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PROCESSING: GoGold’s SART plant up and running at Parral
The SART plant at GoGold Resources‘ Parral tailings reprocessing facility in Chihuahua, Mexico, has been successfully commissioned, reaching steady production in early March. The SART (sulphidation, acidification, recycling and thickening) process makes gold recovery more efficient in instances where cyanide-soluble…
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COPPER-ZINC: Rockcliff grows Rail deposit resource
MANITOBA – Rockcliff Metals has released an updated resource for its wholly owned Rail deposit, with both the total resource tonnes and contained copper-equivalent metal at the 20-sq.-km property more than doubling. Indicated resources have increased to 1.17 million tonnes…
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ZINC-COPPER: Murchison discovers new zone at Brabant Lake
SASKATCHEWAN – Exploration drilling at Murchison Minerals’ Brabant Lake property, 175 km northeast of La Ronge, intersected high-grade copper and zinc mineralization 10 km southwest of the company’s Brabant-Mckenzie deposit. A drill hole completed at the Main Lake target, situated…
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SOFTWARE: Micromine offers free April access in response to COVID-19
CANADA – Micromine, a leader in the mining software space, is offering the mineral community free access this month to its general package, Micromine 2020 in response to any downtime from the COVID-19 pandemic. The exploration and mining solution has…
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DONATION: Redpath Canada donates supplies to North Bay hospital
ONTARIO – In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, North Bay-headquartered Redpath Canada has donated 19,000 pairs of disposable medical gloves to the North Bay Regional Health Centre (NBRHC), a COVID-19 assessment centre. The virus response, together with ongoing medical needs, places additional…
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The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 180: The story of Pretium’s Brucejack mine, ft Joe Ovsenek at PDAC
This episode features a keynote speech by Pretium Resources president and CEO Joe Ovsenek at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto. Ovsenek discusses the history of the Brucejack mine from concept to production over more than 20…
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Premier offers US$205M for Centerra’s stake in Greenstone Gold Mines
Premier Gold Mines is offering to purchase the remaining 50% interest it doesn’t already own in the Greenstone Gold Mines Partnership (GGM) from Centerra Gold for US$205 million. GGM’s principal asset is the Hardrock gold project (formerly known as the Trans-Canada property), in…
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GOLD: Bluestone develops Guatemala project
GUATEMALA – Bluestone Resources announced that, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, work on its flagship Cerro Blanco gold project is ongoing. In a press release, Bluestone said since the project is in the engineering phase and the focus is on project readiness…
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GOLD: Luminex grows Condor with first Camp resource
VANCOUVER – Luminex Resources has unveiled a maiden resource at its Camp deposit, part of its Condor project in southeast Ecuador, of 11.9 million inferred tonnes grading 2.95 g/t gold equivalent for 1.1 million gold-equivalent oz. Camp contains the highest…
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GOLD: Springpole PFS expected in early 2021, says First Mining
ONTARIO – First Mining Gold has released an update on the progress of a prefeasibility study (PFS) and permitting at its 419-sq.-km Springpole gold project in northwestern Ontario. The company now expects results of the PFS to be released early…
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GOLD: Lynx infill work delivers high grades for Osisko
QUEBEC – Infill drilling at Osisko Mining’s Windfall gold project within Quebec’s Abitibi greenstone belt continues to return multiple high-grade intervals. The company’s latest release includes a total of 90 intercepts. Drill highlights from the Lynx deposit include 5.6 metres…
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SOFTWARE: RPMGlobal expands mobile offering
AUSTRALIA – MinVu Shift Manager, RPMGlobal’s intra-shift software solution, has received a major overhaul with the launch of the MinVu Shift Manager app. MinVu Shift Manager is a short-term planning and execution solution. The state-of-the-art tool is a unique, industry-built…
