Canadian Mining Journal Staff

REPORT: Territorial economic performance shining brightly thanks to mining

OTTAWA – The Conference Board of Canada has taken a look at how Canada's economy is performing and says the Territories are the pack.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 15, 2014 | 4:11 pm

REPORT: Governing natural resources for Africa’s development

OTTAWA – The North-South Institute has released its latest flagship publication, the Canadian International Development Report, and it highlights opportunity and challenge on the African continent. The report contains policy briefs by...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 15, 2014 | 4:10 pm

AWARDS: CIM honours the best of mining at ceremony

VANCOUVER – Earlier this week, the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum held its annual general meeting and trade show in this west coast city. Among the highlights was the awards ceremony honouring many of the best in...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 15, 2014 | 4:09 pm

MINING PEOPLE: Karnalyte, North American Nickel, Orbite, Primero, Rathdowney, and Yamana

Thomas Drolet has replaced Robin Phinney as president and CEO of Karnalyte Resources in Calgary. Drolet has more than 40 years experience in the international energy, mining and technology sectors.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 15, 2014 | 4:06 pm

Orbite eyes high grade alumina production in 2015

Orbite Aluminae (TSX: ORT; OTCQX: EORBF) says its high purity alumina (HPA) plant in Cap-Chat, QC, is on track to reach commercial production early next year.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 15, 2014 | 4:05 pm

DIAMONDS: Feasibility study puts Gahcho Ku NPV at over $1B

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – The 2014 feasibility for the Gahcho Kué diamond project at Kennaday Lake puts the net present value (10%) of the project at $1.005 billion, and the internal rate of returns (excluding sunk costs) at 32.5%....

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

ZINC-LEAD: Caribou PEA puts IRR at 56.9%, pre-tax NPV at $150 million

NEW BRUNSWICK – Trevali Mining Corp. of Vancouver is encouraged by the preliminary economic assessment of its Caribou zinc-lead-silver project in the Bathurst Mining Camp. The base case gives the project a 56.9% internal rate of return...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 14, 2014 | 4:11 pm

PGM-NICKEL: Wellgreen traces mineralization over 2.5 km

YUKON – Vancouver-based Wellgreen Platinum says that the latest results of its recent field program have traced PGM-nickel-copper mineralization over a length of 2.5 km at its Wellgreen property 320 km northwest of Whitehorse. The strike...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 14, 2014 | 4:10 pm

CERTIFICATION: SGS earns nod for environmental testing in Quebec

ONTARIO – SGS Canada announced that its environmental laboratory in Lakefield has successfully completed the requirements of the Programme d'accréditation des laboratoires d'analyse (PALA) (accreditation program for analysis...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 14, 2014 | 4:09 pm

Virginia flexes exploration muscle at Wabamisk

Virginia Mines (TSX: VGQ) made its name, and a fortune, with its Éléonore discovery Quebec’s James Bay territory, but that doesn't mean that it is done with the region yet.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 14, 2014 | 4:07 pm

AWARDS: Inaugural TSM honours go to Syncrude and IamGold

VANCOUVER – The Mining Association of Canada presented the first ever Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) awards to Syncrude Canada and IamGold Corp. The winners were acknowledged for their innovative projects that raise the bar for...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 13, 2014 | 3:41 pm

NICKEL-COPPER: KGHM plans 2019 opening for Victoria mine

ONTARIO – The Victoria nickel-copper mine near Sudbury is to be reopened by 2019 – not bad for a property that produced its first ore in 1899. Owner KGHM International made the Zone 4 discovery in 2010. Soon an initial inferred...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 13, 2014 | 3:40 pm

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