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Cadence JV drill results show positive rare earth indicators

Cadence Minerals plc said the latest drill results were positive indicators from the Simon’s Find deposit at the Yangibana rare earths joint venture in Gascoyne, Western Australia. ECONOMIC ZONE Partner Hastings Technology Metals’ drill results showed a “major 2km long zone of economic mineralisation significantly expanding the existing resource base”. The area also contained “world-beating […]

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Altona partner granted three-year Nankoma licence

Rare earth element (REE) mining company Altona Energy plc has taken its projects in East Africa a step further following the granting of a three-year exploration licence. The company said that Leadway Group Ltd, with which it signed a heads of agreement on 21 September, had been awarded a three-year exploration licence for its tenement […]

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CSM research could predict rare earth element deposits

Pioneering research led by the Camborne School of Mines (CSM) could help geologists locate new concentrations of some the most valuable rare earth deposits.  A team of geologists, headed by Professor Frances Wall from the CSM and including the Australian National University, has discovered a new hypothesis to predict where neodymium and dysprosium could be […]