Copyright © 2026 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.https://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=20526 Home Ventures Ltd - Home Ventures Ltd. is a publicly traded Canadian resource company active in the exploration and development of precious metal and rare earth properties. Management has recently revitalized the company and has developed a group of partners with complimentary expertise and a wide variety of exploration and development experience. Management's goal is to enhance shareholder value through the acquisition and development of high potential exploration projects. Home Ventures acquisitions to date include: Hoidas Lake (Northern Saskatchewan -Rare Earths) Buck Lake (Thunder Bay, Ontario - Palladium/Platinum) Bay Claims (Northern B.C.-Massive Sulphide) Home Ventures represents an opportunity for investors to participate in high potential exploration projects at the ground floor stage of a public company's development. Rare Earths Acquisition - Platinum/Palladium Update Home Ventures Ltd HMV Shares issued 13212516 1998-04-24 close $0.2 Friday Apr 24 1998 Mr Clive Brookes reports, Home Ventures Ltd is pleased to announce it has entered into a Letter of Intent with Daren Resources Ltd of Vancouver, BC, to earn up to a 70% interest in the Hoidas Lake Rare Earths project. The Hoidas Lake project currently encompasses 72 hectares located in Northern Saskatchewan, 35 air miles north-east of Uranium City. Rare earth elements are used in a broad variety of applications including automotive catalytic converters, permanent magnets, rechargeable batteries, petroleum fluid cracking catalysts, glass polishing, ceramics, metallurgical additives, alloys, phosphors for television tubes, x-ray intensifying and fluorescent and incandescent lighting. Trenching and a ground radiometric survey on the Hoidas Lake property in the 1970's showed the apatite veining and related allanite (a rare earth bearing mineral) mineralization ranges from 2 to 5 meters wide over a known minimum strike of 425 meters. A composite of grab samples taken in 1996, estimated to contain 60% allanite, was assayed at Chemex Labs in North Vancouver and yielded over 17% rare earths including: Rare Earth Grade Some Examples of Industry Uses ---------- ------ -------------------------------------- Cerium 7.882% Automotive industry, catalytic converters Europium 0.034% Color televisions Gadolinium 1.139% Super conductors, electronics Lanathanum 4.100% Electronics; Pharmaceuticals, Ceramics Neodymium 2.727% Permanent magnets, Disc drives, electronic motors Praseodymium 1.926% Al...https://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttps://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=2052638013210