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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

MINING PEOPLE: Lydian Int’l, Nuinsco, PMI Gold, and St Andrew Goldfields

Marc Leduc is now COO of Toronto's Lydian International. His career spans development of large mines, heap leaches and tailings areas in the United States, Costa Rica, Mexico, Chile and Peru. A veteran of Barrick's Pierina gold mine, he was...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 19, 2013 | 4:08 pm

Rockwell recovers four large diamonds, shares soar

Rockwell Diamonds (TSX: RDI; JSE: RDI) continued to climb after the company found four diamonds weighing more than 100 carats from its Middle Orange River projects in South Africa’s Northern Cape province over the past three weeks.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 19, 2013 | 4:06 pm

IRON ORE: Joint venture to develop Howse deposit

LABRADOR – Labrador Iron Mines Holdings of Toronto and Tata Steel Minerals Canada of Montreal have finalized their joint venture for the exploration and development of LIM's Howse iron ore deposit near Schefferville, QC.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 18, 2013 | 3:52 pm

GOLD: Recovery confirmed from Duparquet bulk sample

QUEBEC – SGS Minerals of Lakefield, ON, has completed continuous pilot testing of a 12-tonne bulk sample from the Duparquet gold project 45 km northwest of Rouyn-Noranda. Quebec City-based owner Clifton Star Resources says the latest...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 18, 2013 | 3:50 pm

WILDLIFE: Anglo American writes cheque for more than $2.5M to protect caribou

BRITISH COLUMBIA – On Sept. 18 the CFO of Anglo American's metallurgical coal business, Brent Waldron, presented a cheque for $2.566 million the BC minister of forests, lands and natural resource operations, Hon. Steve Thomson, to support...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 18, 2013 | 3:47 pm

SAFETY: Vale pays over $1M for deaths of two miners

ONTARIO – As part of the resolution of charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act in connection to the deaths of Jason Chenier and Jordan Fram at Stobie mine in 2011, Vale entered a guilty plea on three counts, and agreed...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 18, 2013 | 3:44 pm

AUTOMATION: Neptec’s radar, laser combo allows shovel to “see”

OTTAWA – - Neptec Technologies Corp., a leading developer of innovative 3-D robotic vision products, successfully demonstrated its OPAL-360 obscurant-penetrating LiDAR scanner at Barrick Gold Corp.'s Goldstrike mine in Nevada. The...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 18, 2013 | 3:43 pm

Denison Mines tops Mega’s offer for Rockgate

Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE-MKT: DNN) has tabled a superior all share bid for Rockgate Capital (TSX: RGT), a week before Rockgate shareholders are set to vote on a merger with Mega Uranium (TSX: MGA), claiming over 40% of Rockgate's...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 18, 2013 | 3:41 pm

NICKEL-COPPER: Lundin secures financing for Eagle mine

MICHIGAN – Lundin Mining Corp. of Toronto has secured commitments from a syndicate of lenders for a $250 million loan with which to advance the Eagle nickel-copper project in the Upper Peninsula, near Marquette. The new credit agreement...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2013 | 3:50 pm

IRON ORE: First DSO shipment made from Tata project

QUEBEC – The MV Sterling departed Sept-Iles on Sept. 14 with a cargo of 77,000 tonnes of iron ore sinter fines from the Tata Steel Minerals Canada direct shipping ore (DSO) project near Schefferville. The project is a joint venture of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2013 | 3:49 pm

GOLD: San Gold drills multiple new zones

MANITOBA – Winnipeg-based San Gold Corp. has discovered several new zone along its Shoreline Basalt host unit, close to its Rice Lake mining complex at Bissett. "Very encouraging" results were returned from each of four new zones.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2013 | 3:47 pm

MINING PEOPLE: Focus Graphite, Silvercorp, Teck, and White Pine

Focus Graphite of Ottawa has named Don Baxter its new COO. He is a former president of Northern Graphite and was mine superintendent at the Kearny graphite mine in the 1990s.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2013 | 3:42 pm

Is there any hope left for juniors?

There's no surprise that the recent fall in commodity prices and the rise in costs, coupled with shrinking capital have created a recipe for disaster in the junior resource sector. But John McCoach believes better days are ahead for the sector.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2013 | 3:40 pm

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