Canadian Mining Journal Staff

NICKEL: Sherritt wins Syncrude sustainable development award

TORONTO – Sherritt International is the recipient of the 2015 Syncrude Award for Excellence in Sustainable Development. The prize recognizes the company's sustainability work at the Ambatovy nickel joint venture in Madagascar.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 13, 2015 | 4:12 pm

DONATIONS: Teck pie throw raises $1.1M for BC Children’s Hospital

VANCOUVER – Mining for Miracles, the BC mining community's longstanding fundraising campaign for BC Children's Hospital, raised more than $1 million on May 7 at its signature event, the Teck Celebrity Pie Throw. Participants raised funds...

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

GOLD: Balmoral cuts 9.30 g/t over 15+ metres at Martiniere

QUEBEC – Vancouver-based Balmoral Resources says drilling at its Martiniere gold project this winter were highlighted with intercepts of 9.30 g/t Au over 15.75 metres, including 18.11 g/t over 7.51 metres, from the Footwall zone. Other...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 13, 2015 | 4:03 pm

Tahoe CEO talks post-merger growth strategies

VANCOUVER — It's been just over a month since Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) completed its merger with Rio Alto Mining to create a leading mid-tier precious metals producer, but the newly combined management team...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 13, 2015 | 4:01 pm

COMMENT: Transparency act may hurt indigenous communities

This February the Canadian government tabled a new measure known as the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act. It will force oil & gas and mining companies to disclose payments that they make to foreign and domestic government...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 12, 2015 | 4:17 pm

GOLD-COPPER: Seabridge seeking third core zone at KSM

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Toronto's Seabridge Gold has released its 2015 exploration plans for its KSM copper-gold project 65 km northwest of Stewart. The company is going to drill a major core zone target for higher grades below the gold-rich...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 12, 2015 | 4:16 pm

AWARDS: Dominion, Diavik and Vale Manitoba win sustainability honours

MONTREAL – The Mining Association of Canada has recognized two of Canada's miners with its Toward Sustainable Mining (TSM) Awards.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 12, 2015 | 4:12 pm

SOFTWARE: COGEP, Metso partnership offers new maintenance solutions

QUEBEC CITY – COGEP Inc. and Metso Life-Cycle Services have created a new partnership with which to launch the Metso Maintenance Solution powered by Guide Ti. This computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) software will strengthen...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 12, 2015 | 4:10 pm

Atico Mining’s confidence in El Roble grows

Atico Mining’s (TSXV: ATY; US-OTC: ATCMF) El Roble underground mine is the only copper-gold VMS deposit in production today in Colombia and the Vancouver-based junior producer is becoming more confident by the day that there is a lot...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 12, 2015 | 4:08 pm

INQUIRY: Coroner’s jury makes 24 recommendations following inquest into Stobie deaths

SUDBURY, Ontario – The jury at a coroner's inquest into the deaths of Jordan Fram and Jason Chenier has made 24 recommendations intended to improve mine safety in the province of Ontario. The two men died in Vale's Stobie mine during an...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 11, 2015 | 4:41 pm

GOLD: SAS core comes up gold in all directions at Holt and Holloway

ONTARIO – St Andrew Goldfields (SAS) is enjoying exceptional drilling results wherever they drill in the Holt-Holloway area 45 km northeast of Kirkland Lake. Mineralization has been extended north of Holt zone 4, east of Holloway Smoke...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 11, 2015 | 4:37 pm

MAGNESIUM: Alliance starts pilot plant at site of former Magnola smelter

QUEBEC – Alliance Magnesium of Brossard, QC, is using facilities of the former Magnola magnesium smelter in Danville to build a pilot plant.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 11, 2015 | 4:36 pm

COBALT: Formation files positive PEA for Idaho project

IDAHO – Vancouver-based Formation Metals has filed what it calls a "positive" preliminary economic assessment of its Idaho cobalt-copper-gold project 50 km west of Salmon. Over a mine life of 12.5 years, the project would produce 35.4...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 11, 2015 | 4:34 pm

Agnico grows Amaruq discovery under Whale Lake

Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) is off to a strong start in this year’s exploration program at its promising Amaruq gold discovery, located 50 km northwest of its Meadowbank gold mine in western Nunavut, 300 km west of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 11, 2015 | 4:33 pm

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