Management appointments announced this week include: Geologist Matti Talikka has been named CEO of explorer Aurion Resources. Geoffrey Fielding is now a special advisor to Brigadier Gold. Paul Cromie is now the exploration manager, Australia, with Kincora Copper, overseeing exploration…
GIW Industries has made Anthony “Tony” Robins the new service centre manager in Fort McMurray, Alta. He brings 39 years of mining experience and passion for slurry pumping will make positive changes for the oil sands sector. Marisa Blank is…
SASKATCHEWAN – Things were looking up for Karnalyte Resources of Calgary last March when it announced it was in talks to fund a new in situ potash mine near Wynyard. Today the company said that the financing talks have broken…
SASKATCHEWAN – Calgary-based Karnalyte Resources has secured an agreement in principle with Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals for US$700 million with which to build phase one of an in situ potash mine at Wynyard. The deal includes spinning-out Karnalyte’s secondary…
Michael Marion and Cormac Kerins have been appointed to new positions with Atlas Copco Portable Energy Canada. Marion has been named national business development manager and Kerins is now the product and business development manager. Marion…
Headquartered in Vancouver, Almaden Minerals has named Doug McDonald its VP of corporate development. His career includes investment banking, corporate mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, foreign trade and resource policy.
The new president and CEO of International Northair Mines will be Andrea Zaradic, who previously held those positions at Troon Ventures. She holds a masters degree in mechanical engineering from the University of British Columbia. David Ernst,…
Thomas Drolet has replaced Robin Phinney as president and CEO of Karnalyte Resources in Calgary. Drolet has more than 40 years experience in the international energy, mining and technology sectors.
VANCOUVER – Belarus’ move to arrest the head of Russian potash major Uralkali (LSE: USKA) on suspicion of corruption and abuse of power erased all hope that the latest spat between Belarus and Russia would fade away and allow the…
Western Potash (WPX-T) has lined up $32 million for its Milestone potash deposit in Saskatchewan, giving it some breathing room to secure more ample funds to advance its hefty $3.3-billion project.
SASKATCHEWAN – The preliminary feasibility study for the production of magnesium compounds at the proposed Wynward potash mine near the town of the same name is positive. Owner Karnalyte Resources of Calgary says that if the plant is…
VANCOUVER — With world populations marching ever upward, and an updated forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimating the largest U.S. corn crop in 75 years through 2012, it comes as no surprise that potash exploration and…