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GOLD: Great Bear drills multiple high grade veins at Dixie project
ONTARIO – Great Bear Resources of Vancouver has hit grades as high as 30.15 g/t gold over 7.25 metres during drilling at its 100% owned Dixie project in the Red Lake District. Both the Dixie Hinge zone (DHZ) and Dixie…
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GOLD: Nuinsco grabs high grades and VG at Sunbeam
ONTARIO – Toronto-based Nuinsco Resources has found high grade gold values up to 122 g/t at the past producing Sunbeam mine 25 km northeast of Atikokan. The bonanza grade came from quartz vein material collected near the mine shaft. Geologists…
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POTASH: Fertilizer Canada decries lack of consultation as Saskatchewan ups tax burden
OTTAWA – Fertilizer Canada – representing manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of nitrogen, phosphate, potash and sulphur fertilizers – has decried the lack of consultation with the Saskatchewan government before changes were made to the current potash taxation regime. Saskatchewan potash…
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MINING PEOPLE: Falco Resources, Essex Minerals, Copper One, and NexGen Energy
Bryan A. Coates Is the new chair of Falco Resources in Montreal following the resignation of Sean Roosen from the board. Coates is also president of Osisko Gold Royalties. Toronto-based Copper One has named Stan Bharti president, CEO and director…
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PUMP: GIW offers HVF pump to stop airlock in flotation cells
GEORGIA – When it comes to extracting materials from a slurry, the method of extraction can have as many consequences as it does advantages. In some processes, air is injected into the slurry, which separates the desired materials (such as ore)…
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VANADIUM: Secova acquires cheap vanadium mineral claims in Quebec
QUEBEC – Secova Metals acquired this week 100% interest in 3,809 hectares of vanadium mineral claims located in three land packages in this eastern Canadian province. In a press release, the Vancouver-based miner said the acquisition, which is a $75,000 arms-length…
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PwC’s Art of Mining winners honoured
The mining industry gathered in Toronto in early March for PwC Canada’s fourth annual Art of Mining event, which showcases mining innovation through a photo competition. This year’s contest featured 20 photo submissions from projects and actors across the globe. With more…
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GOLD-SILVER: Continental tables resource for Buritica’s BMZ1
COLOMBIA – Continental Gold has announced a discrete resource estimate for the Broad mineralized zone 1 (BMZ1) in the central-west portion of the Yaragua system at its Buritica gold project in Antioquia. The zone contains 828,870 measured and indicated tonnes grading…
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GOLD: Chalice files new 43-101 for East Cadillac property
QUEBEC – Chalice Gold Mines has filed an amended 43-101 report on Sedar for its East Cadillac gold project. The property is 35 km east of Val d’Or, on the prolific Cadillac-Larder Lake fault. The amended report includes non-material changes…
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COPPER-ZINC: Champion Iron hunts high grade zones at Powderhorn
NEWFOUNDLAND – Montreal-based Champion Iron has excellent results from its 9,350-metre drill program last fall on its Powderhorn property located in north-central Newfoundland, 40 km southwest of Springdale. The results come from both a copper rich and a zinc rich…
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GOLD: Iamgold cuts Westwood workforce by 32%
QUEBEC – Iamgold Corp. has announced a 32% reduction in the workforce at its Westwood gold mine 40 km east of Rouyn-Noranda and only 2.5 km east of the former Doyon gold mine. The process is to begin this week.…
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Salazar Resources set to dust off neglected portfolio
After riding out a decade of political and market instability, Ecuador-focused junior Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL) has emerged with funds and a new focus to explore its portfolio of early stage projects in the country. The company is helmed by Fredy Salazar,…
