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Rare Earth Minerals' 333pc rise after name change puts Aim under fresh scrutiny
What's in a name? About 10m, according to investors in Aim-listed Rare Earth Minerals Plc, whose share price rose 66pc yesterday.

Rare Earth Minerals' new website can still be found at www.zestmusic.com By Rowena Mason, Energy Correspondent 6:00AM GMT 31 Dec 2010
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The company, which does not yet own any rare earth minerals or licences to mine them, was a loss-making music business called Zest until eight days ago.

It has not revealed how it plans to acquire any of the minerals on which China has a near monopoly. Nor has it disclosed the countries where it is targeting acquisitions with just 630,000 of cash in the bank.

However, since it proposed the name change on November 12, its share price has more than quadrupled from 0.35p, valuing it at 3.1m, to 1.52p, valuing it at 13.5m.

The rise is likely to raise further questions about the London Stock Exchange's governance of the AIM market - three years on since Roel Campos, an SEC commissioner, described the junior market as a "like a casino".

It has been under renewed scrutiny since Desire Petroleum's wild share spikes earlier this month. A spokesman for AIM declined to comment on whether the regulatory team is looking into Rare Earth Minerals

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One broker said: "It is penny stock madness, a herd mentality, though I'm not sure what they're trying to cash in on. It is just like a type of dotcom boom situation."

At the height of the dotcom boom, a string of cash shells - companies with a stock market quote but no actual business - listed on AIM. The value collapsed when the bubble burst, prompting the LSE to change its rules.

TD Waterhouse, the retail broker, said Rare Earth Minerals was its most traded stock yesterday, with the most buy orders and fourth most sell orders. "It's the first time I've ever seen it appear in the top ten," a spokesman said.

More than 143m shares changed hands, despite no new publicly available information.

The only announcement the company has made recently has been the award of 98m share options to "directors, staff , consultants and advisors" at 0.5p, redeemable in ten years.

The company's shares also rose sharply in January, when it appointed David Lenigas, a veteran of the world of penny stocks, as a non-executive. He is one of only two board members at Rare Earth Minerals and disclosed he was a director of 94 other companies including Solo Oil, Vatulouka Gold Mines and LonZim.

Last year, a study by Manchester Business School found AIM companies were no more likely to fail than those on other markets. However, they had more chance of survival if older, bigger, had a greater free float and a reputable nominated advisor.

Rare Earth Minerals was unavailable for comment.

kimoldfield 2p or £2 (?) confused

2p for now, £2 is too optimistic, though never say never! :o)

StockMarketWire.com
Rare Earth Minerals said Macarthur Minerals, in which it owns a 15.5% stake, has announced it has applied for an additional exploration licence in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Macarthur Minerals had applied for an additional exploration licence E45/4824, in the Pilbara region adjacent to its existing exploration licences E45/4708 and E45/4709, to extend the contiguous area to 367 square kilometres (90,687 acres).

The Company now has total tenement acreage under application in the Pilbara region of 1,449 square kilometres (358,055 acres), in addition to its Yalgoo, Edah Hill, Ravensthorpe, Sulphur Springs, Whim Creek interests in Western Australia and Nevada Stonewall interests in the United States of America.

Agreement to Acquire a Further Interest in Bacanora Minerals Ltd. and Corporate Update

merger rns just out - YUM!

gla

thought bacanora had kicked rem into touch
can't say i care much as won't go anywhere near anything tainted by lenigas

in contradiction of my previous post ......

i had a very interesting chat with a chap yesterday who was very knowledgeable indeed about this highly risky stock
notwithstanding the prior - i hope late - involvement with that crook david lenigas, lithium certainly has a very interesting and promising future
i believe REM has very significant holdings in the mines for this rare but very valuable commodity

overall, it may be worth buying a few and tucking them in the drawer for 2/3 years

Wow! Can I have some of whatever you are taking cynic?! :o) Undervalued stock at the moment but expect volatility until the lithium etc reaches the market. If it is still around in 2 years time, no reason why it shouldn't be, Tesla will be buying the processed lithium for sure.

why do you want "some of what i am taking"?
but yes, that elon musk connection is certainly part of the equation

Such a change of heart, oozing optimism on a gloomy Monday morning! Gimme some! :o)

i have yet to marry money with mouth :-)

You will probably have plenty of time to do so!

Drill Programme Update at Cinovec Project
Rare Earth Mineral Plc (AIM/ISDX: REM; OTC: REMMY) is pleased to report the analytical results for the confirmation drillholes CIW-13, CIW-14 and CIW-18 at the Cinovec Lithium-Tin-Tungsten Project ("the project" or "Cinovec"). REM holds a 17.64% economic interest in the project (increasing to 20.84% following the Annual General Meeting of EMH to approve a further investment by REM, as previously announced) through its direct equity stake in European Metals Holdings Limited ("EMH").

The full EMH announcement can be found at: http://europeanmet.com/assets/AIM_-_16_Nov_2016_-_Drill_Programme_Update.pdf .

Key Points:
· Analytical results for further three drillholes at Cinovec Main confirmed or exceeded the expected lithium content and mineralization widths.

· The best results are from CIW-14: 82 m averaging 0.48% Li2O, and 175m averaging 0.40%Li2O. The first interval includes high-grade intervals 4m@1.07%Li2O and 4m@1.58%Li2O. The mineralised intercepts are summarized in Tables that are part of this news release, below.

· Drilling continues in the western part of the Cinovec deposit (targeting high grade zones near the rhyolite/granite contact) and in the central part (targeting near-surface mineralization on the flanks of the historic underground mine).


These results and the previously announced drillholes will now be used to enable an interim update of the resource model to be completed. This resource is anticipated to be released in the next 2 weeks.

European Metals CEO Keith Coughlan said "I am very pleased to receive these results as it will allow us to now undertake an interim update of the resource model for the pre-feasibility study. The update is to be used in more detailed mine planning for the study as we expect a significant portion of the deposit to be upgraded to an Indicated Mineral Resource status. I look forward to reporting this update in the next two weeks. In the meantime, drilling will continue to both expand the resource and increase its level of confidence to allow a further resource upgrade in the first half of 2017."

Indicated Lithium Resource at Cinovec Increased by 420%

Highlights:

· Lithium Indicated Resource increased 420% to 2.6 Mt LCE, contained in 232.8 Mt @ 0.45% Li2O (0.1% Li cutoff)

· Lithium Total Resource increased 11.8% to 6.46 Mt LCE, contained in 606.8 Mt @ 0.43% Li2O (0.1% Li cutoff)

· Tin Indicated Resource increased by 64% to 28.6 Mt @ 0.23% Sn, 0.54% Li2O (0.1% Sn cutoff) for 65.8 kt Sn, 0.38 Mt LCE

· Results from the drilling programme support the original Cinovec model. Management are confident that additional drilling will result in further significant resource upgrades.

· Lithium Exploration Target remains 350 to 450 Mt @ 0.39% to 0.47% for 3.4 Mt to 5.3 Mt of LCE.

more.....

hmm yum yum - due the cyclical spike here ;

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm YUM! :-)

gla

just for the interest of you guys ...... from today's FT

Lithium: the next speculative bubble?
The silvery metal’s price has had a meteoric rise, but supply is also accelerating

Yangibana Update and Change of Name

Highlights
· Beneficiation continuous pilot plant testing has successfully validated the simple and effective flowsheet of Yangibana flotation process

· The pilot operation confirmed 70% TREO recovery at a final concentrate grade of 23% TREO.

· Ongoing improvement through optimised flotation circuit chemistry to further improve recovery to >80% at a higher TREO grade.

· Clear indication of progress from bench scale to commercial production.

· Successfully generated bulk samples for downstream engineering equipment design testwork

· Generated concentrate for next stage Hydrometallurgy pilot plant operation scheduled in March

Details of Ownership
On 1 December 2011, REM announced that it had acquired a 30% free carried interest to Bankable Feasibility Study ("BFS") of the Yangibana North Rare Earth Deposit. The exploration costs until the commencement of the BFS are therefore borne solely by Hastings Rare Metals Limited (70% owners and operator). The same terms agreed and announced on 1 December 2012 also apply to Gossan, Hook, Kanes Gossan, Lions Ear and Bald Hill North.

Change of Name
REM is in the process of changing its name to reflect it diversified holdings in the strategic technology materials sector. It is anticipated that this process will be complete by Monday 27 March 2017 at which point REM will become Cadence Minerals plc with the revised AIM ticker KDNC. A further announcement regarding the change of name will be made in due course.

spiffing idea ...... why not waste more money?