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LOADER: Kubota introduces most manoeuvrable compact track loader
MARKHAM, Ont. – Kubota Canada is proud to announce the newest addition to its popular compact track loaders series, the SVL65-2. The new compact track loader is positioned in a lighter rated operating capacity weight class than the current SVL75-2…
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Balmoral discovers new nickel zones at Grasset
Balmoral Resources (TSX: BAR; US-OTC: BALMF) has discovered several new nickel sulphide zones in the central part of its Grasset Ultramafic complex in Quebec after drilling the area during its fall 2018 exploration program. The new discoveries sit 7 km northwest…
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COPPER-GOLD: Cordoba Minerals dealing with fraudulent transactions at Colombian subsidiary
COLUMBIA – Cordoba Minerals, the Toronto-based miner developing the San Matías project in the department of Córdoba in northern Colombia, issued a media statement today detailing the reasons behind the lawsuits it filed in late 2018 and January 2019. According to the…
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ZINC-LEAD: Osisko Metals releases more high-grade drill results from Pine Point
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Osisko Metals has released new drill results from its high grade, large tonnage and near surface Pine Point zinc-lead deposit on the south shore of Great Slave Lake. Highlights include 12.7 metres grading 8.07% zinc and 6.80% lead…
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URANIUM: Fission advances PLS toward feasibility
SASKATCHEWAN – Fission Uranium of Kelowna, B.C., is advancing the Triple R deposit at its Patterson Lake South property to the feasibility stage. Twenty-eight geotechnical holes are to be drilled as part of the resource development phase of work. Work…
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COBALT: First Cobalt tests feedstock for refinery
ONTARIO – Toronto-based First Cobalt Corp. reports on the feedstock testing at its cobalt refinery in the town of Cobalt. Tests have assessed the suitability of cobalt hydroxide as a feedstock, and the results are promising. The company says the…
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OBITUARY: Richard Herbert Train Garnett
OAKVILLE, Ont. – Richard Herbert Train Garnett, born Aug. 7, 1936 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, passed away on Jan. 26, 2019, at his home in Oakville, Ont. During his 55-year career as a mining engineer and geologist, Richard was instrumental…
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IRON ORE: Arrests made in Vale tails dam breach
BRAZIL – Following the Jan. 25 failure of the No.1 tailings dam at its Veijao iron mine, owner Vale SA offered a long list of relief efforts for all of those affected. But is it enough? Perhaps not. Minas Gerais…
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Is Global Atomic Stephen Roman’s next big thing?
Serial mine builder and financier Stephen Roman cut his teeth working for Denison Mines (TSX: DML), the uranium company built by his father. After starting there as a miner at the age of 19, he spent the next 25 years at the…
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SILVER-GOLD: Minaurum to acquire Aura’s East Taviche property
MEXICO – Ontario-based Aura Resources announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Vancouver-based Minaurum Gold and its Mexican subsidiary to acquire an interest in the East Taviche property located in Oaxaca, southeastern Mexico. To acquire an initial 80%…
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COPPER: Ivanhoe drills Kamoa-Kakula’s best intersection to date
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Ivanhoe Mines has drilled what it’s calling an “unprecedented” intersection in a shallow, flat lying deposit at the Kamoa North exploration area on its 397 km2 Kamoa-Kakula mining license. The company cut 13.05% copper over…
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GOLD: QMX drills 39.5 g/t and 31.5 g/t at Bonnefond
QUEBEC – Toronto-based QMX Gold Corp. has released high grade results from its ongoing drilling program at the Val d’Or East zone near Val d’Or. Half of the planned 26 holes have been completed at the Bonnefond target with the…
