Philippine Mineral Exploration Perspective -
Fernando G. Sajona
General Manager
BRASS Technologies Inc.
Consulting Geologist
Edwin G. Domingo
Director for Foreign Assisted Projects
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
13-15 September 2011
Manila Philippines
Philippine Mineral Exploration Perspective -
Fernando G. Sajona
General Manager
BRASS Technologies Inc.
Consulting Geologist
Edwin G. Domingo
Director for Foreign Assisted Projects
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
13-15 September 2011
Manila Philippines
Evidence of Clay Mineralization on Tropical Sediments from Afikpo Graben, SE ...Premier Publishers
Sedimentation in the Afikpo graben (SE Nigeria) thus commenced with the Campano-Maastrichtian marine and paralic shales of the Enugu and Nkporo Formations, overlain by the Mamu Formation. The fluviodeltaic and subtidal sandstones of the Ajali Formation lie on the Mamu Formation. The overlying deltaic Nsukka and marine shales of the Imo and Ameke Formations were deposited during the Paleocene. These two formations (Mamu and Nsukka) consist of a cyclic succession of coals, carbonaceous shales, silty shales and siltstones interpreted as deltaic deposits. The primary minerals are Feldspar, Quartz, Pyroxenes, Haematite. The secondary minerals are further classified into two major groups of 1:1 clay minerals and 2:1 clay minerals. The 1:1 clay minerals are kaolinite and halloysite, while the examples of 2:1 mineral are montmorillonite, vermiculite and illite. Clay fractions of shale samples obtained from the Cretaceous Mamu and Nsukka Formations in the Afikpo graben, South eastern Nigeria through the process of sedimentation technique were air – dried and analyzed using the empyrean diffractometer manufactured by Panalytical to determine the presence of clay mineralization in the area. The result shows that the bulk mineral composition of the shales comprises of quartz, clay minerals, carbonates and iron rich minerals, while the dominant clay mineral is kaolinite (70 – 80%) with minor amounts of illite (4 – 7 %) and smectite (10 – 20) as typical composition of tropical sediment.
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Evidence of Clay Mineralization on Tropical Sediments from Afikpo Graben, SE ...Premier Publishers
Sedimentation in the Afikpo graben (SE Nigeria) thus commenced with the Campano-Maastrichtian marine and paralic shales of the Enugu and Nkporo Formations, overlain by the Mamu Formation. The fluviodeltaic and subtidal sandstones of the Ajali Formation lie on the Mamu Formation. The overlying deltaic Nsukka and marine shales of the Imo and Ameke Formations were deposited during the Paleocene. These two formations (Mamu and Nsukka) consist of a cyclic succession of coals, carbonaceous shales, silty shales and siltstones interpreted as deltaic deposits. The primary minerals are Feldspar, Quartz, Pyroxenes, Haematite. The secondary minerals are further classified into two major groups of 1:1 clay minerals and 2:1 clay minerals. The 1:1 clay minerals are kaolinite and halloysite, while the examples of 2:1 mineral are montmorillonite, vermiculite and illite. Clay fractions of shale samples obtained from the Cretaceous Mamu and Nsukka Formations in the Afikpo graben, South eastern Nigeria through the process of sedimentation technique were air – dried and analyzed using the empyrean diffractometer manufactured by Panalytical to determine the presence of clay mineralization in the area. The result shows that the bulk mineral composition of the shales comprises of quartz, clay minerals, carbonates and iron rich minerals, while the dominant clay mineral is kaolinite (70 – 80%) with minor amounts of illite (4 – 7 %) and smectite (10 – 20) as typical composition of tropical sediment.
Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse (President & CEO) presented at the NovaGold SGM re: NovaCopper spin-out. Over 99% of the votes cast were in favour of the spin-out.
Rare earths and rare metals are not often covered by the mainstream media, and because you can’t actually see them, most people are totally unaware of the importance they play in our daily lives – and how important they will be in the future.
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The following article is a overview of the staking rush underway in British Columbia throughout the Rocky Mountain Rare Metal Belt.
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Commerce Resources Corp. reports the results of a prospecting and sampling program completed on the Eldor Property. The results of this program are extremely encouraging, including the highest niobium mineralized sample collected to date from the area: 5.9% Nb2O5.
Commerce Resources Corp. announced that it has closed the second tranche of its previously announced short-form prospectus offering and its non-brokered flow-through private placement.
Commerce Resources Corp. (TSXv: CCE; FSE: D7H) is pleased to announce that it has filed an amended and restated final short form prospectus, amending and restating the short form prospectus dated February 25, 2016, with the securities regulatory authorities in the Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario in connection with a best efforts offering of units (the “Units”) of the Company at a reduced price of $0.075 per Unit for gross proceeds of a minimum of $1 million and up to a maximum of $3 million.
Commerce Resources Corp. (TSXv: CCE, FSE: D7H, OTCQX: CMRZF) announces it has been awarded a grant totaling $300,000 from the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologie (FRQNT) and the Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles (MERN). These funds will be directed to the optimization of tailings management for the Ashram Rare Earth Element Deposit in Quebec.
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Commerce Resources Corp. (TSXv: CCE; FSE: D7H) is pleased to announce that it has filed on February 26, 2016, a final short form prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in the Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario in connection with a best efforts offering of units (the “Units”) of the Company at a price of $0.10 per Unit for gross proceeds of a minimum of $1 million and up to a maximum of $3 million (the “Offering”). The Company has granted the agent an over-allotment option to sell up to an additional 15% of the Offering on the same terms and conditions, exercisable at any time following the closing of the Offering for a period of 30 days.
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1. Market & World Information
Rare Metals
The group of elements comprising the rare metals in British Columbia
is not strictly defined, but typically include the rare
earth elements plus 12 or more additional metals. Information Circular 2011-2
They may be considered “critical” or “strategic” Contact Information
metals in that they are essential for a number of
George Simandl Kirk Hancock
high-tech industrial applications, but at present
Industrial Mineral Specialist Acting Director
only mined at very few locations worldwide,
BC Geological Survey Mineral Development Office
making them potentially vulnerable to supply
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China is the primary world supplier of Rare Metals
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however they are reducing their exports, creating a
large gap in the market. This will provide a worldwide
opportunity for a new supplier of Rare Earth Elements.
BC is well located geographically, and geologically, to
take advantage of this prospect. Selected References
High-Tech Metals in British Columbia
By J. Pell and Z.D. Hora
www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/InformationCirculars/Pages/IC1990-19.aspx
International Workshop Geology of Rare Metals: Abstract Volume
Edited by G.J. Simandl and D.V. Lefebure
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Bulletin 88: Carbonatites, Nepheline Syenites, Kimberlites and Related
Rocks in BC
By J. Pell
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Pages/Bulletin88.aspx
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2. Rare Metal Deposits in British Columbia
British Columbia’s MINFILE database lists more than 90 rare metal
occurrences hosted by carbonatites, nepheline syenites, rare
element enriched pegmatites, skarns, massive sulphide deposits,
sedimentary phosphate deposits and placer deposits. In approximately
25 of these occurrences, rare metals are considered the primary
commodities. The recent surge in interest has added a number of new occurrences.
To date, only a handful of prospects are developed beyond very early stage exploration.
Carbonatite hosted deposits have been the focus of most exploration. Carbonatites occur
within a northwest trending alkaline igneous province that straddles the Rocky Mountain
Trench. It intrudes the Paleozoic strata of the Rocky Mountain Foreland and the eastern
Omineca belt, including an area surrounding the Frenchman Cap dome core gniess complex 1
near Revelstoke. Carbonatite bodies and rare metals mineralization are not always easily recognized.
The potential for further discovery remains high. Rare element pegmatites are also known in British
Columbia, such as those of the Wolverine Metamorphic Complex west of Williston Lake. 6
Selected BC Rare Metal Deposits 3, 4
Point Name MINFILE Deposit Type/Commodity Details
1 Aley 094B 027 Carbonatite / Nb Historical work outlined 20-30 million tonnes
094B 028 of near-surface mineralization. Niobium
mineralization intersected in recent drill holes
over a 900x350m area (open to expansion). A 2010
2
highlight: hole 2010-033 had a 207.3m intercept
averaging 0.66% Nb2O5.
2 Upper Fir 083D 035 Carbonatite / Nb, Ta Among several carbonatite bodies in the area,
(Blue River) 083D 005 exploration has focused on the Upper Fir, which
has a 2010 resource estimate with an indicated 5
36.4 Mt of 195 ppm Ta2O5, 1700 ppm Nb2O5,
inferred 6.4 Mt 199 ppm Ta2O5, 1890 pp Nb2O5.
Assumptions include US$317/kg Ta, US$46/kg Nb. Assessed amenable
to underground room and pillar mining.
3 Wicheeda 093J 014 Carbonatite / REE Drilling in 2008-2009 at the Wicheeda Carbonatite-
Syenite intrusive complex identified significant
rare earth concentrations. A highlight was a
48.64m drill interval of 3.55% REE (1.36% Ce, 1.78%
La, 0.13% Pr, 0.28% Nd)
4 Carbo - Carbonatite / REE, Nb 2010 drill hole CA106-006 intersected 1.43% TREO
across 37.3m of carbonatite lithology.
5 Mount Copeland 082M 255 Nepheline Syenite / REE There are recent reports of high grade REE in initial
chip samples.
6 Mount Bisson 093O 021 Pegmatite NYF / REE The property remains at an early stage of
REE: Rare Earth Elements
093O 041 exploration since discovery in 1987. Surface rock LCT: Lithium-Cesium-Tantalum
TREE: Total Rare Earth Elements
chip samples return up to 8.64% TREE. NYF: Niobium-Yttrium-Fluorine
TREO: Total Rare Earth Oxides
Updated March 2, 2011
Contributors: AJ, BN, KH
