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Battle North feasibility outlines high-margin gold mine at Bateman
A feasibility study on Battle North Gold’s Bateman project in Ontario’s Red Lake district has defined a 7-year, 1,315 t/d underground operation. This development features a 21-month construction and ramp-up period, which includes 14 months of gold production offsetting some…
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Sun Metals drills 40.4 metres of 3.34% copper-equivalent at Stardust in BC
Sun Metals has announced assay results for drillholes completed at its wholly owned Stardust project in north-central B.C. These intercepts confirm continuous high-grade copper-gold mineralization over 900 metres down-plunge, continuous between the Canyon Creek and deeper 421 zone at the…
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TOMRA Insight data platform now available for mining applications
Sorting technology company TOMRA has announced that TOMRA Insight, a cloud-based data platform, which enables sorting machine users to improve operational efficiencies, is now being rolled out to more industries, including mining. TOMRA Insight was originally launched to recycling users…
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JV Article: Appia Energy advances its rare earths project in Saskatchewan
Appia Energy is finding the types of REEs that are in demand, and in quantities that can be profitably produced, at its Alces Lake property in northern Saskatchewan. After the September announcement by the Government of Saskatchewan that it would…
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Amex reports highest gold grades yet at Perron’s Denise zone
Amex Exploration has hit the highest grades yet at the Denise zone at its Perron project in northwest Quebec, with the latest results returning 39.6 metres of 9.36 g/t gold from 292 metres depth. The intersection, in hole 192, also…
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Roxgold on track to meet guidance at Yaramoko
Toronto-based gold miner Roxgold says it’s on track to meet the upper end of its guidance for 2020 of 120,000-130,000 oz. gold at its Yaramoko mine complex in southwestern Burkina Faso. The mine, located 200 km southwest of Ouagadougou, produced…
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RANKED: Top 10 lowest cost copper mines
The all-in sustaining cost (AISC) metric has been widely used in the mining industry since 2013 for its comprehensive and transparent look at an operation’s costs. According to data from Miningintelligence, Lundin Mining’s Chapada mine was the clear winner among global copper…
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Commentary: Despite price rise, copper at historic low against gold
According to the popular adage, copper has a doctorate in economics, with an ability to predict turning points in the global economy. This proverb stems from the metal’s use in widespread applications, from power generation and electricity distribution to iPhones.…
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Josemaria eyes production in 2026 at US$3.1B copper-gold mine in Argentina
Josemaria Resources‘ copper-gold-silver project of the same name, located in San Juan, Argentina, will cost US$3.1 billion to build, according to a feasibility study released by the junior. As outlined in the study, a 152,000-tonne-per-day open-pit mine at Josemaria would…
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Talisker adds drills at Bralorne gold project in B.C.
Talisker Resources has expanded the drill program at its past-producing Bralorne gold project, 248 km northeast of Vancouver, B.C., for the second time this year, based on encouraging results. The junior has added 5,000 metres to its planned drill campaign…
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Benchmark drills broad and high-grade intercepts at AGB zone within Lawyers
The most recent drill results from the AGB zone within Benchmark Metals’ Lawyers project in British Columbia hit broad and high-grade intervals of near-surface gold-silver mineralization. This drilling has expanded the AGB zone to the west, to over 600 metres…
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Rockcliff completes earn-in on Bur property in Manitoba
Developer Rockcliff Metals has met the required exploration spend to earn a 100% interest in the 39.8-sq.-km Bur copper-zinc property in Manitoba, 28 km from the town of Snow Lake. To earn this stake, Rockcliff spent approximately $3 million on…
