Canadian Mining Journal Staff, Author at Canadian Mining Journal

CONTEST: $10K prize in Gold Fields Ore-X challenge

Think you can write a new algorithm to classify gold ore? Certainly there is a CMJ reader up to the task. That's the challenge of the Gold Fields Ore-X innovation challenge that carries a first prize of Aus$10,000. (Second prize if Aus$1,500...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 13, 2015 | 4:06 pm

PUMPS: KSB opens new Atlantic Canada office

SUSSEX, New Brunswick - KSB Pumps has opened a sales and engineering office for Atlantic Canada. The company’s new regional sales manager for this area is Kandy Mitton, a pump professional with in-depth experience in the sales and service...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 13, 2015 | 4:05 pm

Silver Wheaton posts strong Q2 results

Canadian streaming company Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) posted record quarterly production of nearly 11 million silver equivalent ounces in the three months ended June 30, and for the first time ever, notched quarterly sales...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 13, 2015 | 4:04 pm

GOLD: KLGold reveals 41,482-oz production record in Q1

ONTARIO – Kirkland Lake Gold, headquartered in the town of the same name, said its mines produced a record of 41,482 oz of gold for the first quarter of 2015. The company is adjusting its year end from April 30 to Dec. 31; therefore, Q1...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 12, 2015 | 4:07 pm

ZINC: Commissioning continues at Caribou mine

NEW BRUNSWICK – Trevali Mining Corp. of Vancouver began commissioning the Caribou zinc mine and mill in the Bathurst Mining Camp in late May. Initial production of zinc and lead concentrates has been attained, and a portion of them have...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 12, 2015 | 4:05 pm

GOLD-SILVER: Rockhaven drills high grades at Klaza

YUKON – Vancouver-based Rockhaven Resources has received high grade assays from the Central Klaza zone at the Klaza gold-silver project 50 km west of Carmacks. Three holes in the zone returned 11.28 g/t Au, 75.9 g/t Au and 7.37% Zn over...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 12, 2015 | 4:03 pm

BOOK: SRK launches 40th anniversary book

VANCOUVER – AUGUST 11, 2015 – SRK Consulting hosted a party last weekend for the Vancouver launch of its new book SRK: 40 Years in the Deep End. Employees past and present reminisced about the company’s evolution and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 12, 2015 | 4:02 pm

GOLD: TMAC closes $20.1M over-allotment option, bringing total IPO to over $155M

TORONTO –TMAC Resources says the underwriters have exercised their $20.1-million over-allotment option following the company's successful $135-million initial public offering. The IPO consisted of 22.5 million shares, and the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 11, 2015 | 3:53 pm

URANIUM: More high grades from Patterson Lake South

SASKATCHEWAN – Fission Uranium Corp. of Kelowna, BC, is still drilling high grades at its Patterson Lake South property near the southwest edge of the Athabasca Basin. The company has received results from 10 of the 60 holes it plans to...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 11, 2015 | 3:51 pm

OIL SANDS: Herons dead at Syncrude site

ALBERTA – The Alberta Energy Regulator issued an environmental protection order to Syncrude Canada on Aug. 11 after 29 blue herons were found dead at the company's Mildred Lake site near Fort McMurray.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 11, 2015 | 3:50 pm

TESTING: SGS expands Corescan mineral imaging in Canada

LAKEFIELD, Ontario - SGS Minerals Services (SGS) has expanded its hyperspectral analysis capability in North America with the addition of a unit based in Canada in August 2015. The expansion follows a significant show of support for...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 11, 2015 | 3:49 pm

Primero can look forward to ‘better times ahead,’ says BMO

VANCOUVER — Primero Mining (TSX: P; NYSE: PPP) is a favoured mid-tier gold producer amongst analysts, and it isn't hard to see why following a strong second quarter marked by competitive operating costs and signs of operational...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 11, 2015 | 3:46 pm

GOLD: Wesdome reports milling up, costs down for Q2

ONTARIO – Toronto's Wesdome Gold Mines has published its second quarter results along with the news that mill throughput is up and production costs are down.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 10, 2015 | 4:15 pm

NICKEL-IRON: First Point, Cliffs rejig Decar project deal

BRITISH COLUMBIA - First Point Minerals Corp. of Vancouver and Cliffs Natural Resources of Cleveland, OH, have amended their agreement covering the Decar nickel-iron project 80 km north of Fort St James. It is now a contractual joint venture...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 10, 2015 | 4:14 pm

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