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| Precious Metals |
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Potash, Lithium and Rare Earths
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Potash
Potash is the common name given to potassium carbonate and various mined and manufactured salts that contain the element potassium in water-soluble form. Potash is commonly used in glass, soap and soil fertilizer. Its importance in agriculture results in increased demand for potash as an increasing world population leads to greater demand for agricultural goods.
Rare Earths
The principal source of rare earth elements are the minerals bastnasite, monazite, and loparite and the lateritic ion-adsorption clays. Though high in abundance, they are more difficult to mine and extract than the equivalent transition metals, making rare earths more valuable. Industrial use of rare earths include many modern technological devices, including: superconductors, samarium-cobalt and neodymium-iron boron high-flux magnets, electronic polishers, refining catalysts and hybrid care components, among many other uses. With the use of rare earths in modern technology increasing dramatically, the demand for rare earths will continue to grow significantly.
Potash, Lithium and Rare Earths Investments as at March 31, 2012.
Please see our disclosure criteria regarding the investments that are displayed below.
Please see our disclosure criteria regarding the investments that are displayed below.
| Cost | Total fair value | % of total fair value |
| 52,479 | 38,840 | 9.1 |
| Issuer | Security Description | Cost | Fair Value |
% of Sector (FV) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Canada Lithium Corp. CLQ:TSX |
7,500,000 common shares |
4,249 | 4,571 | 10.8 |
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Lithium Americas Corp. LAC:TSX |
5,800,000 common shares 125,000 warrants expire May 13, 2012 500,000 warrants expire Jan 6, 2015 |
7,957 | 5,974 | 14.2 |
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Matamec Explorations Inc. MAT:TSXV |
13,250,001 common shares |
4,597 | 3,710 | 8.8 |
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Mesa Exploration Corp. MSA:TSXV |
3,769,151 common shares 181,818 warrants expire Mar 11, 2013 |
1,569 | 1,527 | 3.6 |
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Rio Verde Minerals Development Corp. TSX:RVD |
6,500,000 common shares 1,000,000 warrants expire Jun 27, 2016 |
2,623 | 2,405 | 5.7 |
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Silver Spruce Resources Inc. SSE:TSXV |
16,000,000 common shares 2,500,000 warrants expire Sep 7, 2012 1,000,000 warrants expire Dec 23, 2012 |
4,540 | 1,120 | 2.7 |
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Stans Energy Corp. RUU:TSXV |
9,175,000 common shares 250,000 warrants expire Apr 28, 2013 |
6,678 | 6,606 | 15.7 |
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Western Potash Corp. WPX:TSXV |
4,000,000 common shares 750,000 warrants expire Jun 16, 2012 500,000 warrants expire Jun 21, 2013 |
4,213 | 4,438 | 10.5 |
