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MOLYBDENUM: Alloycorp tightens controls at Kitsault project

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Alloycorp Mining of Toronto is making changes to the engineering and construction of its Avanti Kitsault molybdenum project in order to control capital costs and improve project efficiencies. The project, operated by...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 30, 2015 | 4:30 pm

SILVER: Alexco reveals larger resource at Keno Hill

YUKON – Alexco Resource Corp. of Vancouver has released new resource numbers showing a 10% over-all increase for its properties in the Keno Hill Silver District 330 km north of Whitehorse. Tonnage at the Flame and Moth deposit was up 17%,...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 30, 2015 | 4:28 pm

GOLD: New Marathon numbers support 30% increase of Valentine indicated resource

NEWFOUNDLAND – Toronto-based Marathon Gold Corp. says the recently discovered Marathon deposit adds an extra 30% to the indicated resource at the Valentine gold project 55 km south of Buchans. As it now stands, the indicated category...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 30, 2015 | 4:27 pm

GOLD: Aroland signs onto agreement for Hardrock project

ONTARIO – The Aroland First Nation and TCP General Partnership Corp. have signed a relationship agreement to support the on-going efforts to create a joint process to development the Hardrock gold project near Geraldton. TCP is the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 30, 2015 | 4:25 pm

MINING PEOPLE: Eastmain, Manitou Gold, Lake Shore, Noront, and Vale

Dr. John Hansuld has been named lead director at Toronto-based Eastmain Resources. He is a member of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, as well as being the Northern Miner's Mining Man of the Year, the PDAC Developer of the Year, and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 30, 2015 | 4:21 pm

Kivalliq, Roughrider see promise outside the Athabasca

VANCOUVER — Excitement is building over uranium deposits outside the prolific Athabasca basin. And joint venture partners Kivalliq Energy (TSXV: KIV; US-OTC: KVLQF) and Roughrider Exploration (TSXV: REL) are hoping to...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 30, 2015 | 4:19 pm

COMMENT: High pay fuels shareholder unrest at Barrick meeting

Just as it did two years ago, high executive salaries and benefits raised the ire of Barrick Gold shareholders at the annual general meeting held April 28 in Toronto. At the center of both occasions were the extraordinary compensation of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 29, 2015 | 4:15 pm

URANIUM: Fission raises $20M for PLS exploration

SASKATCHEWAN – Fission Uranium Corp. of Kelowna, BC, has completed a bought deal financing for gross proceeds of $20.01 million. The company issued 13.34 million flow-through shares plus another 1.74 million as an overallotment at a price...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 29, 2015 | 4:14 pm

GOLD: High grades extended at Lower Detour Lake

ONTARIO – Toronto-based Detour Gold Corp. reports that eight diamond drill holes have confirmed the continuity of high grade gold mineralization in the Lower Detour Lake area, about 6 km south of the Detour Lake gold mine in northern...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 29, 2015 | 4:13 pm

GOLD: Determination possible at ppb level at drilling site, no long waits

ADELAIDE, South Australia – Researchers at the University of Adelaide's Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing have developed a portable method for detecting trace amounts of gold in ore samples on-site at the drill...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 29, 2015 | 4:10 pm

Mines Management reaches milestone at Montanore

It’s taken more than a decade, but Mines Management (TSX: MGT; NYSE: MGN) believes it is finally on the brink of pushing its Montanore project in northwestern Montana past the permitting finishing line. The United States Forest...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 29, 2015 | 4:08 pm

CHROMITE: Noront’s Ring of Fire purchase closes

ONTARIO – Noront Resources' buyout of the Ontario assets of Cliffs Natural Resources has closed, but not without controversy and only after the intervention of the court. Toronto-based Noront offered US$20 million last month for Cliffs'...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 28, 2015 | 3:50 pm

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