NEW YORK, July 3, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Gold and other mineral commodities remain hot plays among investors looking for market gains or a hedge against inflation, and Wall Street Reporter's coverage of companies presenting at the 2008 Hard Assets Investment Conference in New York City provides plenty of ideas.
For exclusive video interviews with the CEOs of Apollo Gold Corp. (AMEX:AGT), Geologix Explorations Inc. (TSX-V:GIX), and Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (TSX-V:GWG), take a look at www.WallStreetReporter.com.
The combination of strong gold and base metals prices has driven costs for Apollo Gold Corp. (AMEX:AGT) down to minus $3 per ounce of bullion its Montana Tunnels mine produces, says CEO David Russell. "It's a very robust project now."
Highlights include:
- More detail on how significant grades of silver, lead, and zinc have helped build those stunning margins. - Why 2 million ounces in combined reserves and resource are "just the beginning" for another of the company's high-grade gold projects. - A sense of when potential investors can expect to see drilling results emerge from the company's Huizopa project.
Geologix Explorations Inc. (TSX-V:GIX) set out five years ago to find big projects and "we landed on one," CEO Dunham Craig says. "This project's getting bigger and bigger as we go along."
Highlights include:
- How the company's flagship San Agustin project bears the hallmarks of becoming one of the world's great polymetallic mines. - Management's profound operational expertise in Latin America. - Early signs of what an alliance with Newmont in Peru will mean for further exploration efforts.
From gold to a class of minerals that are shaping up to be one of the gold rushes of the next century, Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (TSX-V:GWG) is looking to start producing rare earths by 2011, says CEO Jim Engdahl. "The supply/demand for rare earths is critical and getting more critical every day," he explains. "End users are actually starting to get very, very nervous about where that supply is."
Highlights of the interview:
- More on the rare earth economic proposition and why Chinese sources won't be enough to support projected demand. - The company's unique integrated mine-to-market production strategy. - Upside generated by high phosphate grades on the company's rare earth properties, given the ongoing fertilizer boom.
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About Apollo Gold Corp.
Apollo Gold's strategy is the acquisition and development of gold and precious metals deposits, ranging from the preliminary exploration stage, through bankable feasibility and finally into gold production. Current production is from the Montana Tunnels joint venture and current projects in the pipeline are the "Black Fox" development project in Canada and the exploration project in Mexico known as "Huizopa."
About Geologix Explorations Inc.
Geologix Explorations Inc. is a mineral exploration company focused on acquiring, exploring, and developing gold properties in North and South America. The company has a wealth of experience in the mining industry taking early-stage exploration prospects to final feasibility and ultimately to production.
About Great Western Minerals Group Ltd.
Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. is a Canadian-based company exploring for, and developing, strategic metal resources in North America. Pursuing a vertically integrated business model, the company's wholly owned subsidiaries produce a variety of specialty alloys for use in the automotive, battery, magnet, and aerospace industries.