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IRON ORE: Penguin Lake tests creates clean, 65% Fe concentrate

QUEBEC – Metallurgical tests carried out on samples of mineralized material from the Penguin Lake project resulted in a clean, 65.3% Fe concentrate. The Penguin Lake project, in the southern Labrador Trough, is owned by Champion Iron and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 28, 2015 | 3:48 pm

GOLD: Premier to drill Hasaga property

ONTARIO – Thunder Bay, ON-based Premier Gold Mines has begun diamond drilling on its 100% owned Hasaga gold property near Red Lake. The property was acquired earlier this year in an asset swap with Goldcorp. The Hasaga property has three...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 28, 2015 | 3:46 pm

AWARD: Fasken Martineau named global mining law firm of 2015

TORONTO – Fasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, announced today that it has been awarded global Mining Law Firm of the Year for 2015 by Who's Who Legal. This is the seventh time that Fasken Martineau...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 28, 2015 | 3:38 pm

Yamana expands footprint via $17.5M Mega Precious bid

VANCOUVER — Producer Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) is hoping to further expand its presence in Canada with a $17.5-million cash and shares agreement for explorer Mega Precious Metals (TSXV: MGP) and its 338...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 28, 2015 | 3:37 pm

GOLD: TMAC calls Hope Bay PFS ‘robust’

NUNAVUT – TMAC Resources of Toronto is calling the recently completed pre-feasibility study on the Hope Bay gold project "robust". The company says the study proposes sequential development and underground mining of three known deposits...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 27, 2015 | 4:04 pm

GOLD: Eastmain releases resource update for Eau Claire deposit

QUEBEC – Toronto-based Eastmain Resources has released new resource numbers for its Eau Claire gold deposit. The deposit is part of the Clearwater project in the James Bay region. The company says the numbers make Eau Claire "one of the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 27, 2015 | 4:03 pm

GOLD: Montan to acquire toll mill for for small scale miners

PERU – Peru is striving mightily to formalize the activities of small scale miners in that country with the aim of strengthening their the environmental, safety and fiscal practices. Taking advantage of that support, Montan Mining Corp....

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 27, 2015 | 4:02 pm

KICKSTARTER: U of T instructors seek funds for Ring of Fire research

TORONTO – In early April, Shadi Ramos and Fionn Byrne, two Landscape Architecture instructors from the University of Toronto, launched a 40 day Kickstarter campaign for research on the Ring of Fire.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 27, 2015 | 4:01 pm

Editorial: What would Google do?

Innovation has become a hot topic in the mining industry once again. A report on the current state of innovation, by the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) and Monitor Deloitte, is due out in the next few weeks. In April...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 27, 2015 | 4:00 pm

ARSENIC: SME issues paper on arsenic in the mining industry

SME (Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration) has just issued its 15th technical briefing paper entitled, “The Role of Arsenic in the Mining Industry.”

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 23, 2015 | 3:32 pm

The Mining Industry Human Resources Council secures over $500,000 in funding from the Government of Canada

The Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) has secured over $500,000 in project funding through the Government of Canada’s Foreign Credential Recognition Program (FCR) to bridge the awareness gap between the Canadian minerals and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 23, 2015 | 3:32 pm

MINING: Trevali Sees Positive Initial Results From Caribou Zinc Mine Paste Backfill Study

VANCOUVER - Trevali Mining Corporation provides an update on the recommended paste backfill test work at its Caribou Zinc Mine in the Bathurst Mining Camp of New Brunswick, Canada.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 23, 2015 | 3:30 pm

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