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https://smallcaps.com.au/vanadium-stocks-asx-ultimate-guide/
Vanadium stocks on the ASX: The Ultimate Guide
By John Beveridge – February 22, 2018
The world’s largest battery: Rongke Power’s 800MWh vanadium flow battery factory in Dalian,
Very few industrial metals are thought of as being beautiful but vanadium is one that is.
Capable of being found naturally with a wide range of bright colours as different compounds, vanadium’s name traces back to its exotic heritage, being named after the Swedish Goddess of beauty and fertility Vanadis.
Now, however, it is investors that are belatedly finding a lot of beauty in vanadium, not for its usual role in producing high strength specialty steel alloys but as a battery ingredient that shows immense promise in providing emergency power and stabilising electricity grids around the world.
Elon Musk has shown what is possible
Elon Musk’s large lithium-ion battery plant in South Australia has shown that there is serious money to be made in stabilising the power grid by storing power when it is plentiful and cheap and discharging it during price spikes.
Experts believe vanadium flow batteries, also known as vanadium redox batteries, show even more promise in stabilising power grids in an era of waning coal generation and rising renewable energy.
While vanadium might not have a high profile entrepreneur such as Elon Musk advancing the technology like lithium batteries do, the unique properties of vanadium flow batteries are seen as being so superior that they will emerge as a strong alternative anyway.
What is vanadium?
Vanadium is a fairly scarce transition metal in nature, which is perhaps why it had a couple of false starts before finally being recognised.
Originally discovered by Andres Manuel del Rio in Mexico in 1801, what was then known as brown lead then lost recognition after Manuel was wrongly convinced by other scientists that he was actually looking at various compounds of chromium.
It was rediscovered and named in 1830 by Nils Gabriel Sefstrom but it was not until 1867 that Henry Enfield Roscoe obtained pure vanadium metal, which is hard although malleable, grey and silvery and oxidises on the surface readily, protecting the metal underneath.
Vanadium would go on to achieve world-wide fame, being used in the steel alloy chassis of the first mass produced Ford Model T to reduce weight and increase strength, as well as being used in many racing cars.
It is as an alloying agent that Vanadium is still predominantly used today, with 85 per cent of production going to make items such as axles, bicycle frames, crankshafts, gears and a wide range of high speed tool steels.
However, it is the use of vanadium in vanadium flow batteries that has really caught the attention of investors recently, pushing the price of the metal up by more than 130 per cent in the past year – a bigger price rise than for other “hot’’ battery metals such as cobalt, lithium and nickel.
The price has been driven by tight supply and strong orders from the steel industry, plus the opinion of many experts that vanadium flow batteries will eventually overtake lithium batteries for large scale uses such as grid stabilisation battery plants because of longer life and greater stability.
Vanadium also shows potential to be used in other forms of batteries, with lithium vanadium oxide a potential high energy density anode for lithium-ion batteries while vanadium phosphates could be used as a cathode in lithium vanadium phosphate batteries, another form of lithium-ion battery.
Which battery is better?
While it is always difficult to sift through the competing claims for battery or any other technology, particularly before it has been effectively commercialised at scale, there are some clear reasons why vanadium flow batteries will eventually dominate in large industrial uses such as stabilising power grids.
As vanadium flow batteries use a liquid electrolyte rather than the more familiar solid “cell’’ construction, they are very easy to “scale’’ up or down – you simply change the size of the plastic tank used to house the electrolyte.
Vanadium redox flow batteries can last for 20 years or more, retain their capacity even when fully discharged and charged, and scale up easily to megawatt levels.
That means you can double the size of a vanadium battery and actually reduce the cost of electricity storage while if you did the same thing for a lithium battery that storage cost would have doubled.
Other advantages of vanadium batteries are a much longer lifespan of 20 years or more, a lack of overheating and other thermal issues, ease of manufacture, greater efficiency over time and during variations of temperature and the ability to source more vanadium from environmental hazards such as mine tailings, depleted oil wells and oil storage depots.
Which companies own vanadium?
Vanadium is a little unusual because it is rarely mined on its own, often occurring in vanadium-bearing magnetite iron ore, with most current production coming from South Africa, China and Russia.
Vanadium is also found in bauxite (used to produce alumina and finally aluminium) and in deposits of crude oil, coal, oil shale and tar sands.
That is why supplies could be found in mine tailings, depleted oil wells and oil storage depots, should the demand for and price of vanadium remain high enough to attract investment for vanadium extraction.
That means that a lot of current vanadium deposits are owned by companies whose main purpose is to mine or extract something very different such as oil, bauxite, iron ore, gold, copper or uranium.
Bear this in mind when looking at our list of ‘vanadium’ companies, given that many may produce it as a by-product, some might not even acknowledge they have vanadium and they may have no plans to extract vanadium at this stage.
For example, both BHP (ASX: BHP) and Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) both own large amounts of vanadium and extract some but it would be a long bow to draw to buy shares in either global mining giant in the hopes of getting a price bump on vanadium, given the much larger scale of their other operations.
However, a sustained lift in demand and the price of vanadium would certainly cause even these mining giants and others such as Alcoa (ASX: AAI) and Bluescope Steel (ASX: BSL) to revisit their plans and perhaps increase or begin vanadium production should it be economic.
Vanadium stocks on the ASX
Let’s dig a bit deeper and see the various vanadium companies listed on the ASX and their unique stories.
Aura Energy (ASX: AEE)
Aura Energy has large uranium and poly-metallic projects in Europe and Africa and it is one of those in central Sweden that looks interesting for vanadium.
Häggån is one of the largest undeveloped vanadium polymetallic projects in the world, containing a resource of 7,870 M lbs V, 1,640 M lbs Ni, 2,230 M lbs Zn, 1,070 M lbs Mo and 803 M lbs U3O8.
Located in a sparsely populated area of swamp and forest used mainly for commercial forestry, the project has the advantage of Sweden’s clear regulatory position, which establishes a path from exploration to production.
One of the keys to the project is bioheap leaching, a method widely used in copper and gold industries with some application to the battery metals and uranium industry.
Australian Vanadium (ASX: AVL)
Formerly known as Yellow Rock Resources, Australian Vanadium is now heavily focussed on developing its Gabanintha deposit in Western Australia.
The latest mineral resource figures for Gabanintha is 179.6 Mt at 0.75 per cent vanadium pentoxide (V2O5), made up of a Measured Mineral Resource of 10.2 Mt at 1.06 per cent V2O5, an Indicated Mineral Resource of 25.4 Mt at 0.62 per cent V2O5, and an Inferred Mineral Resource of 144 Mt at 0.75 per cent V2O5.
Australian Vanadium also has a technology company subsidiary VSun Energy that is marketing vanadium flow batteries for a wide range of applications including grid storage for renewable power such as wind and solar and as backup power.
VSun claims that the big advantages of vanadium flow batteries is that they are scalable, have a 20 year lifespan, release energy immediately with a charge retention of up to a year and the ability to discharge fully with no damage or loss.
VSun also says the batteries are inherently safe, being non-flammable and non-explosive and can be cycled many thousands of times with much less capacity degradation compared to alternatives.
Golden Deeps (ASX: GED)
Golden Deeps is exploring extensive leases in northern Namibia using modern mining methods.
It is looking for ore extensions from current mines, which include globally significant copper, zinc, lead, silver and vanadium mines.
The region is well served by sealed roads, high voltage power, telephone and water, rail to port and is close to major towns and mining processing facilities, including the Kombat copper concentrator and Tsumeb Smelter complex (one of only five operating smelters in Africa).
Its Grootfontein Project has a number of significant prospects near historical production centres located on its licence package.
These include the Askevold copper trend, the Abenab/Nosib copper-lead-zinc-vanadium trend and the Khusib Springs copper trend.
King River Copper (ASX: KRC)
King River’s Vanadium project at Speewah in the Kimberley area of Western Australia is claimed to be Australia’s largest vanadium in magnetite deposit.
Measured, inferred and indicated mineral resources reveal 4,712 million tonnes at 0.3 per cent V2O5 and 14.5 per cent iron.
Advanced metallurgical test work has successfully produced high purity titanium dioxide and vanadium pentoxide products, the latter of which is capable of being used in vanadium flow batteries.
The company envisages using an open pit mine on the central deposit and separation, leaching and precipitation processing to produce a vanadium product suitable for vanadium flow batteries.
Neometals (ASX: NMT)
Neometals and its partners have started production at the jointly owned Mt Marion lithium mine and are also developing the Kalgoorlie lithium hydroxide facility.
However, the soaring price of vanadium and titanium has not gone unnoticed and has greatly increased the attraction of its Barambie project in Western Australia.
It is one of the world’s highest grade hard rock titanium projects but also contains a higher grade vanadium deposit in the central zone.
Neometals is now looking at a variety of options including direct shipping of ore to China with a focus on either titanium or vanadium or producing a semi-finished product including both metals itself.
Protean Energy (ASX: POW)
Protean Energy is heavily involved in various energy storage and generation methods including wave power, compressed air storage systems and a stake in a company that has developed a vanadium redox flow battery energy storage system.
The batteries employ vanadium ions in different oxidation states to store energy in the form of two liquid electrolytes which can be designed for highly specific energy and power requirements.
The batteries are an ideal solution for broadening the availability of renewable energy generation sources such as wave, tidal, solar and wind.
Protean is also developing three projects in South Korea through its 50% holding in Stonehenge Korea Limited (SHK).
SHK owns 100% of the Daejon, Miwon and Gwesan projects, which are being targeted for both vanadium and uranium.
Sabre Resources (ASX: SBR)
Sabre Resources is another company similar to Golden Deeps which is active in northern Namibia and is exploring for a wide range of minerals.
Its exploration portfolio covers two licence areas totalling more than 800 square kms which contains more than 60 known copper, lead, zinc & vanadium occurrences.
Sabre’s prospect areas range from grassroots geochemical targets through to resource delineation at the Guchab mining centre and a move to feasibility on the zinc-lead deposits on the Pavian and Hoek Trends.
Sabre is hoping to establish copper and zinc-lead resources for future development but it would not be a surprise for a vanadium discovery to occur for a potential polymetallic mine.
Technology Metals Australia (ASX: TMT)
Technology Metals Australia has been quick to recognise the growing market for vanadium and particularly the metal’s unique ability to exist in four different oxidation states, which is the key to the excellent performance of a vanadium flow battery.
Its Gabanintha Vanadium Project is located 40km south east of Meekatharra in Western Australia and is on strike from and covers the same geological sequence as Australian Vanadium Limited’s Gabanintha Vanadium project.
TNG Limited (ASX: TNG)
TNG’s main focus is an iron-vanadium-titanium project at Mount Peake, about 230 kms north of Alice Springs in the highly prospective Arunta Province of the Northern Territory.
The deposit was discovered in 2008 when TNG outlined a magnetite-bearing gabbro containing high-grade vanadium, titanium and iron, with shallow mineralisation making it suitable for open pit mining.
Mount Peake currently has a total JORC Resource estimate of 160Mt @ 0.28 per cent vanadium (V205), 5 per cent titanium (TiO2) and 23 per cent iron (Fe), 118Mt of which is a Measured Resource status.
A feasibility study finished in July 2015 forecast a 20 year mine life, cash flow of A$11.6 billion, a net present value of $4.9 billion and a pre-tax internal rate of return of 41 per cent.
The project is strategically located close to existing power and transport infrastructure, including the Alice Springs-Darwin Railway, the Stuart Highway and the LPG pipeline.
Venus Metals (ASX: VMC)
Venus Metals certainly lives up to its name with a wealth of different metals in a variety of projects, including nickel, gold, copper, lithium, tantalum and even iron ore.
However it is its Youanmi Vanadium Project that is of most interest to us.
Located about 42 kms southeast of Windimurra in WA, the area was drilled by Australian Gold Resources in the late 1990’s.
From that sampling a Pre-JORC Inferred Resource of 136 Million Tonnes grading 0.42% V2O5 (cut-off 0.27% V2O5) was arrived at, with further drilling confirming thick layers of Vanadiferous Magnetite.
Widenbar and Associates have since produced an inferred Mineral Resource Estimate for the Youanmi Vanadium Deposit, showing two high grade mineralised domains, with low grade domains lying between and above them.
Long AEE.
Long KRC.
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Shall update further this weekend #Best2YOU and ALL!
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$SPMTF ow – Spearmint Intersects Targeted Clay Formation on its Clayton Valley Lithium Prospect
Spearmint Resources Inc. (“SRJ” or the “Company”) (SRJ—TSX.V) (SPMTF—OTCBB) (A2AHL5–FSE) is wishes to announce that the first drill hole has been completed, reverse circulation hole, SMR-1. The hole was TD’ed at 340 feet and penetrated a thick section, approximately 250 feet, of the targeted clay. Samples from SMR-1 were rushed to Reno for immediate assaying. Drilling now continues on hole 2. Spearmints Lithium Project drilling calls for 3 wells testing the green clay formation and 1 deep well testing the deep brine target located less than 1/2 mile east of a Pure Energy Minerals exploration hole that was completed as a production well.
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James Nelson, President of Spearmint states, “We are pleased that the first hole has intersected the targeted lithium bearing clays. We look forward to what the assay results will return and look forward to next 3 holes.”
Clayton Valley Drilling Program:
srj drilling clayton valley.jpg
Spearmint’s current projects include a portfolio of lithium prospects. The ‘Clayton Valley Lithium Prospects’ in Nevada comprise of two claim blocks totalling 800-acres bordering Pure Energy Minerals (PE.v) & Cypress Development Corp. (CYP.v). Spearmint also has three lithium projects in Quebec, including the 4,485-acre ‘Pressiac Lithium Prospect’, the 524-acre ‘Whabouchi Lakes Lithium Prospect’, and the 2,636-acre ‘Whabouchi Lakes West Lithium Prospect’ in the vicinity of Nemaska Lithium Inc. (NMX.t) & Critical Elements Corp. (CRE.v).
Spearmint’s ‘Chibougamau Vanadium Prospects’ comprise of five separate claim blocks totalling 9,735-acres bordering, or in the direct vicinity of, the vanadium deposit of BlackRock Metal’s (private) Ilmenite vanadium project, Vanadiumcorp Resource Inc. (VRB.v) and Vanadium One Energy Corp. (VONE.v).
Spearmint’s current projects also include three areas of focus on gold in British Columbia; the ‘Golden Triangle Gold Prospects’ comprising of four separate claim blocks totaling 4,095-acres bordering GT Gold Corp (GTT.v), the ‘Gold Mountain Prospects’ comprising of three separate claim blocks totaling 1,245-acres bordering Barkerville Gold Mines (BGM.v), and the 3,052 acre ‘Neba Prospect’ bordering Aben Resources Ltd (ABN.v). Spearmint’s 8,482 acre ‘EL North’ Nickel-Copper Prospect is a contiguous land package that includes the ‘EL North, EL North 2 and the BUDDY claims’ in the Eskay Creek Camp bordering Garibaldi Resources Corp (GGI.v). Spearmint’s 1,500 acre ‘WHY WEST’ Magnesium project near Rossland, BC directly borders West High Yield Resources (WHY.v).
If you would like to be added to Spearmint’s news distribution list, please send your email address to info@spearmintresources.ca.
Contact Information
Tel: 1604646-6903
http://www.spearmintresources.ca
“James Nelson”
President
Spearmint Resources Inc.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange Inc. nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange Inc.) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.
$MGXMF fp – MGX Minerals to Proceed with Hydrogen Gasification and Battery Metals Extraction from Petroleum Coke; Receives Initial Vanadium Nickel Cobalt Assay Results
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / February 23, 2018 / MGX Minerals Inc. (“MGX” or the “Company”) (CSE: XMG / OTCQB: MGXMF / FKT: 1MG) is pleased to announce the Company has chosen to proceed with its previously announced partnership with Highbury Energy Inc. (“Highbury”) to develop a detailed thermochemical gasification process to extract metals such as nickel, vanadium, cobalt and hydrogen from petroleum coke (“Petcoke”).
Petcoke samples were obtained from Alberta oil sands (Sample #1) and refinery (Sample #2) sales stockpiles of available petcoke. Samples were analyzed by Acme Labs of Vancouver, British Columbia using standard ICP analyses. Results were as follows:
Sample
Vanadium (V) ppm Cobalt (Co) ppm Nickel (Ni) ppm
Sample #1 421 4.8 76.8
Sample #2 458 2.3(? editr) 53.4
Further analysis of concentrate post-gasification ash samples is now underway with ash amounting to 3% of oil sands petcoke by weight and less than 1% of the refinery petcoke sample. It is expected that the concentrations of metals will directly correspond with the reduction in material, approximately 30x and over 100x, respectively. Analyses of the ash concentrate is expected shortly.
A Phase II study is currently being completed by Highbury and will include analyses of potential site locations, inclusion of pilot scale gasification, advanced metals extraction process design and initial plant design parameters.
Background
Petcoke is a carbon material by-product of the oil and gas industry that forms during the oil refining process. As refineries have become more efficient at processing extra heavy crude oils (bitumen) over the last two decades, output of Petcoke globally has risen significantly. Because Petcoke originates from heavier petroleum fractions, its denser impurities such as metals and sulphur compounds are concentrate in it.
The majority of Canadian Petcoke output occurs in close proximity to oil sand producing regions, where bitumen is upgraded into synthetic crude oil. Specifically, the Province of Alberta is known to host vast stockpiles of Petcoke. According to the Alberta Energy Regulator, petcoke inventories are estimated to have reached 106 million tonnes in 2016(1).
(1) Source: Alberta Energy Industry, Alberta Mineable Oil Sands Plant Statistics
Qualified Persons
The technical portions of this press release were reviewed by Andris Kikauka (P. Geo.), Vice President of Exploration for MGX Minerals. Mr. Kikauka is a non-independent Qualified Person within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 Standards.
About Highbury Energy
Highbury Energy Inc. is an innovative energy company dedicated to the development and utilization of renewable energy resources through the procurement and conversion of biomass. Highbury has developed a proprietary dual-bed steam gasification technology and patented gas cleanup system that converts biomass into high-grade synthesis or fuel gas. This robust process produces a medium calorific value gas from most types of organic matter, such as wood or agricultural wastes, without need of tonnage oxygen. The cleaned synthesis gas can readily replace natural gas in industrial kilns and furnaces in the mineral, pulp & paper, glass, and cement industries. Alternately, the syngas can fuel an internal combustion engine to make electricity, with waste heat used for refrigeration, or district heating. Syngas can also be converted to high value low carbon liquid fuels such as diesel or jet fuel, or into chemicals such as methanol or ethanol.
About MGX Minerals
MGX Minerals is a diversified Canadian resource company with interests in advanced material and energy assets throughout North America. Learn more at http://www.mgxminerals.com.
Contact Information
Jared Lazerson
President & CEO
Telephone: 1.604.681.7735
Web: http://www.mgxminerals.com
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Forward-Looking Statements…
$FTSSF – First Cobalt Corp. (tsx.v:FCC) (otcqb:FTSSF) Announces Commencement of Drilling in Cobalt North
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/networknewsbreaks—first-cobalt-corp-tsxv-fcc-otcqb-ftssf-announces-commencement-of-drilling-in-cobalt-north-2018-02-21
#Cobalt Miners News For The Month Of February 2018
Feb. 23, 2018 10:05 AM ET|1 comment| Includes: AEOMF, AMSLF, ARL, ARRRF, ARTTF, AZRMF, BANC, BHP, BKTPF, BRCSF, BRVVF, BXTMD, CBBHF, CBLLF, CMCLF, CO, COB, CSSQF, CTEQF, CU, CUZ, DRC, ECSIF, FCX, FQVLF, FT, FTMDF, FTSSF, GBLEF, GLCNF, GMRSF, HLPCF, HNLMF, IIDDY, KATFF, KBGCF, MCRZF, MLXEF, NDENF, NILSY, NZRIF, OZMLF, PANRF, PLM, PTNUF, RGARF, RNKLF, SHERF, SMMYY, SNNAF, TAKRF, TSLA, UMICF, UMICY, USCFF, VALE, WCTXF
Matt Bohlsen #Best2ALL!
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4149998-cobalt-miners-news-month-february-2018?uprof=51&isDirectRoadblock=true
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> $AVZ #outperforms in #lithium sector 2018:
For world assets like AVZ “it is lonely at the top”. Facts are all there.
Next 4 months:
1. AVZ raises debt & small equity & goes mining;
2. JV with #China major;
3. Takeover China / Sovereign with JORC.
$GXY can never afford AVZ.
https://twitter.com/ScartWilliams/status/966832285310791680
> $AVZ Historical % Return After & Before each Capital Raise:
1. Acquisition 60% interest Manono #Lithium, #Tin, #Tantalum: 250%
2. #HuaYou Strategic Investment – Aug 2017: 329%
3. ?? – XXX%
Historical capital raises have resulted in material share price gains for shareholders.
https://twitter.com/ML_SuperNinja/status/966853921502146560
> Are you ready to ride the magnificent $AVZ bull?
20,000M of 40,000M drill campaign underway.
1st drill hole will set the tone for the JORC campaign.
Not just #Chinese at the dinner table that want our #lithium bull. This is the perfect hedge against #oil for sovereign funds.
https://twitter.com/ML_SuperNinja/status/965115941922066432
$NCZ Well done team. Finalised off take with world’s second largest zinc smelter. On track to be 5th largest and lowest quartile cost zinc concentrate producer in the world. Bring on Q3 production!!
ty https://twitter.com/KumovaTolga/status/967902222402007042
$AGY.asx – #Li > Argosy Minerals http://www.argosyminerals.com.au/
Argosy Minerals Limited (ASX: AGY) is an Australian company with an interest in the Rincon Lithium Project in Argentina.
The Company is focussed on its flagship Rincon Lithium Project in Argentina – potentially a game-changing proposition given its location within the world renowned “Lithium Triangle” – host to the world’s largest lithium resources, and its fast-track development strategy toward production of LCE product.
Argosy is committed to building a sustainable lithium production Company, highly leveraged to the forecast growth in the lithium-ion battery sector.
$SPMTF – SRJ–TSX.v A2AHL5–FSE SPMTF–USA
Spearmint Resources Inc. Suite 1470 – 701 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC V7Y 1C6 604.899.9150
NEW WEBSITE: http://www.spearmintresources.ca
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Spearmint Intersects Targeted Clay Formation on its Clayton Valley Lithium Prospect
Spearmint Resources Inc. (“SRJ” or the “Company”) (SRJ—TSX.V) (SPMTF—OTCBB) (A2AHL5–FSE) is wishes to announce that the first drill hole has been completed, reverse circulation hole, SMR-1. The hole was TD’ed at 340 feet and penetrated a thick section, approximately 250 feet, of the targeted clay. Samples from SMR-1 were rushed to Reno for immediate assaying. Drilling now continues on hole 2. Spearmints Lithium Project drilling calls for 3 wells testing the green clay formation and 1 deep well testing the deep brine target located less than 1/2 mile east of a Pure Energy Minerals exploration hole that was completed as a production well.
.Clayton SRJ.jpg
James Nelson, President of Spearmint states, “We are pleased that the first hole has intersected the targeted lithium bearing clays. We look forward to what the assay results will return and look forward to next 3 holes.”
Clayton Valley Drilling Program:
srj drilling clayton valley.jpg
Spearmint’s current projects include a portfolio of lithium prospects. The ‘Clayton Valley Lithium Prospects’ in Nevada comprise of two claim blocks totalling 800-acres bordering Pure Energy Minerals (PE.v) & Cypress Development Corp. (CYP.v). Spearmint also has three lithium projects in Quebec, including the 4,485-acre ‘Pressiac Lithium Prospect’, the 524-acre ‘Whabouchi Lakes Lithium Prospect’, and the 2,636-acre ‘Whabouchi Lakes West Lithium Prospect’ in the vicinity of Nemaska Lithium Inc. (NMX.t) & Critical Elements Corp. (CRE.v).
Spearmint’s ‘Chibougamau Vanadium Prospects’ comprise of five separate claim blocks totalling 9,735-acres bordering, or in the direct vicinity of, the vanadium deposit of BlackRock Metal’s (private) Ilmenite vanadium project, Vanadiumcorp Resource Inc. (VRB.v) and Vanadium One Energy Corp. (VONE.v).
Spearmint’s current projects also include three areas of focus on gold in British Columbia; the ‘Golden Triangle Gold Prospects’ comprising of four separate claim blocks totaling 4,095-acres bordering GT Gold Corp (GTT.v), the ‘Gold Mountain Prospects’ comprising of three separate claim blocks totaling 1,245-acres bordering Barkerville Gold Mines (BGM.v), and the 3,052 acre ‘Neba Prospect’ bordering Aben Resources Ltd (ABN.v). Spearmint’s 8,482 acre ‘EL North’ Nickel-Copper Prospect is a contiguous land package that includes the ‘EL North, EL North 2 and the BUDDY claims’ in the Eskay Creek Camp bordering Garibaldi Resources Corp (GGI.v). Spearmint’s 1,500 acre ‘WHY WEST’ Magnesium project near Rossland, BC directly borders West High Yield Resources (WHY.v).
If you would like to be added to Spearmint’s news distribution list, please send your email address to info@spearmintresources.ca.
Contact Information
Tel: 1604646-6903
http://www.spearmintresources.ca
“James Nelson”
President
Spearmint Resources Inc.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange Inc. nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange Inc.) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.
About Spearmint:…
Lithium Miners News For The Month Of February 2018
Feb. 26, 2018 9:10 AM ET|10 comments| Includes: AISSF, ALB, ALTAF, AMVMF, ARYMF, AVLIF, AZZVF, BCRMF, CRECF, DJIFF, DMNXF, EEYMF, ERMAY, ERPNF, FMC, FRRSF, GALXF, ILHMF, LAC, LAXXF, LIACF, LIT, LIXXF, LMMFF, LSSCF, LTHHF, MGXMF, MLNLF, NMKEF, NTTHF, OROCF, PILBF, PLLLY, PNXLF, RDRUY, RRSSF, SQM, STLHF, TWNAF, WMLLF by Matt Bohlsen
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4150610-lithium-miners-news-month-february-2018?
$FYI – Lithium Junior Miner News For The Month Of February 2018
by Matt Bohlsen @sa
Summary
Lithium spot and contract price news – Lithium prices remain steady.
Lithium market news – Junior lithium stocks down on average ~35% from their 12 month highs.
Junior lithium miner company news – Millennial Lithium announces their PFS result of after-tax NPV 8% of US$ 824 million.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4151003-lithium-junior-miner-news-month-february-2018?uprof=46&isDirectRoadblock=true
CCCCF–Small long… US Vanadium Project news… http://www.cornerstonemetals.ca/index.php/news/2018/419-initial-drill-results-confirm-higher-than-expected-vanadium-grades-on-cornerstone-metal-s-carlin-vanadium-project … Gona need Vanadium for all those Vanadium Flow Batteries soon….Cowboy
$RVR np – #Zn > Thalanga Operational Update
http://clients3.weblink.com.au/pdf/RVR/01957535.pdf
Red River Resources Limited (ASX: RVR) (“Red River” or the “Company”) has placed its Thalanga Zinc Project on
standby due to the severe weather conditions in Northern Queensland.
Access roads to Thalanga Operations have been temporarily restricted, impacting the ability of Red River to safely
move operational staff to and from Charters Towers to site. A skeleton crew will remain onsite whilst operations
remain on standby.
Production activities at site, particularly the underground mining operations at West 45, have been negatively
impacted by the weather conditions and associated grid power outages over the past two months and a slower
than expected transition from development to stoping ore resulting in lower than expected underground ore
production and reduced concentrate production.
The Company expects to be recommence full site operations early next week.
About Red River Resources (ASX: RVR)
RVR is the leading ASX pure play zinc producer, with its key asset being the high quality Thalanga Zinc Project in
Central Queensland. RVR commenced concentrate production at the Thalanga Zinc Project in September 2017 and
RVR is focused on maximising returns from the Project by increasing plant throughput and extending mine life
through increasing Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves at deposits currently in the mine plan (West 45, Thalanga
Far West and Waterloo), by potentially converting Mineral Resources into Ore Reserves at Liontown and Orient and
by continuing to aggressively explore our growing pipeline of high quality targets within the surrounding area.
On behalf of the Board,
Mel Palancian
Managing Director
Red River Resources Limited
For further information, please visit Red River’s website or contact:
Mel Palancian Nathan Ryan
Managing Director NWR Communications
mpalancian@redriverresources.com.au nathan.ryan@nwrcommunications.com.au
D: +61 3 9095 7775 M: +61 420 582 887
#Resources ‘supercycle’ will be stronger for longer, says expert – “The super-cycle will be stronger for longer and the synchronised world growth has only pushed it further” #ironore #commodities #growth #mining @gassin123Charts
https://stockhead.com.au/experts/resources-supercycle-will-stronger-longer-says-expert/ $KRD.asx, SYR.asx mentioned.. from ty https://twitter.com/MagnetiteMines/status/969097190445633536
$EGTYF – Eguana Announces 1st Fiscal 2018 Quarter Financial Results and Provides 2018 Outlook
http://www.eguanatech.com/_resources/Q1%202018%20Financials%20Final%20(1).pdf
A Gummie posted Eguana sometime time ago it looked interesting and I subscribed to their newsletter. They have since gone big in Hawaii and are working with a German auto maker. I’m thinking it maybe about time to get in.
http://www.eguanatech.com/
$FYI – PNNL helps form international energy storage organization
https://www.pnnl.gov/news/release.aspx?id=4495&utm_source=PNNL%20News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PNNL%20News%20email
Excerpts:
“Nearly 300 energy storage leaders from several nations — among them, the United States, China, Spain, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Korea — came together in Dalian, China on January 17 to formalize the coalition’s role. The event was hosted by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics.”
“According to Greentech Media, the energy storage market is zooming towards $3 billion by 2022, a tenfold increase from 2016. And, it’s so important to the nation’s power supply that DOE’s Energy Storage Program has funded PNNL since 2008 to advance the state of the art in battery technology for the electric grid.”
MGXMF–Long..Nice over view on U-Tube from Jason Lazerson ( 2/25/18 ) on the Energy future. Zinc air batteries mentioned. About 4 minutes long. MGXMF is getting back in the buy range near its 100 day moving average… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wosNL1R7WrI&feature=youtu.be …Cowboy
$VRB
Energy storage system sent to China
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1113583062823&ca=6f176b92-b510-40c8-8df5-2bfa4f026ab5