Michael Berry of Disruptive Discoveries Journal is out with a good slide deck on macro and metals themes that he presented earlier this month for the Quebec Mineral Exploration Association. Mining investors know the story well – excess supply and insufficient demand have hit commodity prices hard, as well as the energy-reliant Canadian economy. Meanwhile, debt… Continue Reading

This morning, Canada Carbon (CCB:TSXV) released further drill results from the winter exploration program being done at their Miller graphite project in Quebec.  Since discovering the VN3 vein in December, the company has focused exploration work there.  In hole DDH13-15, they intersected 1.8m of 48.6% Cg including a 0.5m intersection of 63.2% Cg.  This hole… Continue Reading

This morning, Canada Carbon (CCB:TSXV) announced the preliminary results of laboratory characterization tests being conducted by Evans Analytical Group (EAG) on its Miller high-purity hydrothermal graphite. The results were obtained using Raman spectroscopy and definitely determines the degree of crystallinity of graphite (and other materials). These tests showed that the Miller project’s graphite has an abnormally… Continue Reading

Mason Graphite (LLG:TSXV) has announced the closing of its previously announced $700,000 equity financing which was announced in accordance with their 40% investment in NanoXplore Inc, the graphene producer.  The offering was fully subscribed for by Mason’s management as well as Forbes and Manahattan executives and was completed at a significant premium to the market price and… Continue Reading

Mason Graphite (LLG:TSXV) is coming off a transformative 2013 whereby the company released an initial preliminary economic assessment (PEA), completed a large, 24,345m drill program and grew their initial resource base by 658% to over 50 million tonnes at 15.6% graphite.  This morning the company announced another milestone, with the signing of a letter of intent to acquire 40% of the… Continue Reading

Not all metals and sectors have the same catalysts; so, to not miss mining opportunities in 2014, we must understand which metals/minerals will face supply gluts, difficulty financing and a lack of investor interest, and avoid them. On the flip side, we must be aware of exactly which metals/minerals are facing imminent supply deficits, because… Continue Reading

Canada Carbon (TSX-V: CCB), Bruce Duncan’s junior mining company advancing the Miller graphite project 80 km west of Montreal, Quebec, announced today that the company had closed a non-brokered private placement of flow-through units for total proceeds of $178,560. All issued units consisted of a flow-through share at $0.16 and one-half of one non-flow through… Continue Reading

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Canada Carbon (TSX-V: CCB), Bruce Duncan’s junior mining company focused on the Miller graphite project in Quebec, announced today that the firm had secured 100% interest from Caribou King Resources for an eight claim parcel contiguous to the company’s past producing Miller graphite mine. The acquisition, which would increase the Miller Graphite property to 94.2… Continue Reading

Bruce Duncan’s Canada Carbon (TSX-V: CCB), which is advancing the Miller graphite project in Quebec, announced the results from an additional chemical characterization of graphite concentrate from the company’s wholly-owned Miller Graphite property. The characterization was carried out to finely measure purity beyond the capability of current conventional infrared techniques. The submitted Miller graphite concentrate… Continue Reading

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Mason Graphite (LLG:TSXV), the company developing one of the highest grade graphite deposits in the world, the Lac Gueret deposit, announced a large increase to the resource base of over 658%.  Lac Gueret now hosts a Measured and Indicated resource of over 50Mt at 15.6% Cg and another 2.6Mt of Inferred resource at 30.5% Cg.  The previous… Continue Reading

“Mason Graphite apparently has the purest deposit in the world and is run by the world’s experts, people who have been in the graphite business a long time…” – Jim Rogers, Chairman of Rogers Holdings Mason Graphite (LLG:TSXV) put together a small, but high-grade, deposit based on 25 drill holes and 2,285m of drilling completed… Continue Reading

Canada Carbon (TSX-V: CCB), a Vancouver-based firm engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in Ontario and Quebec, announced today that the company had commenced the second phase of drilling at their Miller Graphite project located in Quebec. According to the news release, the campaign is intended to define the graphite mineralization at… Continue Reading

Canada Carbon (TSX-V: CCB), a Vancouver-based mineral exploration and acquisition firm operating in Ontario and Quebec, released trenching and drilling assay results from their past producing Miller graphite project located in Quebec. According to the news release, results showed that graphite mineralization extended from the surface to a depth of 39 metres. There were untested… Continue Reading