12). The management team and Board of Directors at Critical Elements would like to congratulate Elon Musk and the Tesla team for bringing the electric car to…

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Aurora Cannabis Provides Operational Update

April 1, 2016 (Source) -- Company Surpasses 1,000 Registered Patients in Three Months Aurora Cannabis Inc. (CSE:ACB)(FRANKFURT:21P)(OTCQB:ACBFF) (WKN:A1C4WM) ("Aurora" or the "Company"), a Licensed Producer of medical cannabis under Health Canada's Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR), is pleased to provide…

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Canadian Metals Announces Shares for Debt Transaction

March 31, 2016 (Source) -- Canadian Metals Inc. ( the "Corporation") (CSE:CME) announces that in light of the Corporation's current working capital position, and in order to preserve its cash to fund development of the Corporation's ongoing projects, it has…

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Harte Gold Announces Initial Closing Under Private Placement

March 31, 2016 (Source) -- HARTE GOLD CORP. ("Harte Gold") (TSX:HRT)(FRANKFURT:H4O)(OTC:HRTFF) announced it has raised gross proceeds of $650,000 pursuant to the initial closing of a non-brokered private placement of up to 10,000,000 Flow Through Units for gross proceeds of…

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Harte Gold Corp. Opens the Market

March 31, 2016 (Source) -- Stephen Roman, Chairman, President & CEO, Harte Gold Corp. (HRT), joined Loui Anastasopoulos, Vice President, TSX Company Services, Toronto Stock Exchange & TSX Venture Exchange to open the market. Harte Gold Corp. is focused on…

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Nano One Highlights High-Voltage Cobalt-Free Battery Material

March 31, 2016 (Source) -- Dan Blondal, CEO of Nano One Materials Corp. (TSX-V:NNO) (FSE:LBMB) announced today that Nano One has successfully produced high-voltage cobalt-free lithium ion battery cathode materials. Testing shows that this Nano One material has advantages over…

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Tasman Provides Update on Norra Karr Mining Lease

March 31, 2016 (Source) -- Tasman Metals Ltd. ("Tasman" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:TSM)(FRANKFURT:T61)(OTCQB:TASIF) - Further to the Company's release of February 23, 2016 and following discussions between Tasman's Swedish legal counsel and the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation…

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Alix Increases Financing

March 30, 2016 (Source) -- ALIX RESOURCES CORP. (“Alix” or the “Company”) (AIX-TSX:V) (37N–FRANKFURT) announces that it is increasing the non-brokered private placement announced on February 10th, 2016 from four million units ("Units") to ten million units at a…

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DNI Update

March 30, 2016 (Source) -- DNI Metals Inc. (CSE: DNI) (FSE: DG7N) ("DNI" or the "Company") announces that, it has received 2 term sheets for funding that would form part of the $7 million funding package for DNI's 2016 business…

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Nano One Announces $450,000 Placement

March 29, 2016 (Source) -- Nano One Materials Corp. (TSX-V:NNO) (Frankfurt:LBMB) (“Nano One”) reports that a shareholder of Nano One has arranged a sale of 1,500,000 common shares of Nano One at a price of $0.335 per share to a…

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Graphite Companies Join Forces for Spherical Graphite Development

March 29, 2016 (Source) -- Elcora Advanced Materials Corp (TSX VENTURE:ERA) ("Elcora"), Northern Graphite Corporation (TSX VENTURE:NGC) ("Northern"), Nouveau Monde Mining Enterprises Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NOU)(OTC PINK:NMGRF)(FRANKFURT:NM9) ("Nouveau Monde"), Metals of Africa Limited (ASX:MTA) ("MTA"), Coulometrics LLC ("Coulometrics") and a private…
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