THORIUM AND THE RARE EARTH ELEMENTS ("REEs")

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ARTICLES ABOUT THE REES AND THORIUM

Thursday, March 27, 2008

SPOTLIGHTING THORIUM AND THE RARE EARTH ELEMENTS


As of the date of this writing, here in the United States:



  • Oil prices have climbed to an average $105.35 per barrel, with consequent price increases at the gasoline pumps;

  • Unemployment statistics are on the rise as outsourcing and offshore continue to effectively export jobs, and eventually, entire industries;

  • The Euro is fast overtaking the U.S. Dollar as the currency of choice for transaction payments and as a store of value -- The Euro is roughly worth 150% of the U.S. Dollar;

  • New housing starts are declining, signaling the onset of a "classical" recession;

  • There is a growing trend toward a flight to value from the equity and debt markets toward commodities and tangibles;

  • Active discussions are taking place amongst lawmakers about the tremendous burden on the stability of our domestic economy imposed by our dependency on oil, and about government-sponsored incentives to be instituted for developers and providers of alternative energy sources;

Concurrently, and interestingly:



  • Search engine inquiries (Google) regarding thorium (as a word or theme included in the searches) were greater in number from the period of 1st March to 15th March (e.g., the most recent half-month period) than during the three-month period immediately preceding it. Interest in Thorium is growing, as evidenced by the surge in request for information about thorium in various contexts;

  • Search engine inquiries (Google) regarding the Rare Earth Elements (as a word or theme included in the searches, and not including searches for specific member elements of the Actinide Series or the Lanthanide Series) were greater in number during this same period than in the two-month period immediately preceding it. Interest in the Rare Earth Elements is also growing, based on the surge in inquiries;

  • Both private-sector enterprises and public-sector agencies are spending an increasing percentage of their total budgets on research involving Thorium and its capabilites as a reactor fuel (Floride Reactor, CANDU Reactor and variants, both existing and in the design phase) and as a readily available radiation shielding component for reactors. Various green-friendly organizations are "coming around" to endorsing thorium-fueled power because of its reduced transuranic waste profile -- this is important, as it perceived to be a less likely environmental pollutant and accelerant of Global Warming than any other serious, large-output alternative.

The United States, as well as numerous other nations throughout the world are looking increasingly to thorium. As a side note, a colleague mentioned to me several days ago, "Any day now, I'm expecting that gold will be worth its weight in thorium." I've been told that many a statement made in jest contains a significant element of truth.


Jack Lifton of RESOURCE INVESTOR has written a number of articles about thorium and the Rare Earth Elements. Direct links to those articles are set forth below. The most recent ones are first. Click on these articles and see if they don't seem increasingly prophetic, especially in light of the present economy.



http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=41041

http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=40856

http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=40786

http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=39820


You also might want to take a look at the economic highlights set forth in THE GLOBAL FUTURIST. Click on http://theglobalfuturist.blogspot.com/


When you have finished your review of this material, and you take a second look at the trends in the economy and in the energy sector, you'll want to dig into THORIUM ENERGY, INC. much more deeply.


--THORIUM ENERGY, INC.



Sunday, March 23, 2008

RARE EARTHS - INCREASINGLY PRECIOUS.


Dear Readers:


The Rare Earth Elements ("REEs"), especially those which occur in nature, are a critical component of substantially all of today's communication, transportation, intelligence, medical imaging, refrigerants, computer devices, plasma televisions and a host of other consumer and industrial technologies, as well as defense and scientific exploration and measurement technologies throughout the world.


In the near future, it is anticipated that the REEs will play a major role in emerging nanotechnologies, zero-gravity technologies, medical diagnostics and procedures and a myriad of other, as yet, undiscovered or unexplored uses. The Lemhi Pass is rich with vast veins of readily harvestable, geologically-confirmed REEs, as well as what is the world's largest single desposit of thorium. With the possible exception of some reserves in China (which are rapidly being depleted), and some holdings in Australia and Canada, Thorium Energy's Lemhi Pass property is one of the largest but least publicized treasure troves of these commodities in the world today.


As a matter of interest, in January of 2008, the following market prices were reported for a sampling of the REEs and their nearest neighbors on the Periodic Table of the Elements:



  1. SCANDIUM: $18,000 US per kilogram;

  2. YTTRIUM (Group): $350 -450 US per kilogram;

  3. DYSPROSIUM (Group): $400 - 7,500 US per kilogram.

At this same time, for the sake of comparison: Gold was priced at $12,110 US per kilogram; Silver at $158 US per kilogram; Nickel at $8.38 US per kilogram, and Chromium at $7.50 US per kilogram.


The prices of the REES are anticipated to continue to rise substantially due to several market forces:



  1. DEPLETION OF MAJOR "KNOWN" SUPPLIES (the economics of scarcity);

  2. INCREASES IN AMOUNTS REQUIRED FOR LARGER SCALE PRODUCT MANUFACTURE (demand pull);

  3. INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (more demand pull).

At this moment, THORIUM ENERGY, INC, sits on top of its treasure chest.



The demand for these materials increases every single day, and international supplies of these crucial substances will be subject to significant depletion during the course of these next ten years -- THORIUM ENERGY, INC. has the richest store of these elements, and in a greater concentration than anywhere in the United States or the world, with the exception (at the moment) of China, which produces in excess of 95% of the world's supply of REEs, but is expected to be depleted of these valuable elements to the extent that it will no longer have enough to address its own manufacturing needs, let alone sufficient quantities for export to other users internationally.


Very recently, Saskatoon-based mining company Great Western Minerals Group (GWMG), cited that interest in its holdings of REEs has "never been higher." Great Western Minerals Group, however, does not anticipate any substantial production for the marketplace until 2011 or 2012.
-- THORIUM ENERGY, INC.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

CANADIANS AND CHINESE ENTER INTO THORIUM ENERGY CO-VENTURE

There are significant gains in the prospect and popularity of thorium energy-powered reactors throughout the world virtually every day.

A superb article appeared in the AECL Newsletter about a major Canadian energy firm and a Chinese energy firm entering into a formalized and substantive co-venture agreement for the development and construction of CANDU reactors -- reactors which use minimal uranium and substitute larger amounts of safer, more environmentally-friendly thorium -- to be used in China.

Click on this link for details: http://www.aecl.ca/NewsRoom/News/Press-2008/080111.htm .

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-- THORIUM ENERGY, INC.

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