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GOLD: Skeena cuts 36 g/t and finds new mineralization at Snip
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Not only is Vancouver’s Skeena Resources reporting good gold intersections at the former Snip mine, it has discovered a new mineralized zone in the 200 Footwall Corridor. The phase two drill program of 11,000 metres is being…
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LITHIUM: Power Metals makes new find on dome at Case Lake
ONTARIO – Power Metals Corp. of Vancouver says its recent geological mapping program at Case Lake has discovered lithium mineralization on a new dome, Dome 9. This is the first time spodumene has been identified outside the Henry Dome. Dome…
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Canada, Argentina pledge co-operation on mines, energy
BARILOCHE, Argentina – Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Hon. Jim Carr, and Juan Jose Aranguren, Argentina’s Minister of Energy and Mines, signed a memorandum of understanding on June 14 agreeing to combine their countries’ expertise to deliver clean energy…
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MINING PEOPLE: Nautilus and Superior Gold
Toronto’s Nautilus Minerals announced that its country manager for Papua New Guinea Mel Togolo has been knighted by the Queen for service to economic development and to the community. Superior Gold of Toronto has appointed Brian Szeto as VP of…
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TRUCK: Terex 2766C stars in extreme British TV contest
UNITED KINGDOM – Carnage, one of the latest shows from British TV channel Sky, sees contestants battling customized vehicles against each other in a series of challenging arenas. But they aren’t just competing with each other, they also have to…
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Mawson looks to grow gold-cobalt zones at Rompas-Rajapalot
After finishing a 16,000-metre winter drill program in April, Mawson Resources (TSX: MAW; US-OTC: MWSNF) is getting ready for a 12-month exploration program at its flagship Rompas gold property and Rajapalot gold-cobalt property, just south of the Arctic Circle in Finland’s Lapland.…
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GOLD: Wallbridge completes Fenelon underground rehabilitation
QUEBEC – Toronto-based Wallbridge Mining Co. has completed the rehabilitation of the existing underground development at its Fenelon gold project 75 km northwest of Matagami. Now the company has begun ramp development and underground diamond drilling in preparation for taking…
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URANIUM: NexGen sums up Arrow studies
SASKATCHEWAN – NexGen Energy of Vancouver has taken a look at all the pre-feasibility stage technical studies done on the Arrow uranium deposit at the Rook 1 project in the Athabasca Basin. Here is a peek at what will go…
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GOLD: Kinross to begin expansion at Fort Knox mine
ALASKA – Kinross Gold of Toronto has decided to go forward with the Gilmore expansion at its Fort Knox gold mine about 40 km northeast of Fairbanks. The work is expected to extend the life of mine by six years…
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DRILLING: Boart Longyear launches new XQ wireline coring rods
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Boart Longyear is launching new XQ wireline coring rods for use in drilling and coring applications in the mining industry. Well-known for first introducing the industry renowned Q rod, and then the RQ rod which…
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Silver industrial demand rebounded in 2017
The following is an edited summary from the Silver Institute, based on findings in its World Silver Survey 2018. For more information, visit www.SilverInstitute.org. Industrial demand for silver, fuelled by record photovoltaic growth, rose in 2017 for the first time since…
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AWARDS: Young Mining Professionals name 2018 scholarship winners
TORONTO – Young Mining Professionals have named the winners of its three 2018 YMP scholarships. Each winner demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, a commitment to community service, and a high degree of creativity and originality with their submissions. The three $4,000…
