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  • Appia Energy gallium rare earth elements REE Alces Lake 5G telecommunications

    High grade Alces Lake gallium confirmed

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    A new round of analysis and testing has further confirmed amazingly high grades of gallium associated with the high-grade rare earth zones at Appia Energy Corp.'s Alces Lake property in northern Saskatchewan. An electron microprobe study conducted by the Saskatchewan Research Council successfully demonstrated that the rare earths-enriched monazite mineral from two separate zones and trends at Alces Lake was also enriched with gallium. Following up on the success of this...

  • Salmon gold from Alaska placer mines for Apple environment restoration

    Apple seeks sustainable gold for iPhones

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 1, 2022

    Gold has been a symbol of prestige, royalty and wealth since before man first put words to clay tablets. While jewelry, coins and bars of this gleaming precious metal continues its storied history as a symbol of status and prosperity, today gold is also a very important ingredient to the functionality and reliability of most electronics, including the iPhones, iPads, Macs and other high-tech devises coming off the Apple assembly lines. Wanting to be as highly regarded for its...

  • 62 metals minerals for smartphones iPhone Samsung Galaxy Fold

    Miracle of metals make smartphones smart

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jun 27, 2020

    Morning alarm, news feed, email delivery system, daily planner, camera, calculator, social media medium and, oh yeah, a way to talk with family, friends and colleagues – smartphones have become a necessity for roughly 3 billion of the humans on Earth. While necessity may seem like hyperbole, especially for a device we lived without just a decade ago, how did you feel the last time you left yours behind even for a few minutes? Smartphones are so commonplace that it is easy to o...