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URANIUM: Canadian producers gain access to Indian market

Canada's uranium producers are nothing if not world class. In 2011, 8.69 million tonnes of uranium worth $1.1 billion was produced, all of it from Saskatchewan. That makes us second in the world, behind Kazakhstan (17.8 million tonnes) and well...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 9, 2013 | 3:20 pm

GOLD: Osisko breaks records in Q1 2013

QUEBEC – After stumbling through 2012, the first full year of production at the Canadian Malartic gold mine in the town of the same name, Osisko Mining Corp. is setting record after record as production numbers for the first quarter of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 9, 2013 | 3:19 pm

GOLD: Typhoon studies pit, underground options for Fayolle deposit

QUEBEC – Typhoon Exploration of Laval, QC, must be pleased with the positive preliminary economic assessment for the Fayolle gold deposit 30 km from Rouyn-Noranda. The PEA examined the potential of both an open pit and an underground...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 9, 2013 | 3:17 pm

Obituary: Danie Krige, South Africa’s giant of geostatistics

Danie Krige, an international household name to anyone who studied or practiced the science of evaluating mineral resources for mining purposes, died recently in Johannesburg.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 9, 2013 | 3:15 pm

SILVER-ZINC: Huldra’s Merritt mill reaches commercial output

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Huldra Silver of Vancouver says its mill at Merritt reached commercial production on March 26, 2013. In the first half of March, 92.58 dry metric tonnes of lead-silver concentrate and 131.24 dry metric tonnes of zinc...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 8, 2013 | 4:11 pm

GOLD: Blackwater measured and indicated numbers growing

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver-based New Gold reports an increase in measured and indicated resources at its Blackwater gold project 150 km south of Vanderhoof in the first three months of this year. The M&I resources now stand at 396.9...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 8, 2013 | 4:09 pm

GOLD-COPPER: Casino project to create over 50,000 full-time equivalent jobs

YUKON – The latest report on the potential economic impact of the Casino gold-copper-molybdenum-silver project 300 km northwest of Whitehorse is impressive, says owner Western Copper and Gold Corp. of Vancouver. During the construction...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 8, 2013 | 4:08 pm

AWARD: Zenyatta’s Albany graphite find is discovery of year in Ontario

ONTARIO – Zenyatta Ventures of Thunder Bay, ON, has won the Bernie Schnieders Discovery of the Year Award for tis Albany vein type graphite deposit west of Hearst. The award was made in April by the Northwest Ontario Prospectors...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 8, 2013 | 4:06 pm

El Tigre pushes to process historic tailings to create cash for new exploration

VANCOUVER – Most junior explorers face the same quandary. They own a prospective project, or perhaps several, but have no sources of income, which means finding the funds to explore their prospective lands is a constant struggle.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 8, 2013 | 4:04 pm

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

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