Imperial Metals Corporation
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MINING PEOPLE: Colorado, Hycroft, Imperial, Marathon, Pretium, Strongbow
Management moves announced this week include: Pamela White has been appointed corporate secretary of Bell Copper. Tony Barresi will become president and a director of Colorado Resources at the beginning of August. Barresi was previously president and a director of…
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Imperial, Newcrest confirm high-grade mineralization at Red Chris
Exploration drilling has confirmed the continuity of high-grade mineralization at the Red Chris copper-gold mine in northwest British Columbia, 80 km south of Dease Lake and 1,700 km from Vancouver. The mine is a joint venture between Imperial Metals (TSX: III) and…
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COPPER-GOLD: Red Chris deep zone returns 276 metres of 3.3 g/t gold and 1.7% copper
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Imperial Metals has released new results from drilling at the deep East zone at the Red Chris mine, 80 km south of Dease Lake, where it and 70% joint-venture partner Newcrest Mining are gathering data to support…
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COPPER-GOLD: Newcrest takes over at Red Chris JV
Imperial Metals’ sale of a 70% interest in the Red Chris copper-gold mine in B.C. has officially closed, with Australia’s Newcrest Mining now the operator of the asset. Newcrest paid US$804 million for its majority interest. The deal was first…
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ACQUISITION: Australia’s St Barbara to acquire Atlantic Gold
Australian gold producer St Barbara (ASX: SBM) is acquiring 100% of Canadian gold producer Atlantic Gold (TSXV: AGB) in a deal valued at $802 million. St Barbara’s offer represents a 41.1% premium to Atlantic’s closing share price on May 14 and a 40.8% premium…
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TAILINGS: BHP looks to create international oversight for dams
BHP says it is stepping up its work to create an international and independent body to oversee integrity in the construction and operation of all tailings storage facilities across the industry. The Australian company is also calling for greater transparency…
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ENVIRONMENT: Second dam failure for Vale in Brazil
Every mine and mill operator’s worst nightmare is the failure of a tailings dam. Vancouver’s Imperial Metals faced this catastrophe in 2014 at its Mount Polley copper-gold mine in British Columbia. Fortunately no one died. The company remediated the problem…
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COPPER-GOLD: Imperial cites low prices in decision to suspend Mount Polley mining
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver-based Imperial Metals Corp. says the low price of copper is responsible for its decision to suspend mining at its Mount Polley copper-gold project 55 km northeast of Williams Lake. Processing of low grade stockpiles will continue…
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COPPER-GOLD: Imperial Metals posts $28.6M loss in Q3
VANCOUVER – Imperial Metals (TSX: III) recorded a net loss in the third quarter of $28.6 million compared to a net loss of $1.6 million in the same quarter a year ago, with the increase primarily due to reduced income from…
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Imperial’s VP environment talks remediation
Vice-president ‘Lyn Anglin speaks about the aftermath of the Mount Polley tailings spill
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The cleaner, drier future of mine waste
The Mount Polley tailings dam failure has spurred a look at tailings alternatives
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Radical change coming to tailings management
Maybe it’s overstating the case to say the 2014 Mount Polley tailings dam failure changed everything. It hasn’t yet. But it will. Today, the mine’s owner, Imperial Metals – which has already spent about $70 million on remediation efforts at…
