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LITHIUM: Western Lithium demo plant fires up

NEVADA – Vancouver-based Western Lithium USA Corp. has begun the first of three planned demonstration campaigns for its Kings Valley lithium clay project 100 km north-northwest of Winnemucca. The 12-t/d calcination plant is now...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 8, 2014 | 3:58 pm

ENGINES: Two Kubota diesels receive Tier 4 certification

OSAKA, Japan – Kubota's non-road diesel engines between 56 and 130 kW are in compliance with the latest emission regulations that come info effect on January 2015. These engines have been certified by the US Environmental Protection...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 8, 2014 | 3:55 pm

Drilling prices ‘not sustainable’: Major Drilling

Drilling services have reached price levels that are too low to be sustainable in the long term, said Francis McGuire, president and CEO of Major Drilling Group International (TSX: MDI), in the company’s most recent financial statements...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 8, 2014 | 3:54 pm

COMMENT: Canadian student wins 2014 Stockholm Junior Water Prize

Haley Todesco, a Canadian student, is the big winner in Stockholm this week. She received the 2014 Stockholm Junior Water Prize for inventing a method of using sand filters to separate oil and water, leaving the water clean and reusable.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 4, 2014 | 4:16 pm

GOLD: Integra Gold to buy Sigma-Lamaque mine and mill

QUEBEC – Integra Gold Corp., owner of the Lamaque South project in Val d'Or, plans to purchase the adjacent Sigma-Lamaque mill and mine. The assets include a permitted 2,200-t/d mill and tailings facility, an underground mine with...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 4, 2014 | 4:14 pm

GOLD: NovaGold teams with NFWF to protect fish and wildlife in Alaska

ALASKA – With the Donlin gold project poised to become one of the largest producers in the world, 50% owner NovaGold Resources is partnering with the Alaskan arm of the National Fish and Wildlife Fund to protect, conserve and restore fish...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 4, 2014 | 4:12 pm

MINING PEOPLE: Barisan Gold, Catalyst Copper, Caza Gold; Mindoro, Sunshine Oilsands, and Yamana Gold

Shawn Westcott has joined the team of Barisan Gold Corp. in Vancouver taking over the responsibilities of president. He joined the company from NioCorp Development where he led that company's corporate communications team.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 4, 2014 | 4:10 pm

Levon touts ‘large-scale’ discovery in Mexico’s Cordero district

VANCOUVER — The silver market has declined since cash rich explorer Levon Resources (TSX: LVN; US-OTC LVNVF) last released a resource estimate at its wholly owned Cordero silver-zinc-lead project in Chihuahua, Mexico, but lower metal...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 4, 2014 | 4:07 pm

URANIUM: Fission 3.0, Azincourt test Patterson Lake North

SASKATCHEWAN – Fission 3.0 Corp., of Kelowna, BC, and joint venture partner Azincourt Uranium have completed a successful summer program at their PLN (Patterson Lake North) project in the Athabasca Basin. Results from the best hole...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 3, 2014 | 4:27 pm

ZINC-LEAD: Trevali, Wildcat report results from separate projects in NB

NEW BRUNSWICK – Vancouver-based Trevali Mining Corp. has drilled significant massive sulphides in a newly discovered copper-gold zone at its Stratmat polymetallic deposit 45 km southwest of Bathurst.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 3, 2014 | 4:25 pm

GOLD: Guyana Goldfields raises $185M for Aurora project

GUYANA – Guyana Goldfields of Toronto has signed a credit agreement that gives it US$185 million with which to complete its Aurora gold mine on the Cuyuni River. The project is now fully funded.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 3, 2014 | 4:23 pm

VANADIUM: Largo makes first shipment from Maracas mine

BRAZIL – Largo Resources of Toronto has made its first shipment of vanadium pentoxide from its Maracas Menchen mine in Bahai State. The producer has a take-or-pay offtake agreement with Glencore for 100% of its output for six years.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 3, 2014 | 4:20 pm

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