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REPORT: Survey IDs trade tensions and ESG policies as top issues for miners
Global law firm White & Case has released the results of its fourth annual survey on mining and metals, identifying trade and ESG issues as the industry’s top concerns for 2020. White & Case surveyed 64 senior industry decision makers…
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GOLD: Rubicon infills Phoenix
ONTARIO – Rubicon Minerals has released the results of infill drilling and provided an update on its plans for the Phoenix project. While infill work focused on upgrading resources between the 976 metre and 1,098 metre levels was completed in…
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COPPER-GOLD: Sun Metals extends 421 zone at Stardust
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Explorer Sun Metals has reported results from its 100% owned 96-sq.-km Stardust project which suggest extensions of the 421 zone along its plunge. Drill highlights include: 26.3 metres of 2.59% copper-equivalent; 7.2 metres of 3.29% copper-equivalent; and…
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FORUM: Mining Technology Explore Program
SASKATCHEWAN – The Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority (SREDA) is offering the Mining Technology Explore program, which is aimed at bringing mining projects together with manufacturing and related service companies. SREDA provides financial support to international companies with technologies that are…
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GOLD-SILVER: High-grade intercepts from GT Gold’s Saddle South
BRTISH COLUMBIA – GT Gold has released its final results from 2019 drilling at the Saddle South target located within the Tatogga project; only four holes were completed at this zone last year. Drill highlights include: 53.7 metres of 10 g/t…
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Minera Alamos begins construction of Santana mine
Minera Alamos has started construction of its Santana open-pit heap leach mine in Sonora state and expects to transition from a developer to gold producer this year. “This is a big year for us,” Doug Ramshaw, the company’s president, tells The Northern…
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DIAMONDS: Alrosa starts drilling at flooded Mir pipe
RUSSIA – The world’s top diamond producer by output, Alrosa, announced that it has started test drilling at the Mir kimberlite pipe with the goal of figuring out how feasible it is to reopen this diamond deposit. Located in the…
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GOLD: Eldorado discovers new zone at Lamaque
QUEBEC – Eldorado Gold has announced the discovery of a new zone of gold mineralization, the Ormaque zone, at its Lamaque gold operations. Drill highlights include: 27.3 metres of 10.2 g/t gold; 12.3 metres of 26.82 g/t gold; and 16.25…
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MINING PEOPLE: Crystal Lake, Eldorado, Falcon, First Majestic, Gold Lion, Grid Metals, Hannan, Iamgold, Roscan, Western Atlas
Canadian explorer Crystal Lake Mining has appointed Cole Evans as CEO and to its board as a director. Maurizio Napoli, the company’s interim CEO, will remain its president, vice-president of exploration and director. Evans is the co-founder, president and CEO…
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COPPER: Taseko updates Yellowhead reserves, economics
VANCOUVER – Taseko Mines has completed a new development plan and updated study for its Yellowhead copper project, 150 km northeast of Kamloops, B.C., adding 100 million tonnes to reserves and improving the economics. A new technical report pegs pre-production…
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CONVEYOR: Superior to introduce new mine duty conveyor pulley
MINNESOTA – Superior Industries, a U.S.-based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, will showcase a brand new conveyor drum pulley during CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020 in Las Vegas. It’s one of a dozen new products the company…
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GOLD: Alamos steps out at Island Gold
ONTARIO – The latest exploration release from Alamos Gold’s Island Gold mine suggest presence of high-grade mineralization up to 200 metres outside of the current resource limits. The company reported intercepts from three gold-bearing zones below and to the east…
