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ELECTRICITY: Thirteen First Nations, Goldcorp create power company

THUNDER BAY, Ontario – Thirteen First Nations and Vancouver-based Goldcorp signed an agreement on April 4 to incorporate Wataynikaneyap Power. The new company plans to build an electrical power line connecting remote First Nations...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 4, 2013 | 4:41 pm

AGREEMENT: Taseko, band ink co-operation deal

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Operator of the Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine, Taseko Mines of Vancouver and the Williams Lake Indian Band (WLIB) have signed a participation and co-operation agreement. The deal calls for creation of an...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 4, 2013 | 4:17 pm

MINING PEOPLE: Chieftain Metals, Teck and White Tiger

Chieftain Metals of Toronto has expanded its technical team with the addition of Gary MacSporran as director of technical services. His experience includes management, rock mechanics, underground design and optimization, project evaluation and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 4, 2013 | 4:12 pm

Rainy River outlines new gold zone in advance of feasibility study

VANCOUVER – A new zone keeps generating gold-silver hits at Rainy River Resources' (RR-T) namesake project in northwestern Ontario, creating a slew of strong numbers to inform a new resource estimate planned for the middle of the year....

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 4, 2013 | 4:10 pm

ZINC: Brunswick safety winner again as last blast fired

NEW BRUNSWICK – Xstrata Zinc's venerable Brunswick zinc-lead mine near Bathurst took its last underground production blast yesterday. As the project winds down, the last tonne should pass through the concentrator on April 19, 2013, says...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 3, 2013 | 2:40 pm

COPPER: SNC-Lavalin debooks Cobre Panama project

MONTREAL – SNC-Lavalin Group has been informed that since First Quantum Minerals' takeover of Inmet Mining, the joint venture headed by SNC is no longer needed at the Cobre Panama development project. Inmet subsidiary Mineral Panama SA...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 3, 2013 | 2:37 pm

CSR: Teck, UNICEF launch partnership to save 150,000 children in India

DELHI, India – Teck Resources of Vancouver and UNICEF Canada have launched a $5-million, five-year program, the Zinc Alliance for Child Health (ACH), that will save more than 150,000 children's lives in the country. The program will scale...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 3, 2013 | 2:35 pm

DIAMOND: Birks premiers 16-ct yellow diamond in Edmonton

EDMONTON – Birks, synonymous with fine jewellery since 1879, is exhibiting one of the world's rarest yellow diamonds in its Edmonton location starting this week. The stunning, 16.01-carat fancy intense yellow diamond is set into a...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 3, 2013 | 2:29 pm

Troy has eyes on Guyana with US$200 million Azimuth bid

VANCOUVER — Australian-based gold producer Troy Resources (TRY-T, TRY-A) looks set to send its mine building team into the jungles of Guyana following a US$200-million bid for explorer Azimuth Resources (AZH-T, AZH-A) and its...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 3, 2013 | 2:18 pm

ZINC-GOLD-COPPER: Chieftain takes fresh look at Tulsequah VMS

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Chieftain Metals of Vancouver has spent the last six months compiling and interpreting over five decades of historical data from the Tulsequah volcanogenic massive sulphide property. As a result of the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 2, 2013 | 3:39 pm

TAKEOVER: First Quantum swallows Inmet

VANCOUVER – First Quantum Minerals says it has successfully taken over Inmet Mining Corp. with 92.74% of the outstanding Inmet shares tendered to First Quantum. More than 65.2 million Inmet shares are now in First Quantum's portfolio.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 2, 2013 | 3:35 pm

GOLD: McEwen drills new, high grade discovery at El Gallo

MEXCO – McEwen Mining of Toronto reports that it has made a new, high grade gold discovery near its El Gallo complex in Sinaloa. The company says the new Twin Domes has grades reminiscent of those mined between 1800 and 1950.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 2, 2013 | 3:31 pm

Uranerz reports loss as drive to production continues

As Uranerz Energy (URZ-T, URZ-X) drives to put its part of Wyoming’s Powder River Basin into commercial production this year, it will likely have to top up its coffers.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 2, 2013 | 3:28 pm

DIAMONDS: Sale of Ekati mine to close April 10

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – The governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories, as well as related regulatory authorities, have confirmed that they will approve the sale of the Ekati diamond mine at Lac de Gras to Dominion Diamond Corp....

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 1, 2013 | 4:16 pm

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