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GOLD: Golden Predator testing cyanide-free option at 3 Aces project
YUKON – Vancouver-based Golden Predator Mining has teamed up with EnviroLeach Technologies to use EnviroLeach’s proprietary cyanide-free hydrometallurgical process at the company’s 3 Aces gold project. The technology will be used to extract gold from gravity concentrate at the mine.…
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SILVER: Canada Cobalt pours silver bar from Castle project
ONTARIO – Canada Cobalt Works of Coquitlam, B.C., has poured its initial three silver bars at the Castle silver-cobalt mine 75 km south of Kirkland Lake, near the town of Gowanda. The pour was part of a proof of concept…
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GOLD: TMAC drills more high grades at Doris North BTD Extension zone
NUNAVUT – Toronto-based TMAC Resources continues its underground expansion and in-fill drilling at the Doris North BTD Extension zone at the Hope Bay gold mine 65 km east of Bathurst Inlet. The work has confirmed the continuity of high grade…
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GOLD: Westhaven’s Shovelnose returns 100+ g/t bonanza
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Westhaven Ventures of Vancouver has not only extended the Vein zone but drilled bonanza grades at its Shovelnose gold property 30 km south of Merritt. Hole SN19-19 returned 2.2 metres of 100.50 g/t gold and 133.44 g/t…
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CRUSHING-SCREENING: Metso launches new Nordtrack mobile units
HELSINKI – Metso expanded its line of mobile crushing and screening units for the aggregates industry with an extensive new product portfolio. The new Metso Nordtrack range introduces 19 products designed to meet the requirements of general contractors in particular.…
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RNC bets Higginsville worth cost of dilution
RNC Minerals (RNX-TSX; US-OTC: RNKLF) Chairman and CEO Paul Huet is like the hockey coach who takes over midseason because the team is underperforming. The Toronto-based company brought Huet in as chairman of the board in February to try to turn…
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NICKEL: Fate of Black Swan nickel project to be decided before year-end
AUSTRALIA – Poseidon Nickel’s interim CEO, David Riekie, announced this week that a final investment decision can be expected in the current quarter on the proposed A$30-million restart of the Black Swan nickel mine in Western Australia. Talking at the…
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RESCUE: Victor mine team saves stranded balloonists
ONTARIO – Last week a crew from De Beers Group’s Victor mine site near Attawapiskat responded to an emergency call to aid downed balloonists 100 km west of the now closed mine. The balloonists, from the United States and Poland,…
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ZINC-COPPER: Nyrstar puts Langlois mine on care and maintenance
QUEBEC – Swiss mining company Nyrstar is putting its Langlois zinc-copper mine 50 km northeast of Lebel-sur-Quevillon on care and maintenance. Production will conclude before the end of this year. The company said that rock conditions at the mine have…
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AI: GoldSpot tech used to create geological map at Yamana mine site
TORONTO – GoldSpot Discoveries and Yamana Gold have created a lithological map for the El Penon gold mine site, in northern Chile, using machine learning. GoldSpot says its proprietary technology uses deep learning artificial intelligence (AI) models to create predictive…
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GOLD: Granada hits near surface, high grades at Long Bars zone
QUEBEC – Based in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Granada Gold Mine has shared the first results from the current drill program at its 100% owned Granada gold deposit in the same town. Hole GR-19-E cut 2.0 metres of 12.32 g/t gold, including…
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GOLD: Omineca speeds dewatering at Wingdam project
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Omineca Mining and Metals of Saskatoon, Sask., is preparing to dewater the former Wingdam gold mine 45 km east of Quesnel at Barkerville. Preparations include grouting off the connection between the Wingdam and historic Sanderson mine. This…
