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SUSTAINABILITY: IGF releases guidance document for local content policies
OTTAWA – A new toolkit from the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) has published a new document aimed at fostering stronger links between the extractive sector and the rest of a country’s economy. Following the…
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TRAINING: Norcat launches new Common Core module for drilling
SUDBURY, Ont. – As demand for exploration drilling remains strong, Norcat has launched a new training program for surface and underground diamond driller assistants as part of the Common Core curriculum. The first five-week program will begin Aug. 13, 2018.…
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PUMPS: GIW offers tips to prevent slurry pump abrasion and corrosion
In the long run, nothing is as crucial to slurry pump design as wear life. On any given day, countless particles and chemicals within slurry can wear down pump parts and negatively affect performance. The two phenomena most responsible for…
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Anaconda withdraws takeover bid for Maritime
Anaconda Mining (TSX: ANX; US-OTC: ANXGF) has withdrawn its hostile takeover bid for Maritime Resources (TSXV: MAE; US-OTC: MRTMF) after Maritime’s recently completed, $1.5-million private placement. It ends Anaconda’s five-month-long pursuit of Maritime. Anaconda launched its hostile bid in April.…
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INTERVIEW: Agnico’s Sean Boyd says Meliadine on track to produce in Q2 2019
Special from The Northern Miner, July 18, 2018. Agnico Eagle Mines hosted a site visit in late June to its advanced-stage Meliadine gold project in Nunavut, which is expected to start production in the second quarter of 2019 — about three…
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R&D: Manganese X Accepts National Research Council Proposal to Potentially Upgrade Manganese Ore to Produce Battery Grade Material
Montreal – Manganese X Energy Corp. is pleased to report that it recently received from the National Research Council (“NRC/CNRC”) a research proposal: “The potential of ore upgrading and purification techniques to produce battery grade material (high purity 99.999%).” The proposed project…
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GOLD: Moneta intercepts 47.00 m @ 2.08 g/t in a new mineralized shoot at Southwest Zone
TORONTO – Moneta Porcupine Mines Inc. is pleased to announce the results from seven additional diamond drill holes completed on the South West Deposit (“South West”) located within the Company’s Golden Highway Project, located 110 km east of Timmins. Highlights: Step-out…
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TECHNOLOGY: Hard-Line and Murray Engineering announce partnership
A heavyweight technology partnership between Murray Engineering, part of the major Byrnecut mining services group, and leading Canadian-based heavy-machine control and automation specialist Hard-Line, has been formally launched, with Murray now providing comprehensive support for Hard-Line products in Australasia, Africa…
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ACQUISITION: Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. to be Acquired by De Beers Canada
VANCOUVER – Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an arrangement agreement with De Beers Canada Inc. under which De Beers will acquire all of the Company’s outstanding common shares for $0.24 per share in…
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AWARDS: Breaker Technology awarded Silver in science & technology competition
Thornbury, Ontario, – Breaker Technology Inc. (BTI) received the second-class prize in China Gold Association’s 2017 Science and Technology award for its contribution to improving underground productivity and safety, through its latest version of the Breaker Intel System at Shandong…
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Technology Metals Snapshot: Eight juniors step up to meet the tech-metal challenge
The wider use globally of advanced technologies such as electric vehicles has led to a boom in juniors developing technology-metal assets, with an emphasis on lithium, cobalt, vanadium and rare earths. Here is a look at eight such juniors active…
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GOLD: Winter Drilling Strengthens Model for Large-Scale Intrusive Hosted Gold System at Éléonore South
TORONTO – Eastmain Resources Inc. is pleased to announce the receipt of assay results from 32 drill holes totalling 5,449 m completed during the winter drilling campaign at the Éléonore South Joint Venture (ESJV) Property (Eastmain-Goldcorp-Azimut). This phase completes the H2/2017-H1/2018 diamond…
