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COMMENT: Canadian aboriginals have low opinion of mining

Only 38% of aboriginal peoples living in rural or remote communities have a favourable perception of the exploration and mining industry, according to a recent Canada-wide study conducted by PR Associates. There are about 1,200 aboriginal...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 17, 2014 | 4:07 pm

GOLD: Osisko, Virginia plan merger

MONTREAL and QUEBEC CITY – Osisko Gold Royalties and Virginia Mines have entered into a definitive agreement to combine the two companies, creating a new intermediate royalty company with two Quebec assets. Osisko holds a 5.0% net smelter...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 17, 2014 | 4:05 pm

GOLD: Elk bulk sample assays 22.8 g/t for Gold Mountain

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Gold Mountain Mining of Vancouver says this year's bulk sample from the open pit at its Elk gold project near Merritt assayed 22.8 g/t Au in one 606-tonne lot of the material.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 17, 2014 | 4:03 pm

GOLD: Abcourt signs 6-month milling contract with QMX

QUEBEC – Abcourt Mines of Mont St Hilaire, QC, and QMX Gold Corp. have signed a six-month agreement for the milling of ore from Abcourt's Elder gold mine near Rouyn-Noranda at QMX's facilities near Val d'Or.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 17, 2014 | 4:01 pm

Thompson Creek piles up cash in Q3

Thompson Creek Metals (TSX: TCM; NYSE: TC) is improving its operations and balance sheet, despite ending the third quarter in the red.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 17, 2014 | 3:59 pm

IRON ORE: DSO shipments start on new KeRail spur line

QUEBEC – Rail haulage has begun on the newly built KeRail spur that services the DSO iron ore project near Schefferville. The project is operated and 80% owned by Tata Steel Minerals Canada in partnership with New Millennium Iron Corp....

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 13, 2014 | 4:16 pm

GOLD: Dutch miner wants in on Lynn Lake play

AMSTERDAM – Nord Gold NV, a pure gold play company headquartered in this Dutch city, has asked permission from the board of Carlisle Goldfields in Toronto to purchase all of the Canadian company's issued and outstanding common shares.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 13, 2014 | 4:14 pm

COPPER-ZINC: Foran releases positive PEA for McIlvenna Bay

SASKATCHEWAN – Foran Mining Corp. of Vancouver has released a positive preliminary economic assessment for a proposed underground mine at the McIlvenna Bay copper-zinc deposit 60 km west of Flin Flon, MB. The report was prepared by JDS...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 13, 2014 | 4:12 pm

GOLD: Lake Shore cuts wide, high grades at 144 Gap zone

ONTARIO – The first of four drill holes at the 144 exploration area look good to owner Lake Shore Gold of Toronto. The area is immediately southwest of the Thunder Creek deposit at the Timmins West mine 18 km west of the city of the same...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 13, 2014 | 4:09 pm

MINING PEOPLE: Avanti Mining, Barrick, Claude Resources, Grenadier, Lake Shore Gold, and Turquoise Hill

Avanti Mining of Toronto has named Greg Miazga as project manager and Luke Klemke as general manager of the Kitsault molybdenum project. Miazga was most recently the director of engineering and construction at the Detour Lake gold mine. Klemke...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 13, 2014 | 4:05 pm

Transparency act to introduce new reporting requirements for miners

It will soon be mandatory for Canadian mining and oil and gas companies to report payments to foreign and domestic governments – including, eventually, First Nations governments in Canada.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 13, 2014 | 4:02 pm

GOLD: Whale Tail grows at Agnico’s Amaruq

NUNAVUT – Agnico Eagle Mines of Toronto has completed a 144-hole drill program at the Amaruq gold project 50 km northwest of its Meadowbank mine. The company signed an exploration agreement with Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. giving it a 100% in...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 12, 2014 | 3:22 pm

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