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PALLADIUM: NAP lists encouraging results from Offset zone extension drilling

ONTARIO - Toronto-based North American Palladium (NAP) has published encouraging results from drilling the lower, north and upper parts of the Offset zone. Success here would allow the company to extend the Lac des Iles phase one mine plan and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 16, 2014 | 4:26 pm

COPPER: Higher royalty threatens Lumwana

ZAMBIA – Zambia may be Africa's second largest copper producer, but its government is proposing a cash grab by more than tripling royalties for the Lumwana copper-uranium-cobalt mine 65 km west of Solwezi. Owner Barrick Gold Corp. of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 16, 2014 | 4:25 pm

MINING PEOPLE: Goldeye Explorations and Invenio Resources

Robin Luke Webster is now the president of Goldeye Explorations in Toronto. He joined the company in 2012 as VP of corporate affairs and community relations. Former president Blaine Webster will continue his duties as CEO and a director.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 16, 2014 | 4:23 pm

ICSG forecasts copper surplus in 2015

After five years in a row of deficits, the copper market should show a production surplus in 2015, according to the International Copper Study Group.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 16, 2014 | 4:22 pm

CYANIDE: Changes proposed to international code

WASHINGTON, DC – The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) is looking to made a number of changes to the signatory and certification process used under the international Cyanide Code. The Code covers manufacture, transport and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 15, 2014 | 4:17 pm

GOLD: San Gold drills new horizon adjacent to Rice Lake mine

MANITOBA – San Gold Corp. of Winnipeg has confirmed with recent drilling and ongoing development that a new and parallel mining horizon is located immediately to the north of its Rice Lake gold mine at Bissett.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 15, 2014 | 4:16 pm

URANIUM: Fission 3 targets anomalies on Clearwater-PLS boundary

SASKATCHEWAN – Fission 3.0 Corp. of Kelowna, BC, is planning a fall exploration at the Clearwater West uranium property in the Athabasca Basin. There is a large cluster of anomalies identified by Fission 3's patent pending airborne...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 15, 2014 | 4:14 pm

Orbis Gold rebuffs Semafo’s advances

A day after the board of directors of Orbis Gold (ASX: OBS) rejected an unsolicited all-cash takeover offer made on the Thanksgiving holiday weekend from Montreal-based Semafo (TSX: SMF), the Australian mining company released an updated...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 15, 2014 | 4:12 pm

COPPER-GOLD: New feasibility study planned for Carmacks project

YUKON – Vancouver-based Copper North Mining Corp. says it has hired JDS Energy and Mining (JDS) and Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (BGRIMM) to produce a new feasibility study for the Carmacks...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 14, 2014 | 4:48 pm

DIAMONDS: Kennady ups Kelvin-Faraday tonnage to 9-12M tonnes

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Exploration is paying off for Toronto's Kennady Diamonds. Recent work at Kelvin 300 km northeast of Yellowknife has allowed the company to increase its tonnage estimate for the Kelvin-Faraday kimberlite corridor to...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 14, 2014 | 4:47 pm

GOLD: Unbelievable 14,400 g/t drilled at former Premier mine

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Ascot Resources of Vancouver has drilled an astounding 14,394.5 g/t Au over 0.75 metres in hole P14-707 at the former Premier gold mine north of Stewart. The intersection was made about 167 metres below the surface at a...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 14, 2014 | 4:46 pm

COPPER: Carmax expands Eaglehead with 0.37% CuEq over 521 metres

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Carmax Mining Corp. of Vancouver has expanded the East zone at its Eaglehead copper-gold-molybdenum-silver project near Dease Lake thanks to assays from two diamond drill holes.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 14, 2014 | 4:44 pm

Silver miners under pressure to trim costs

A 24% year-on-year drop in the average annual silver price in 2013 to US$23.79 per oz and an average price for the precious metal of US$19.71 per oz in the third quarter of this year continues to put pressure on silver producers.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 14, 2014 | 4:43 pm

URANIUM: First concentrate made from Cigar Lake ore

SASKATCHEWAN – Cameco Corp. reported on Oct. 8 that the first uranium concentrate has been made from ore mined at the high grade Cigar Lake mine in the Athabasca Basin. The ore was processed at the McClean Lake mill 70 km northeast of the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 9, 2014 | 4:23 pm

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