Research and Interviews

Hinterland Metals creates rare earth focus by spinning off Yukon gold

www.hinterlandmetals.com • 819.874.8182

Mark Fekete
President, CEO and Director

Hinterland Metals Inc. (TSX.V: HMI) recently announced its intention to spin off its Yukon properties and form a new company. Hinterland will remain focused on rare earth elements in Ontario and Quebec. The new company, Stakeholder Gold Corp. will be focused on Yukon gold. President and CEO, Mark Fekete speaks with Katherine Young of Resource Intelligence about that decision and the activities of the company.

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Fresh from successful financing, Quantum Rare Earth ready to shift Nebraska niobium project into high gear

www.quantumrareearth.com • 604.669.9330

Peter Dickie
President & CEO

Quantum Rare Earth (TSXV: QRE) is finding itself in the middle of a perfect storm: demand for niobium is on the rise; only three mines address the global demand; and the United States, which imports 100% of its supply of this strategic metal, is keen to see the development of a domestic source such as what Quantum Rare Earth potentially has in its hands. “The US market is keenly aware of the fact that right now their niobium supplies are being controlled outside of their country so they are certainly paying keen attention to the domestic sources that are being developed,” said company president and CEO, Peter Dickie. In this interview, Mr Dickie discusses how the company’s core asset, Elk Creek Carbonatite in Nebraska, is positioned to tap opportunities in this highly profitable industry.

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Rising demand for rare earths bodes well for Quest’s landmark Strange Lake project

www.questrareminerals.com • 416.916.0777

Peter Cashin
President & CEO

Quest Rare Minerals’ (TSXV: QRM) discovery of one of the world’s most significant rare earth deposits in 2009 has put the spotlight on this three-year-old Quebec-based company. Backed by an award-winning operations and technical team and rapidly growing awareness and demand for rare earths, Quest Rare Minerals’ outlook is rosy, to say the least. President and CEO Peter Cashin shares his enthusiasm for this young kid on the block and why going to production as early as 2014 is not out of the question.

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Avalon’s BFS in full swing, world’s second largest REE deposit on track for 2015 production

www.avalonraremetals.com • 416.364.4938

Donald S. Bubar
President & CEO

After reaching a major milestone on June 21, 2010 with the release of a pre-feasibility study for its wholly owned Nechalacho rare earths project in Thor Lake, NWT, Avalon Rare Metals (TSX: AVL) is forging full steam ahead with a feasibility study aimed for completion by mid-2012. As further proof of its confidence in the project and commitment to upholding shareholder value, the company has, meanwhile, assembled the operations team needed to bring it to full production. President and CEO Don Bubar discusses why Avalon is a cut above other new potential suppliers of heavy rare earths.

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Commerce Resources’ rare metal advantage – two projects underway

www.commerceresources.com • 604.484.2700

David Hodge
President

When one of the world’s top producers of tantalum decides to restart production after almost two years of inactivity, you know something’s brewing in the marketplace. Improving market conditions and the vital role that tantalum plays in the production of today’s high-tech and “green” gadgets breed predictions that serious shortages of this rare metal are looming. This is good news for potential producers like Commerce Resources who have been very active on developing their Blue River tantalum and niobium project in BC. However, Commerce Resources (TSXV: CCE) is also active on their Eldor REE project in Quebec, which has been called “the most important new grassroots rare earth discovery.” With both these projects underway at this time Commerce Resources is certainly in an advantageous position in the rare metal space.

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PEA boosts Border Coal indicated resource estimates, Goldsource lays groundwork for pre-feasibility

www.goldsourcemines.com • 604.694.1760

N. Eric Fier, CPG, P.Eng.
Chief Operating Officer

Goldsource Mines Inc (TSXV: GXS) is a resource company engaged in the exploration and development of Canada’s newest coalfield in the province of Saskatchewan. Following the landmark discovery of coal deposits in 2008 and extensive drilling on this new thermal coalfield, the Border Coal Project has an estimated 170 million tonnes of coals in all categories as reported in the coal company’s latest preliminary economic assessment announced in February 2011. COO Eric Fier discusses the company’s priorities this year, including efforts to find more economically viable technologies for processing Border coal and why Goldsource could fuel one’s portfolio.

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Argex Mining transitions to development with vast titanium, vanadium deposit

www.argex.ca • 1.877.414.7719

Michael Dehn
President & CEO

Argex Mining (TSXV: RGX) is arguably the only serious junior player in the titanium sector in North America. The company’s La Blache project in mine friendly Quebec has huge historic resources potentially worth billions and a proprietary method of extracting not just the TiO2, but also vanadium and iron. With a Preliminary Economic Assessment on the horizon and a pilot plant almost complete, the company’s CEO, Michael Dehn, is pumped about the year ahead.

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Talmora Diamond searching for the Lena West Diamonds

www.talmoradiamond.com • 416.491.6771

Ray Davies
President

Talmora Diamond Inc. (CNSX: TAI) has benefited tremendously from the work done by its neighbours who have found numerous and widespread kimberlite indicator minerals (KIMs) and diamonds west and south of Talmora, but have not found their source. Despite the good diamond association chemistry of the KIMs, our neighbours have moved on and Talmora is the only property with drill targets and matching KIM chemistry that has not been tested. Talmora’s focus now is on raising funds for a drill program.

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North American Tungsten: The Western world’s largest alternative to Chinese tungsten supply

www.northamericantungsten.com • 604.684.5300

Stephen Leahy
CEO

Only four years are left of the CanTung Mine’s mine life in Northwest Territories, Canada, but don’t expect North American Tungsten (TSXV: NTC) to relinquish its title as the Western world’s largest producer of tungsten concentrate just yet. In fact, the company is on the cusp of something even bigger than CanTung, which supplies 4% of the world’s tungsten concentrates. The project is called MacTung, and “there is nothing in the world like it, including in China,” says North American Tungsten CEO, Stephen Leahy. Now at the permitting stage in the Yukon, MacTung is expected to produce tungsten concentrates averaging 752,000 MTU (metric tonne unit/10 kg) per year in the first five years. The changing market dynamics bode well for MacTung: tungsten prices are up and are likely to stay up, thanks to depleting inventories, increasing global demand, and the decision of China – which accounts for 85% of the world’s tungsten production – to limit exports because of its rapidly growing domestic demand. Mr Leahy discusses how North American Tungsten is positioned to benefit from tungsten’s position as a strategic metal.

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American Manganese jumps into 2011 on track for PFS & pilot plant

www.americanmanganeseinc.com • 604.531.9639

Larry Reaugh
President & CEO

American Manganese (TSXV: AMY) is exploring for a metal that although on the radar of few investors, is the fourth most traded metal in the world, manganese. In particular, AMY’s huge deposit of manganese is ideally suited to producing electrolytic manganese, 97% of which is produced by China. Today there are no mines in the US producing this metal, in spite of the fact that it is essential for steel making and is considered a strategic metal by governments around the world. Larry Reaugh was one of the first miners into the molybdenum field, before most investors had ever heard of it. He intends to be at the front of the pack again with his Artillery Peak manganese deposit, the largest in southwestern US.

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Two producing projects and a long term plan for growth

www.diabras.com • 866.493.9646

Dr Thomas L. Robyn
Head Of Exploration

With two polymetallic, advanced-stage development projects in production, Dia Bras (TSXV: DIB) has a faithful following of investors. The company is net cash-flow positive and predicts increased throughput and lower costs for the next three years. Part of the success lies in a brand new mill on its Bolivar Project in Chihuahua, Mexico, where permitting is easy and the people are mine friendly. Another key ingredient is a top notch management team, including Dr Thomas Robyn, who spoke with Resource Intelligence about making growth happen at Dia Bras.

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Nubian Resources Ltd.

604.859.3007

Graham Chisholm
Director, President & CEO

Nubian Resources Ltd is a Junior Mineral Resource Exploration Company whose objective is to create value for our shareholders by discovering and developing mineral resources, which can be profitably exploited.

Nubian Resources Ltd is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, (TSX.V: NBR) and is focused on Gold, Copper and Cobalt.

The company’s prime focus is on precious metal with a resource potential of 2-3 Mio Au of gold equivalent and to find JV partners to develop it’s African properties.

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Production start for Pine Point a perfect time, says Tamerlane Ventures

www.tamerlaneventures.com • 360.752.9462

Mike Willett
CEO

Optimism about continued robust demand for base metals from the world’s biggest consumers, US and China, and predictions of supply shortages are further strengthening Tamerlane Ventures’ (TSXV:TAM) position as a winning proposition. The company is working towards bringing the world-class zinc-lead Pine Point Property back into production in Northwest Territories, Canada, and developing its Los Pinos heap leach copper project in Peru. “Our NWT project is expected to come on line in 2013, just at the time when these base metal shortages begin. Very much like ‘the perfect storm,’ we will enter the market just when the demand for lead and zinc begins to peak,” said company CEO, Mike Willett. He discusses Tamerlane’s core projects and opportunities that will add to shareholder value.

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International PBX renews investor attention with copper extension north and west on Copaquire

www.internationalpbx.com • 604.681.7748

George Sookochoff
President & CEO

International PBX (TSXV: PBX) released a scoping study in 2009 that revealed positive economics for its Copaquire copper-moly project in Chile. At the time, the project looked more like a moly-copper project than a copper-moly project because the economics weighed so heavily in favour of the molybdenum. Now with drill results outside the limits of the deposit that weigh heavily in favour of copper, company President and CEO George Sookochoff believes the next scoping study will reveal a different story – a copper story with molybdenum credits great enough to nullify operating costs.

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Hot Stocks: Dia Bras

When we spoke to Dia Bras’ (TSX-V: DIB)  Head of Exploration, Dr Thomas L. Robyn, in February, he updated us on the company’s producing mines: Bolivar, a 21,620-hectare copper-zinc property in Chihuahua, Mexico, and Cusi, a 11,319-hectare silver-gold-lead property, also in Chihuahua. Read more

EurOmax: Key player in the Balkans trims fat and zooms in on value-drivers

www.euromaxresources.com • 604.669.5999

Mark Gustafson
President & CEO

“Transition year,” could be defined as a year for maturity and development, and for EurOmax Resources Ltd (TSXV: EOX), 2010 could very well be that year. Aside from appointing a new board of directors and management team, the company reviewed and streamlined its portfolio of properties and future prospects and became a nimbler company in the process. President and CEO Mark Gustafson discusses with Resource Intelligence how the change has allowed EurOmax to focus on its most important value-drivers.

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Mawson Resources’ exciting Rompas Gold, Uranium discovery emerges on the market

www.mawsonresources.com • 604.685.9316

Michael Hudson
President & CEO

Six months ago, Mawson Resources (TSX: MAW) acquired the Rompas Property a gold/uranium property located in Finland. Last fall the company published the first bonanza grades from channel sampling such as 0.95m at 1,424 g/t gold and 1.3% uranium. The results, combined with attention from large investors, caused their share price to soar. Mawson’s President and CEO Michael Hudson tells Resource Intelligence about the exciting discovery. Read more

Far West on track for May PFS with increased capacity, improved metallurgy and economics

www.farwestmining.com • 604.602.9144

Rick Zimmer
President & CEO

Investors who like large, advanced-stage copper, iron ore, gold (IOCG) projects in Chile are increasingly keen about Far West Mining (TSX: FWM). The company is squarely focused on its 485 million tonne Santo Domingo IOCG project, which has a prefeasibility study due out in May. Resource Intelligence sat down with President and CEO Rick Zimmer and CFO Iain MacPhail to talk about the advances the company has made in metallurgy, resource size and economics. Read more

Uranium bull market reinforces Tournigan Energy’s uranium push in Europe

www.tournigan.com • 604.551.2360

Dorian L. (Dusty) Nicol
President & CEO

The recent steady rise in the price of uranium indicates the strong fundamentals in the uranium market from which Tournigan Energy Ltd (TSXV: TVC) stands to benefit. Tournigan is a uranium exploration and development company that has built a portfolio of highly prospective assets in Slovakia, the third largest per capita user of nuclear power in the world. Worldwide, there are 440 nuclear reactors in 30 countries, about 60 new reactors are being built – 27 in China alone – and 150 are planned while another 340 are proposed. President and CEO Dusty Nicol discusses how this scenario bodes well for this advanced-stage pure-play uranium company. Read more

Moly Mines on track for world’s largest most advanced new primary moly project, production by 2013

www.molymines.com • 618.9429.3300

Dr Derek Fisher
CEO

Moly Mines (TSX: MOL), developer of the Spinifex Ridge Molybdenum/Copper Project in Western Australia, is on track to becoming the world’s newest producer of molybdenum. While the overall progress toward completing the financing for the mine’s construction has been slower than it hoped, Moly Mines Managing Director and CEO Derek Fisher is confident the company will meet its goal of starting production by early 2013. The mine’s target production is 10 million tonnes per annum, which will produce on average 11 million lbs of molybdenum in concentrate and 13.5 million lbs of copper in concentrate per annum for the first 10 years. Dr Fisher discusses Moly Mines’ first-mover advantage. Read more

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