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EMC Receives Initial Report on Metallurgical Test-Work for Nyngan Scandium JV Project in NSW, Australia
Jan. 20, 2011 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- > VANCOUVER, Ja...
About this update from Scandium International Mining Corp.
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