Canadian Mining Journal Staff

GOLD: Higher heads, 97% recovery as Gold Bullion turns over Granada mill

QUEBEC – As Gold Bullion Development Corp. begins the rolling start at the Granada gold mine and mill in Rouyn-Noranda, the company has good news. The calculated gold head grade increased 33% over the assayed head grade, and recovery...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 7, 2015 | 4:15 pm

VANADIUM: Largo raising up to $50M for Menchen mine

BRAZIL – Largo Resources of Toronto has successfully restructured its debt thanks to its creditors' co-operation and a private placement that could reach $50 million with which to support the Menchen vanadium mine. A minimum equity raise...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 7, 2015 | 4:14 pm

MINING PEOPLE: Dalradian Resources, Goldcorp, Meadow Bay Gold, and Scorpio Gold

Eric Tremblay was named COO of Toronto-based Dalradian Resources in the first quarter of the year.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 7, 2015 | 4:12 pm

PUMPING: GIW installs underwater innovation on dredge

GROVETOWN, Georgia - GIW Industries has successfully installed a unique underwater pump system for a major Chinese dredging contractor. This equipment package consists of a GIW® Minerals LHD pump directly mounted onto a 4500 kW submersible...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 7, 2015 | 4:11 pm

Northern Miner turns 100, opens TSX

Founded in 1915, by journalist Ben Hughes and Ernie Hand the weekly paper was focused on Northern Ontario. The Northern Miner, now owned by Glacier Media of Vancouver has become a go-to source of weekly news and detailed articles about the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 7, 2015 | 4:05 pm

GOLD: Barrick pioneers cyanide free gold recovery

NEVADA – Toronto-based Barrick Gold is the first producer to commercialize thiosulphate recovery of gold, thus eliminating the use of cyanide in the process. The first doré bar – 107 oz – was poured in November 2014 at...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 6, 2015 | 4:11 pm

AWARD: Innovation at Royal Nickel recognized

QUEBEC – Royal Nickel Corp. of Toronto has been honoured with a silver medal presented by the Quebec Occupational Health and Safety Commission (CSST) at the Les Grands Prix santé et sécurité du travail ceremony. The...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 6, 2015 | 4:10 pm

DEMERGER: BHP Billiton shareholders vote 98% to launch South32

PERTH, Australia and LONDON, UK – Shareholders of BHP Billiton have voted 98.05% in favour of the proposed demerger, launching the new company South32.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 6, 2015 | 4:09 pm

ENGINE: Near zero NOx emissions ISL G natural gas version

VANCOUVER – Cummins Westport (CWI) announced it will begin field tests this year in California in transit buses with a spark ignited natural gas engine capable of producing near zero NOx emissions well before the 2023 California near zero...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 6, 2015 | 4:07 pm

Northern Empire rises again with an eye on Alaskan gold

VANCOUVER — The management team at Northern Empire Resources (TSXV: NM; US-OTC: PSPGF) believe it’s an opportune time to get back into the project generation game, and that the early stage Richardson gold project in...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 6, 2015 | 4:05 pm

COSTS: Northern mines twice as expensive: new study

OTTAWA - A new study entitled Levelling the Playing Field reveals the cost to explore and build new mines is as much as 2.5 times higher in northern Canada, largely as a result of a lack of critical infrastructure. This is creating major...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 5, 2015 | 4:32 pm

COAL: Fortune sells Arctos licences to BC Rail

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Fortune Minerals of London, ON, and partner POSCO Canada have sold their joint venture interest in the Arctos anthracite project to BC Rail for the sum of $18.3 million. The deposit is located in the Klappan area, 150...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 5, 2015 | 4:30 pm

COPPER: Taseko improves Gibraltar economics

BRITISH COLUMBIA – The updated mine plan for the Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine 65 km north of Williams Lake features a 50% decrease in the strip ratio, says owner Taseko Mines of Vancouver. The new plan is the result of six months of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 5, 2015 | 4:28 pm

SOFTWARE: Minestis makes resource estimates, modeling fast

AVON, France – Geovariances has launched Minestis, its new software solution dedicated to mineral resource estimation.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 5, 2015 | 4:27 pm

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