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Commerce Resources Corp. (TSX-V: CCE) is a mineral resource company focuses on the exploration and development of rare and rare earth metals. The company is specifically focused on the development of its Upper Fir tantalum and niobium deposit in British Columbia, Canada with the goal of becoming a producer of conflict-free tantalum for the global market. The Upper Fir deposit is host to an indicated resource of 7.3 million tons averaging 217 g/t Ta2O5 and will continue to develop in 2010 with drilling, metallurgical test work, and engineering studies.
Commerce is also focused on the exploration of its new deposit, the Eldor carbonatite in Quebec which is highly prospective for niobium, tantalum and rare earth elements.
For more information, visit www.commerceresources.com .
Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. is a Canadian-based company pursuing a value-added, vertically-integrated, business model in the rare earth industry. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries Less Common Metals Limited, located in Birkenhead UK, and Great Western Technologies Inc., located in Troy, Michigan, the Company produces a variety of specialty alloys for use in the rechargeable battery, permanent magnet and aerospace industries. Less Common Metals currently supplies 20% of the world’s SmCo alloy for SmCo permanent magnets and is a significant supplier of of NdFeB alloys for NdFeB permanent magnets. On the mining side, the Company is actively developing five rare earth properties globally, including the former-producing Steenkampskraal Mine in South Africa, on which it holds an option to refurbish and bring back into production. With Steenkampskraal in production the Company will be able to source all the rare earth material required for its manufacturing operations internally. The Company is public and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada and the OTCQX Exchange in the US.
For more information, visit www.gwmg.ca/.
Rare Element Resources Ltd (TSX-V: RES) is a mineral resource company focused on the exploration and development of rare-earth metals and gold. Newmont Mining Company is the partner in gold exploration of the Bear Lodge property, located in Wyoming, USA, but Rare Element has 100% interest in the rare earths. The Company is independently advancing the rare-earth potential of its property with drilling, metallurgical testing, and engineering studies. An NI 43-101-compliant inferred mineral resource of 9.8 million tons averaging 4.07% REO has been estimated, and recent drilling has expanded the deposit. Two addition rare-earth properties have been acquired in Canada and additional opportunities are being considered.
For more information, visit www.rareelementresources.com/.
Stans Energy Corp. (RUU.V) is focused on developing the materials necessary to meet the clean energy demands of the future. The goal of the company is to explore and mine its licensed properties in Kyrgyzstan containing rare earth elements (REEs), uranium, and associated metals in the near term. Stans Energy’s acquisitions are focused on past-producers that are licensed to mine and properties with infrastructure access. Ensuring a consistent supply of these elements will be essential to reducing world carbon emissions, and producing new “Green” technologies.
For more information, visit www.stansenergy.com.
Ucore Rare Metals is an exploration company with significant exploration holdings across North America. The company's Alaska-based flagship property at Bokan Mountain is the site of a Rare Earth Elements (REE) resource that is estimated to be the largest combined heavy and light REE deposit within the United States (all estimates based on USGS data; non 43-101 compliant). Bokan has near term production potential and is located in an area of Alaska specifically set aside for natural resource development, with no residential or indigenous populations in proximity. With a prospective portfolio of properties and a management team comprised of experienced mineral exploration personnel, Ucore is positioned for rapid expansion in a sector exhibiting exponential growth.
For more information, visit www.ucoreraremetals.com.