(Investorideas.com Mining stocks newswire) Graphite. Lithium. Rare earth elements. What do these metals and minerals have in common? They are playing bigger and more critical roles in widely used big kid toys like smartphones, tablets and electric vehicles. Investors can’t stay on top of every hot commodity but Luisa Moreno, mining analyst with Euro Pacific Canada, offers some companies developing graphite, lithium and REE resources for the toys and technology of the future in this interview with The Mining Report.

Canarc Resource Corp. wishes to provide additional information regarding the continued listing review being conducted by the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Goldcorp announced a monthly dividend on Tuesday, July 8th, AmericanBankingNews.com reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 17th will be paid a dividend of 0.05 per share on Friday, July 25th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.16%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, July 15th.

Endeavour Silver Corp. reports strong silver and gold production results in the Second Quarter, 2014, trending ahead of guidance year to date. The Company owns and operates three silver-gold mines in Mexico: the Guanaceví mine in Durango state and the Bolañitos and El Cubo mines in Guanajuato state.

Avino Silver and Gold Mines Ltd. is pleased to announce that further to its press release dated June 26, 2014, it has privately acquired 9,500,000 common shares of Bralorne Gold Mines Ltd. for a purchase price of CAD$0.28 per share (CAD$2.66 million in total), representing approximately 33.3% of Bralorne’s total issued and outstanding shares. Other than 179,149 common shares of Bralorne previously held by Avino, neither Avino, nor any other persons acting jointly or in concert with Avino, previously held any other securities of Bralorne. Accordingly, Avino owns upon completion of the transaction, a total of 9,679,149 common shares of Bralorne, representing approximately 34% of the total issued and outstanding shares of Bralorne.

Agave Silver Corp. today announced that Dr. Darryl Drummond, P.Eng. has retired from the Board of Directors of the Company effective immediately. Dr. Drummond will remain with the Company in an advisory capacity on an ad hoc basis as required. Additionally, the Company is pleased to announce that Dr. Derek McBride, P.Eng. (Ontario/British Columbia) and Mr. Rob Paul have been appointed to the Board of the Company effective immediately.

An active gold mine in Amador County could have a new major shareholder as part of a debt restructuring for Sutter Gold Mining Inc.