Comments on: Rare Earths, Plan Nord And The Future Of Quebec

By: prescient11

prescient11 — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:38:41 +0000

Thanks a lot Gareth for the info and update.

Quick question, please tell me P. Wong is going to locate his HREE separation facility in Quebec and that they are talking to Quest and other players to cooperate??

That would make so much sense. Hopefully no hippies attended the meeting! haha.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:25:38 +0000

Hope it succeeds and Quebec meanders off as an independent country and the rest of Canada can breathe a sigh of relief.

By: JR

JR — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:45:39 +0000

In terms of REE the two major projects in northern Quebec are Commerce Resources Corp. (TSXv: CCE) and Quest Rare Minerals Ltd. (TSXv: QRM). The Quebec government has published a planning map that includes road and rail to run north along the west side of CCE up to Kuujjuaq – a remote air access only community. There are also substantial iron ore and nickel projects in the north. For more information on the specific REE companies: http://www.commerceresources.com, and http://www.questrareminerals.com

By: Michael STAVY

Michael STAVY — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:08:07 +0000

Obviously Jean Charest, the Premier of Quebecis, is not a climate change skeptic or denier. He welcomes climate change while at the same time that the Canadian National Government stated that it will not be a signatory to Kyoto Protocol Version 2.0 that will be discussed at the COP 17, 28 Nov-9 Dec 2011 in Durban, South Africa. Meanwhile the country with the largest French speaking population in the world continues to support the Kyoto Protocol Version 2.0 and the EU emissions trading scheme.

By: Ghafar Mohamad

Ghafar Mohamad — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:38:23 +0000

Dear Sir ,

It seems to me for the sake of world minerals demand , especially the rare earths , where China is the world supplier and exporter , Province like Quebec follows sue in the engagement for the Plan Nord .

Thorium which is radioactive and dangerous to human life being ignored , in underling its to scientific-safety debate is the projection of eminence . But investment and construction of the rare earth plants continue all over the world seem without regret . Gebeng in Malaysia is an example .

Plan Nord will come to reality . Nuiklavik is the economic saver for the Province of Quebec . Elements found enough for Quebec economic independency to gain Quebec complete autonomy .

Hope sciences also could protect human life .

By: Gareth Hatch

Gareth Hatch — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:30:50 +0000

@John Clark: I have a partial list of the reported thorium content for some of the projects on the TMR Index, but not for all projects, since some have not and will not publish the data…

Pitinga is on my list of 360-odd projects in the sector. To my knowledge it has no 43-101 / JORC compliant or reliable historical resource estimate, so is not on the main Index.

By: Bob M

Bob M — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 02:25:04 +0000

Wow, things are changing!

By: John Clark

John Clark — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:43:04 +0000

Quebec is certainly mining friendly! Among Quebec REs, prefer those near existing mining and smelting; possibly Geomega has merit, noted good Neodymium content from open pit potential operation.
Went to Neo Material Annual meeting Tuesday; had excellent 1Q2011.
Apparently their Pitinga REs recovery from tin tailings in Brazil has a problem of too much tin residue. Not on your list?
Noted Mount Weld problem of thorium in Malaysia, shouldn’t the cracking and/or extraction step be done at the mine site, with the intention of having a concentrate free of thorium? Why not show thorium levels in your excellent tables?
thanks and regards,
John Clark.