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Three Continental Gold geologists killed in Colombia
Three exploration geologists working on Continental Gold’s (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) Berlin project in Colombia were killed during an attack on their residence in the middle of the night. The residence houses exploration geologists and contractors working on the project and is…
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COPPER-GOLD: Copper Mountain shares robust PEA for New Ingerbelle
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Copper Mountain Mining of Vancouver has finished a base case preliminary economic assessment of the 75% owned New Ingerbelle copper-gold property. (Mitsubishi has a 25% interest.) The New Ingerbelle property is only 1,000 metres from the Copper…
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ENVIRONMENT: Three people facing disciplinary hearings for roles in Mount Polley spill
BRITISH COLUMBIA – The regulatory body Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia is planning disciplinary hearings for three individuals with respect to the Mount Polley tailings spill in 2014. The regulator’s investigation committee alleges that three engineers involved in the design,…
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COPPER: First Quantum runs into legal snag at Cobre Panama
PANAMA – As Toronto-based First Quantum is heavily committed to the development of the $5.5 billion Cobre Panama copper project, the Panamanian supreme court has ruled that Law 9, which was used to grant the company the mining concessions in…
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MINING PEOPLE: eCobalt, Edison Cobalt, Guyana Goldfields, Nutrien, and Roxgold
eCobalt Solutions of Vancouver has announced the retirement of president and CEO Paul Farquharson, effective at the end of this month. The new president and CEO will be Michael Callahan beginning Oct. 1, 2018. Callahan’s immediate focus will be to…
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AUTOMATION: Cat Payload for wheel loaders and trucks
PEORIA, Ill – Caterpillar’s Cat Payload with production measurement for wheel loaders, excavators, and articulated trucks is integrated from the factory and brings payload weighing to the cab to help operators work more productively and accurately without rework. Operators can…
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Monarques Gold bets big on Quebec
It has a market capitalization of just $40.8 million, but Monarques Gold (TSXV: MQR; US-OTC: MRQRF) has a lot going on across its 300 km2 of gold properties in Quebec. Its flagship Wasamac project, 15 km west of Rouyn-Noranda in the heart…
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IRON ORE: Alderon updates FS for $1.7B Kami project
LABRADOR – Montreal-based Alderon Iron Ore Corp. updated the feasibility study for the Kami project (75% owned) 10 km from Wabush. The company says the project will produce a premium quality concentrate grading 65.2% iron and with low impurities. The…
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GOLD: Geophysics extends veins to 500 metres at Maritime’s Whisker Valley
NEWFOUNDLAND – Vancouver-based Maritime Resources Corp. has completed a successful geophysical survey of its Whisker Valley gold project, a survey that may extend the strike length of the mineralization by 500 metres. Whisker Valley is only 10 km from Maritime’s…
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AWARDS: BC prizes for reclamation and scholarships handed out
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – The British Columbia Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation (TRCR) presented the 2017 B.C. mine reclamation awards on Sept. 19 at its 41st Annual BC Mine Reclamation Symposium in Williams Lake. The Teck Highland Valley Copper…
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GOLD-SILVER: Mineworx receives patent for HM X-tract method for precious metals
BURNABY, B.C. – Mineworx Technologies, a leading provider of proprietary, cost effective, and non-toxic precious metals extraction solutions to the e-waste and mining industries, is pleased to announce that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has recently issued a Notice…
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Kintavar finds copper zone at Mitchi
Kintavar Exploration (TSXV: KTR) has found a new mineralization zone at its Mitchi copper project in Quebec, after following a field of marble and calc-silicate boulders containing copper mineralization. The new zone, called Irene, is 550 metres north of the project’s…
