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Justin Trudeau gives blessing to Iamgold’s Côté gold project
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave the government’s blessing to Iamgold and Sumitomo Metal Mining’s (SMM) Côté gold project in Ontario. The PM attended the project’s official ground-breaking alongside local First Nations representatives, Ontario premier Doug Ford, cabinet ministers, members…
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Liberty continues to hit oxide gold at Black Pine
Liberty Gold has released reverse-circulation (RC) drill results for nine holes testing the D3 and D1 targets at the company’s Black Pine gold project in southern Idaho. Both zones returned high-grade intervals of oxide gold, with additional infill and stepout…
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Red Chris East zone shapes up with 166 metres of 3 g/t gold and 1.5% copper
New drill results from Newcrest Mining and Imperial Metals‘ Red Chris joint venture in British Columbia continue to confirm high-grade copper-gold mineralization in the East zone, which project operator Newcrest is evaluating as a potential underground block cave mining opportunity.…
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Funding for innovation highlights responsible mining summit in BC
Bruce Ralston, B.C.’s Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, opened the first day of the B.C. Responsible Minerals and Metals Virtual Summit by highlighting the role that innovation will play in the future of responsible mining. While speaking online…
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MINING PEOPLE: Eldorado, Fission Uranium, Norseman Capital, Oroford, Trevali
Management appointments announced this week include: Bruce Reid has been appointed as the interim CFO of Altair Resources, following Nick DeMare’s resignation. Class 1 Nickel & Technologies has appointed Alan King to its technical management team. Rajesh Sharma is now…
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Komatsu breaks ground on Milwaukee campus
Building on its 135-year legacy in Milwaukee, Komatsu Mining officially broke ground for its new state-of-the-art headquarters and manufacturing campus in Milwaukee’s Harbor district. Partnering with the state of Wisconsin and city of Milwaukee, Komatsu is investing approximately US$285 million…
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Ivanhoe’s Kakula could become world’s second-largest copper operation: study
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; NYSE: US-OTC: IVPAF) has published the results of an independent definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its Kakula project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which says the asset could become the world’s second-largest copper mining…
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QcX Gold expands Golden Giant in Quebec
QcX Gold is acquiring the Kali project, located in the James Bay lowlands area of Quebec, from Harfang Exploration,. In a press release, QcX Gold explained that the acquisition of the 101.3-sq.-km project allows the company to expand its Golden Giant…
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FPX releases ‘large-scale’ PEA for Baptiste
FPX Nickel has released the results of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the Baptiste nickel project in the company’s Decar nickel district, in B.C., which, according to Martin Turenne, the company’s president and CEO, “establishes Baptiste as a premier…
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Kirkland Lake reports strong intercepts from Detour Lake with underground potential
Kirkland Lake Gold has released assay results for eight drillholes, as well as one wedge hole, completed within the underexplored Saddle zone, between the Main and West pits at the Detour Lake mine site. According to the company, the results…
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Moneta Porcupine PEA outlines 11-year mine life for South West gold deposit
Moneta Porcupine Mines has released a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the South West deposit at its Golden Highway project, near Timmins, Ont. The study looks at a 1,750 t/d underground mine that would produce an average of 76,000…
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Caterpillar introduces new D9 dozer for lower owning and operating costs
Caterpillar has launched the new Cat D9 dozer, which replaces the prior D9T model and offers customizable configurations. Built on a legacy of longevity and field reliability, the Cat D9 lowers overall costs per unit of material moved by up…
