Industrial Minerals


South Korea taps South African project for rare earths supply

05 December 2011

by Mark Watts

Kores and Korean consortium to take stake in Frontier Resources’ Zandkopsdrift mine

Keywords: Kores, Frontier Resources, Zandkopsdrift, Samsung, Hyundai, rare earths

South Korea’s state-owned mining company, Korea Resources Corp. (Kores), has acquired a 10% stake in rare earth mine developer Frontier Rare Earths Ltd.

Canada-based Frontier is developing the Zandkopsdrift mine in South Africa’s Northern Cape,...