NUNAVUT – Toronto-based TMAC Resources is reporting bonanza grades from this year’s drilling at the Hope Bay gold project 65 km east of Bathurst Inlet. Work was conducted at both the Doris North and Madrid North deposits. Here are the…
NUNAVUT – The first quarter report did not reflect the full scope of the work being done, but TMAC Resources of Toronto continues to improve mineral processing results at its Hope Bay gold mine 65 km east of Bathurst Inlet.…
Derek Naude has joined the mining practice at Stantec in Saskatoon, Sask. He is an authority on mining shaft design and large capacity hoisting systems. His designs are found at projects in North America, Australia, Europe, Indonesia and South Africa.…
Angela Hamlyn is the new executive director of Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum in Montreal. She has been with the CIM since 2007, first as editor-in-chief of the CIM Magazine and for the last seven months as interim…
Despite a tough environment for mine development, several new gold mines are coming online this year in Canada
VANCOUVER — TMAC Resources (TSX: TMR; US-OTC: TMMFF) has slashed annual production estimates and suspended cost guidance at its wholly owned Hope Bay gold mine in Nunavut due to “processing issues” during ramp up. The company is struggling with its daily throughput…
Bridgestone Americas, headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., has named Bridget Neal the new president of the off-the-road tire division. She is a 15-year employee who has held a number of leader roles in areas such a supply and demand planning, logistics,…
NUNAVUT – Having recently declared commercial production from the Doris deposit at its Hope Bay gold project in the Kitikmeot region, TMAC Resources of Toronto turned its attention to the Boston deposit. The initial drilling program was designed to extend…
NUNAVUT – Toronto-based TMAC Resources has declared commercial production at the Doris gold mine and mill at the Hope Bay project in the Kitikmeot region. The mill has operated at more than 60% of its 1,000-t/d capacity for a 45-day…
With gold prices holding above US$1,200 per oz. and money flowing back into earlier-stage exploration and development projects, gold juniors are poised to make progress at projects around the world this year. Here is a look at six such companies.…
It’s tough enough to have an economy dependent on commodity cycles, but doubly so in the small economies of Canada’s three territories, where the opening or closing of a single mine can make the difference between a growing or shrinking…
AUSTRALIA – Gekko Systems has successfully completed the first stage of the Hope Bay Project. The major milestone encompasses the design, manufacture and shipping of Gekko’s Python process plant with the capacity to treat 1,000 t/d, and a concentrate treatment…