New Critical Mineral Intercepts Shine a Spotlight on Brazil's Mining Opportunity
Gallium rarely gets mined on purpose. It is usually pulled out as a by-product of aluminum and zinc processing rather than mined in its own right, and Canada, the United States and the European Union all classify it as a critical mineral. The same holds for the rare earths that build the strongest permanent magnets. When both turn up together, near surface, in an established mining jurisdiction outside China, the geology becomes more than a local exploration story; it becomes part of a broader supply-security question.Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC: SPARF) (Frankfurt: 8PC) has ...