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MINING PEOPLE: Canada Coal, Detour Gold, Lydian Int’l, Orbite, and Rainmaker Mining

R. Bruce Duncan is assuming the roles of president and CEO in addition to that of executive chairman of Vancouver-based Canada Coal. The change follows the resignation of Abraham (Braam) Jonker.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 19, 2014 | 4:19 pm

Tahoe’s CSR strategy in Guatemala

VANCOUVER — Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) is a bit of a trailblazer when it comes to community relations and corporate social responsibility (CSR) around its Escobal underground silver mine in the municipality of San Rafael Las...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 19, 2014 | 4:18 pm

GOLD: New ‘historic’ gold mine brings dual benefits

Goldcorp's Porcupine Gold Mines plan to develop an open pit mine on the site of the historic underground Hollinger gold mine brings a series of environmental and economic benefits to Timmins. The company has recently received its final...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 18, 2014 | 4:11 pm

EDUCATION: Goldcorp, Fasken Martineau support new resources law chair at Universit Laval

QUEBEC CITY – Université Laval is getting a new research and innovation chair in natural resources and energy law thanks to a five-year $1 million grant from Goldcorp of Vancouver. The chair is also supported by a $250,000...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 18, 2014 | 4:09 pm

COPPER: Gold Reach expands Seel resources at Ootsa property

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Gold Reach Resources of Vancouver has updated the resource numbers for its Seel deposit at the Ootsa property about 125 km southwest of Houston. The Ootsa property is adjacent to the Huckleberry mine.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 18, 2014 | 4:07 pm

GOLD: Probe dips into high grade at Borden project

ONTARIO – Toronto-based Probe Mines continues to intersect high grades during the infill drilling program at its Borden gold property near Chapleau. The company has already estimated a pit constrained resource that contains more than 4.3...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 18, 2014 | 4:06 pm

Platinum Group unveils economics at Waterberg JV

VANCOUVER — Roughly three years ago junior Platinum Group Metals (TSX: PTM, NYSE-MKT: PLG) made its Waterberg discovery on the North Limb of South Africa's prolific Bushveld Complex, and the company has had the project on the fast track...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 18, 2014 | 4:04 pm

GOLD: Miners report 2013 output and 2014 guidance

Is it good planning or good luck when four major Canadian gold miners chose the same day, Feb. 13, to release their year end production numbers and 2014 guidance? Here is a quick look at what they reported (in US dollars).

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 13, 2014 | 5:34 pm

BASE METALS: Teck profit down 17% after good year

VANCOUVER – Gross profit before depreciation and amortization at Teck Resources was $3.7 billion in 2013, compared to 4.5 billion in 2012. That is a drop of 17%, but at least the company is in the black.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 13, 2014 | 5:32 pm

GOLD: North Madsen contains more than top 1M oz

ONTARIO – The updated resource estimate for the North Madsen gold project owned by Mega Precious Metals of Thunder Bay, ON, contains over 1.0 million oz of the yellow metal. The company said it is increasingly confident in the project,...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 13, 2014 | 5:31 pm

MINING PEOPLE: AME BC, Lamelee, and Peregrine

Harvey McLeod of Klohn Crippen Berger has received the Robert R. Hedley Award from the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia. The award recognizes AME BC members working globally and who made significant contributions or advances...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 13, 2014 | 5:29 pm

SOFTWARE: StruxureWare promises up to 30% in energy savings

RALEIGH, North Carolina - Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has released StruxureWare for Mining, Minerals and Metals, a comprehensive suite of applications that optimizes production operations to reduce costs and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 13, 2014 | 5:28 pm

Drost set to steer Carlisle Goldfields towards production

After Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SSL) purchased Premier Royalty, Abraham Drost, the latter company's CEO, found himself looking for his next gig.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 13, 2014 | 5:25 pm

COMMENT: The Conservatives’ boring budget

On Tuesday afternoon federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivered the latest budget from the ruling Conservative party, a budget that has earned the sobriquet "boring". There were no big new programs, no new tax relief measures for the young...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 12, 2014 | 4:29 pm

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