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The Turquoise coast in south west Turkey has been a popular area with tourists for many years and it is not hard to see why with its crystal, clear, turquoise waters. (PRWEB) February 19, 2013 Made famous for its beautiful coastline this area has stunning scenery and many picturesque places to visit. The Turquoise coast has a lot to offer: with fantastic nautical experiences, ancient Lycian ruins to explore, extreme sports to sample, mountain trails to wander and beautiful beaches to...

MONTREAL, Quebec, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Solo International, Inc. (OTC:SLIO "Solo International" or the "Company"), an exploration mining company with a focus on deposits of rare earth metals and rare earth elements is pleased to announce it has received encouraging analytical results from samples taken from the previous apatite mine sites on its Philadelphia Property, near Notre-Dame-De-La-Salette in Quebec. During the Company's initial phase of exploration, 42 total...

TSX: MBC OTCQX:MBCFF Shares Outstanding:110,926,614 Fully Diluted:120,044,030 TORONTO, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - MBAC Fertilizer Corp. ("MBAC" or the "Company") (TSX:MBC and OTCQX:MBCFF) is very pleased to report the results of an independent resource estimate update for the rare earths oxides on the Company's 100% owned Araxá Rare Earth Oxide ("REO")-Niobium-Phosphate Project (the "Araxá Project" or the "Project") located in the western part of Minas Gerais State, Brazil....

VANCOUVER, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Search Minerals Inc. ("Search" or the "Company") (TSXV: SMY) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Alterra Resources Inc., are pleased to announce the completion of metallurgical tests on a bulk sample from the Foxtrot Project to produce a high grade REE product for refining. Highlights: -- Mineralogy studies (QEMSCAN) have shown that the REE minerals in Foxtrot are Allanite, Fergusonite, Chevkinite, with minor...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Medallion Resources Ltd (TSX-V: MDL) (OTCQX: MLLOF) - ("Medallion" or the "Company") announces that it has received from SENES Consultants Limited, an internationally-recognized energy, nuclear and environmental consultancy, a report on the Company's proposed large-scale monazite rare-earth extraction facility. The report concludes that such a plant can be operated safely and effectively, while complying with all major...

VANCOUVER, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Plains Creek Phosphate Corporation ("Plains Creek", the "Company") (TSX-V: PCP) announces that as a result of a review by the British Columbia Securities Commission (the "BCSC"), the Company is issuing the following news release to clarify our disclosure. The BCSC identified the following National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") compliance issues in the Company's website corporate presentation and fact sheet. -- On its...

VANCOUVER, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Focus Ventures Ltd. (TSX-V: FCV) is pleased to announce that  preliminary reconnaissance exploration on its 100% owned Machay Project has confirmed the presence of phosphate-bearing sandstone units on its claims (see press release June 6, 2011). Focus's 17,000 hectares are located in the La Oroya-Tarma region roughly 200km east of Lima, central Peru. Focus has identified poorly exposed areas of weathered sandstone, with many samples...

TSX:EMC www.emcmetals.com VANCOUVER, Sept. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - EMC Metals Corp. (the "Company" or "EMC") (TSX:EMC) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an option agreement with Mineral Exploration Services LLC of Reno, Nevada, pursuant to which EMC has an option to earn a 100% interest in a patented mining claim and former scandium property, known as The Little Green Monster, near the town of Fairfield, Utah.  The property represents a high-grade scandium...

In a study that the authors describe as lending credence to the idiom, "by the skin of your teeth," scientists are reporting that the protective shield fluoride forms on teeth is up to 100 times thinner than previously believed. It raises questions about how this renowned cavity-fighter really works and could lead to better ways of protecting teeth from decay, the scientists suggest. Their study appears in ACS' journal Langmuir.Frank Müller and colleagues point out that tooth...

That dry, dusty moon overhead? Seems it isn't quite as dry as it's long been thought to be. Although you won't find oceans, lakes, or even a shallow puddle on its surface, a team of geologists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), working with colleagues at the University of Tennessee, has found structurally bound hydroxyl groups (i.e., water) in a mineral in a lunar rock returned to Earth by the Apollo program.Their findings are detailed in this week's issue of the journal...