Happy Creek Minerals Ltd. (the "Company") announces final drill results from the 2013 drilling on its 100% owned, 165 square kilometre Fox tungsten property. The property is well situated approximately 25 km east of the past producing Boss Mountain molybdenum mine, and 75 km northeast of the town of 100 Mile House in the south-central Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada.

Highlights of new results from the RC zone include F13-19 returning 26.25 metres of 1.19 percent tungsten trioxide (W03), including 3.66 metres of 4.60 percent tungsten trioxide, 0.62 percent zinc, 1.25 g/t silver,

Nagarjun Sakhamuri, managing director of HHV told The Hindi Business Line: “HHV has been designing, developing and commissioning tungsten carbide tools recycling systems for global tooling leaders for more than two decades. This is a major accomplishment for HHV and our team at Bangalore as it is made with in-house engineering and design.”

“The advancement in power metallurgy has led to the development of high performance special tungsten carbide tools made of tungsten carbide. These tools are used in a variety of applications like drilling, cutting, boring,” added Sakhamuri.

Until recently, most winter walkers and runners had two options when it came to battling icy winter trails. One could either put screws in the bottom of their running shoes or invest in a quality pair of ice grips. But now, there came out the new tungsten carbide studded shoes with the studs on the bottom of the shoe to prevent people from slipping and falling.

Screws are more economical and easy to put it. Screws can be purchased at any local hardware store and most runners opt to use sheet metal screws with hex heads. The hex heads grip well on ice as the head of the screw has a lip that digs into the ice and packed snow, providing for better traction. The only tricky part is not screwing too far into the sole and punching through the rubber and into the foot bed of the shoe. This would not be wise and would be the equivalent of standing on a bed of nails.
For those who don’t want to risk studding their own shoes, Skinny Raven will put them in for you for a minimal charge of $10.
Ice grips tend to be more expensive but won’t ruin your sneakers by leaving small holes in the bottom — this is a concern for springtime running when conditions are wet and the potential exists for water to seep into your shoes. Ice grips however are not the most comfortable to run in and are prone to slipping off. Many a runner has come across a rogue ice grip lying in the middle of the trail, seemingly lonely without its matching twin.

Fortunately, another option has recently become available for winter running enthusiasts. Tungsten carbide studded and enhanced friction grip sneakers. Ideal for those running or walking on packed snow and ice, these sneakers come pre-studded with tungsten carbide studs — the same type of studs used on car tires. These studs are supposed to last longer and provide enhanced traction in the wettest and slipperiest of conditions. In addition, these sneakers typically come with an enhanced traction rubber sole that claims to provide the flexible sole needed by runners without sacrificing comfort.

A quick Internet search reveals a number of sneaker companies have now begun to market tungsten carbide studded running shoes to their customers. Brands include Icebug, Salomon, and Asics. All have between 16 and 18 screws in various patterns along the outsole of the shoe and incorporated into the tread.

Like with all things, there are pros and cons to each option. One on hand, I can stud my existing sneakers for about $5-10. My sneakers are already broken in and comfortable and I don’t have to shell out another $100-plus for a new pair of sneakers — at least not for a few more months. After a winter of running on tungsten carbide studded sneakers people typically have to buy a new pair come spring.

The advantage of buying a pair of pre-studded sneakers such as IceBug is that I will have a pair of quality sneakers for winter while saving my other pair for my spring/summer running.

The traction method of choice is personal to each runner, but no matter what option one chooses the goal is the same for everyone: to not slip and fall.


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Avrupa Minerals (CVE:AVU) reported Tuesday phase 2 drilling results from its Covas tungsten joint venture project in northern Portugal, saying the campaign expanded zones of tungsten mineralization in each of the four areas tested while also discovering a new zone.

The project is operated by Avrupa and fully funded by Blackheath Resources (CVE:BHR) under a joint venture agreement signed back in 2011. Blackheath has already earned a 51% stake in the property, and is now close to securing 70%, which requires an additional expense of 700,000 euros by March 20.

Blackheath can also earn a further 15% stake, for a total 85% interest, by funding an NI 43-101 compliant pre-feasibility study by March 20, 2016.

Of the highlights from the phase 2 program, the company returned 3.05 metres of 1.26% tungsten, including 1.05 metres of 2.07%, starting at a depth of 12.75 metres.

Avrupa said that drilling at Castelo extended tungsten mineralization in both the southwest and southeast directions, in previously unexplored areas.

The phase 2 program was comprised of 14 diamond drill holes, drilled in four different target zones -- Muito Seco, Lapa Grande, Telheira, Castelo -- and a new zone lying between the historic Cerdeirinha Pit area and the Muito Seco zone.

The company said that results from both the first and second phase of drilling "clearly indicate" that there is further potential for expansion at all five target areas, as well as for discovery of new mineralization near and around the known mineralized zones.
It added that there are still a number of outstanding, under-explored target areas around the Skarn Ring, as well as in the Covas Dome, itself.

"We are pleased and encouraged with the overall results from the Phase 2 drilling at Covas. We were able to expand and upgrade a number of important target areas," said president and CEO Paul W. Kuhn.

"Our follow-up geological and structural analyses of the new work, combined with all of the historic data, allows us to better target potential high grade tungsten zones, as well as target further expansions of known mineralization.

"We look forward to using this information to plan for Phase 3 drilling, which will bring the JV closer to the goal of completing a NI 43-101 resource estimate for the project."

Covas is a past-producing tungsten mine, and remaining historic resources on the property have been estimated at 922,900 metric tonnes of 0.78% tungsten by Union Carbide in 1980, based on work including 327 drill holes on the property. Mineralization is open to expansion.

Avrupa, which has properties in Portugal, Kosovo and Germany that it is working to joint venture, holds a total of 15 exploration licenses in these European countries, including nine in Portugal. It operates three joint ventures in Portugal, including the Covas partnership and the Alvalade joint venture with Antofagasta Minerals in the southern part of the country. It also recently signed a term sheet to option out its Slivovo project in Kosovo, in a deal with Australia's Byrnecut International.

Aside from preparing its properties for potential joint ventures this year, Avrupa is also looking to add projects in new areas to its exploration pipeline, and drop assets that do not meet joint venture criteria, it said.


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