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PALLADIUM: NA Palladium signs development contract with Redpath
ONTARIO – Toronto-based North American Palladium has signed a major mine development contract with Redpath Canada of North Bay, Ont. Redpath. The expansion will double the capacity of the mine and mill to 12,000 t/d from 6,000 t/d. The project…
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GOLD-SILVER: Osisko Mining’s bulk sample is “early Christmas gift” for shareholders, CEO says
QUEBEC – Preliminary results from a bulk sample taken at its Windfall Lake deposit delivered an average head grade of 9.7 g/t gold and 5.5 g/t silver, Osisko Mining reports. The sample head grade from zone 27 is 39% higher than indicated…
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IOCG: New ramp at BHP’s Olympic Dam doubles capacity
AUSTRALIA – BHP Group has commissioned the new ramp at its Olympic Dam iron ore-copper-gold mine, and it doubles the haulage capacity for its trucks. The Kalta decline is key to reaching the Southern mine area where BHP is mining…
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Steppe Gold nears production in Mongolia
Since Steppe Gold (TSXV: STGO) purchased Altan Tsaagan Ovoo (ATO) from Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) for $19.8 million in January 2017, the junior has made steady progress de-risking and building the heap leach, gold-silver project in eastern Mongolia. Seven months after the acquisition last…
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GOLD: Greenstone’s Hardrock mine clears environmental hurdle
ONTARIO – Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, said this week that if mitigation measures are taken, Greenstone Gold Mines’ Hardrock gold project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects. The project consists of the…
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Nordic pours first gold at Laiva in Finland
Nordic Gold (TSXV: NOR; US-OTC: FIEIF) recently poured first gold at its restarted Laiva gold mine in central Finland. Roughly 25 people attended the event where the company poured 1,234 oz. of doré. “We were very happy with the results that…
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GOLD: Toronto miner Amarillo allowed to stay in Brazil
BRAZIL – Management at Amarillo Gold Corp. is relieved after the company received approval from the Brazilian Mining National Agency for a three-year extension of its mining concessions for the Posse gold deposit, also known as the Mara Rosa gold…
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COPPER: Capstone increases reserves and planned production at Mexican copper project
MEXICO – Capstone Mining released today positive results of an updated technical report for its Cozamin mine, located north-northwest of Zacatecas City in the Mexican north-central state of the same name. Cozamin is a polymetallic underground mine with a surface…
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GOLD: South Arturo JV to expand production in late 2019
NEVADA – Premier Gold Mines of Thunder Bay, Ont., has provided an update on development at the South Arturo joint venture in the Carlin Trend. Construction of the Phase One open pit and the El Nino underground mine are progressing…
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COPPER: Excelsior begins construction of Gunnison project
ARIZONA – Vancouver-based Excelsior Mining Corp. has begun construction of the 100% owned Gunnison project in anticipation of the first copper production by the end of 2019. This is an in situ copper project located about 100 km southeast of…
