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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…
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SCREENING: Major launches ID-enabled FLEX-MAT
QUEBEC – Major, a manufacturer of high-performance screening media, has launched ID-enabled FLEX-MAT. All of the company’s FLEX-MAT screen media is now embedded with an ID-enabled microchip; the radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology tracks and stores screen media data, such as panel…
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DynaCERT says new technology can lower diesel emissions
DynaCERT (TSX: DYA), a Toronto-based company, has developed a technology called HydraGEN that could significantly reduce emissions by improving the performance and fuel efficiency of diesel engines used in mining machinery and equipment. The HydraGEN technology is about the size of…
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COVID-19: Mining Association applauds Canadian wage subsidy
The Mining Association of Canada issued a statement praising the federal government’s decision to include businesses of all sizes in its wage subsidy, a component of a package of reforms designed to help businesses keep workers employed as the economy…
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GOLD: TMAC releases Hope Bay PFS with new 4,000 t/d plant scenario
NUNAVUT – TMAC Resources has released key results from a prefeasibility study completed for its wholly owned Hope Bay property, which includes an operating mine. Last year, Hope Bay produced 139,510 oz. of gold; with release of its fourth quarter…
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M&A: Argonaut and Alio announce gold-focused merger
TORONTO – Producers Argonaut Gold and Alio Gold have entered into an agreement for an all-share merger with Argonaut acquiring Alio to create a diversified intermediate company with output of over 235,000 gold-equivalent oz. annually. With a share exchange ratio…
