MacLean Engineering Innovation Report – July 2018
Sometimes a turning point can only be seen clearly in hindsight. Such is the case for the mine of the future as […]
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AWARD: Commerce Resources wins 2015 e3Plus prize
MONTREAL – Commerce Resources Corp. of Vancouver is this year’s winner of the e3 Plus Award presented at the Quebec Mineral Exploration Association (AEMQ) annual meeting this week.
AWARD: Eastmain’s Eau Claire gold deposit wins discovery of the year
MONTREAL – Eastmain Resources of Toronto has won the Discovery of the Year 2015 for work at its Eau Claire gold property in the northern part of the province. The award was presented by the Quebec Mineral Exploration Association (AEMQ) at...
AWARD: Entrepreneur of the year is Integra Gold
MONTREAL – Integra Gold Corp. of Vancouver is the 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year as awarded by the Quebec Mineral Exploration Association (AEMQ) at its annual meeting earlier this week. Integra was recognized for its Lamaque South project...
MINING PEOPLE: Eastmain Resources, Eco Oro Minerals, Marcotte Mining, and Rubicon Minerals
Dr. Laurence Curtis has been appointed a director and chairman of Eastmain Resources in Toronto. He is credited with the initial discovery and staking of the Back River gold belt and led teams to the discovery of several epithermal systems in...
VALVES: CGIS celebrates 35 years
VANCOUVER - To celebrate 35 years in the business, CGIS brought together its entire team and their spouses for a weekend of fun in Whistler, BC. The 100 guests, from eight locations around the globe, participated in team building events...
Glencore stock crash reverberates across mining sector
Back in May 2013, as we editorialized about the still-fresh merger of trading house Glencore and mining major Xstrata – a deal creating a US$70-billion company that still ranks as the largest M&A move in mining history – we...
AWARD: Canadian physicist shares Nobel for work done at SNO lab
ONTARIO –Dr. Arthur B. McDonald is a co-recipient of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was recognized for work he did at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (the SNO lab) deep in the Creighton mine in Sudbury. He shares the prize with...
OIL SANDS: COSL rallies against Suncor takeover bid
CALGARY – Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. has adopted a shareholders rights plan to fend off the hostile takeover bid by Suncor Energy. Earlier this week, Suncor offer to buy up all COSL shares and assume its debt in a deal worth $6.6 billion.
SILVER: Teck, Franco-Nevada strike streaming deal
PERU – Teck Resources and Franco-Nevada Corp. have struck a streaming deal for Teck’s share of silver produced at the Antamina copper-zinc mine 270 km north of Lima. Teck owns a 22.50% interest in the Antamina joint venture along...
COPPER-GOLD: Deep Kerr deposits continue to grow as Seabridge drills
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Results from two more diamond drill holes in the Deep Kerr zone at Seabridge Gold’s KSM copper-gold project 65 km northwest of Stewart have been received. Assays identified 340 metres of core that averaged...
GOLD: Integra cuts new zones at Lamaque South
QUEBEC – Integra Gold Corp. of Vancouver has discovered two new gold-bearing zones at Lamaque South in Val d’Or. These new zones, located 2.6 and 2.7 km west of the Triangle zone, are similar to other deposits on the property.
Quebec battery foil plant gets green light with government backing
Volta Energy Solutions Canada (VESC) announced on December 15 that the Korean Ministry of Economy and Finance has selected it as a […]