HEAVY MINERALS TESTING Oil Sands Tailings Hold Potential
FORT McMURRAY, Alberta The heavy mineral content of SYNCRUDE's oil sands tailings is under investigation as a pos...
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GOLD EXPLORATION NEWS Chip Samples Return Gold & Silver Near Emerald Discovery
FINLAYSON DISTRICT, Yukon There is gold on the Gleam property only 15 km northwest of where TRUE NORTH GEMS has d...
GOLD DEVELOPMENT NEWS Esmeralda Mine to be Restarted
HAWTHORNE, Nevada METALLIC VENTURES GOLD of Toronto has announced plans to reopen the Esmeralda gold mine in west...
ALUMINUM PRODUCER NEWS Alcan’s Pechiney Bid Accepted
MONTREAL, Quebec The directors of PECHINEY have recommended that its shareholders accept the 48.50/share takeove...
GOLD PRODUCER NEWS Newmont Sells Interest in Kinross
DENVER, Colorado NEWMONT MINING has sold 28 million of the 43.2 million KINROSS GOLD shares it held. The shares w...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Sulliden, Shore Gold, European Goldfields, Raymor
SULLIDEN EXPLORATION of Montreal has named Donna K. Yoshimatsu to the position of VP investor and public relations.
OPEN PIT EQUIPMENT NEWS Finning Nabs $70-million Sale to Argentina
Northwestern Argentina Minera Argentina Gold, a subsidiary of BARRICK GOLD, has ordered $70-million worth of open...
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM NEWS Jwaneng Diamond Mine Chooses Gemcom Software
JWANENG, Botswana GEMCOM SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL has won a contract to supply Debswana's Jwaneng mine with a compl...
MORE APOLOGIES Getting Off on the Wrong Foot
When things get off on the wrong foot, they sometimes stay that way. After the problems we had with the CMJ server...
DOING SOME DIGGING What’s Hot in Yellowknife: Diamonds, not Gold
Yellowknife was once a city paved in gold. The first discovery was made in 1934, and the Con mine poured the first...
RARE GEM NEWS True North Unearths Blue Beryl
VANCOUVER, British Columbia TRUE NORTH GEMS is being a little cagey about exactly where they were found, but the...
COPPER-GOLD EXPLORATION NEWS Olympic Dam-type Deposit Sought in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia The hope of finding an iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposit of the Olympic Dam type, has se...
Kenorland reports major gold resource at Frotet, backs 4% royalty
Kenorland Minerals (TSXV: KLD; US-OTCQX: KLDCF) unveiled an inaugural inferred mineral resource for the Regnault gold deposit at the Frotet project in […]