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DIAMOND: Lucara unveils 257-ct clear gem

BOTSWANA – Vancouver-based Lucara Diamond Corp. has unearthed a 257.24-carat, clear diamond from its Karowe mine. The stone is to be sold in Q4 2013. Previously the largest diamond weighed 239 ct and was found in March this year.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 25, 2013 | 4:04 pm

Mt. Milligan produces first copper-gold concentrate

VANCOUVER – Thompson Creek Metals’ (TSX: TCM) $1.5-billion investment is about to start paying off: the new Mt. Milligan mine is now producing copper-gold concentrate.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 25, 2013 | 4:02 pm

COAL: Fortune pulls back from Arctos project

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Protests have plagued the Arctos coal project 165 km northeast of Stewart since August. Now owner Fortune Minerals of London, ON, is taking the unusual step of voluntarily cutting its summer field program short and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 24, 2013 | 4:20 pm

NICKEL: Bucko North yields good results for CaNickel

MANITOBA – CaNickel Mining of Vancouver has finished its 8,682-metre winter drill program at the Bucko North nickel property, and the assays are in. Hole BK13-13 intersected 27 metres grading 1.05% Ni. Hole BK13-8 cut three separate areas...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 24, 2013 | 4:18 pm

MINING PEOPLE: Energizer Resources, Honey Badger, NioCorp, Noront, and Sierra Metals

Energizer Resources has announced the appointments of V. Peter Harder as chairman and Richard E. Schler as CEO of the Toronto-based company.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 24, 2013 | 4:16 pm

WATER TREATMENT: Goldcorp chooses Actiflo for Eleanor project

A large greenfield gold mine in Quebec, Goldcorp's Éléonore project in the James Bay Region, needed a range of water treatment services to remove arsenic and other metals and to minimize the potential of mine flooding. The...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 24, 2013 | 4:12 pm

Six years and $700M later, Taseko celebrates a new, improved Gibraltar mine

WILLIAMS LAKE, BC – When Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO) re-opened Gibraltar near Williams Lake in 2006, the 36-year old mine had enough ore to feed its 30,000-t/d mill for just over three years.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 24, 2013 | 4:10 pm

GOLD: Mining and milling resumes at Goldex

QUEBEC – Agnico Eagle Mines of Toronto has resumed mining and milling at its Goldex gold mine near Val d'Or. Work is underway on satellite deposits, and the first bullion pour is expected in October 2013. The property is expected to...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 23, 2013 | 4:10 pm

GOLD: Pretium cuts 6,550 g/t at Valley of the Kings

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver-based Pretium Resources is having extraordinarily good results at its Valley of the Kings bulk sample program and underground exploration drilling at the Brucejack project about 65 km north of Stewart.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 23, 2013 | 4:09 pm

TREATY RIGHTS: Canada opens information about aboriginal and treaty rights

OTTAWA – Provincial and territorial governments, Aboriginal groups, industry and all Canadians will now have access to an online repository of information on aboriginal and treaty rights. Previously, it was only available to federal...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 23, 2013 | 4:07 pm

COPPER: Ivanhoe to raise $100M+ for two projects in DRC

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Under the leadership of executive chairman Robert Friedland, Ivanhoe Mines (formerly Ivanplats) of Vancouver has arranged a non-brokered, private placement that will raise $100 million or more. The company...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 23, 2013 | 4:06 pm

Mexico’s proposed tax creates uncertainty

A proposed mining tax of 7.5% on companies in Mexico and as much as 8% on those extracting precious metals is creating uncertainty in the industry about investing in a country that until now has been thought of as one of the world’s most...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 23, 2013 | 4:03 pm

GOLD: South Mine Complex yields more bonanza grades

ONTARIO – Kirkland Lake Gold continues to intersect bonanza gold grades during underground diamond drilling at its South Mine Complex (SMC) near Kirkland lake. Hole 53-2291 assayed 452.84 g/t Au (more than 13 oz per short ton) over a true...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 19, 2013 | 4:11 pm

GRAPHITE: Indicated resources double at Kearney project

ONTARIO – The updated 43-101 study of the Kearney graphite mine 250 km north of Toronto, shows higher inferred and indicated resources – almost doubling the indicated portion. The former flake graphite producer operated from 1989 to...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 19, 2013 | 4:10 pm

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