Blackwater looks far-off for New Gold
VANCOUVER, BC: It looks as though New Gold will have to wait for more robust gold prices if it is to get its Blackwater project into production.
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B.C. suspends coal mining
VICTORIA, BC: According to a release by The Canadian Press, the granting of new coal mining rights has been frozen for a year in the Klappan, an area of north-west B.C. considered sacred by the Tahltan First Nation.
AME BC announces 2013 award winners
VANCOUVER, BC: The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) has just announced the 2013 recipients of its annual awards presented to individuals or teams for significant contributions to the mineral exploration and...
Historic signing
TIMMINS, ON: The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) and Northern College of Timmins have just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) intended to strengthen and formalize the long-standing positive working relationship between the...
Ritchie Bros. sells $60M of equipment
EDMONTON, AB: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers announces the sale of more than CA$60 million of equipment and trucks at its unreserved public auction in Edmonton last week. More than 3,750 equipment items and trucks were sold in the two-day...
Scarlet Security expands services in the north
YELLOWKNIFE, NWT: The Scarlet Security Group of Companies of Yellowknife announces that it has acquired SECURECheck Ltd in Yellowknife. The acquisition further expands Scarlet’s remote operations by adding both new regions and...
COPPER-PGM: Wallbridge’s Broken Hammer ore to be treated at Redstone mill
ONTARIO – Wallbridge Mining and Northern Sun Mining (formerly Liberty Mines) have signed a deal whereby the ore from Wallbridge's Broken Hammer mine on the north range of the Sudbury Basin will be custom milled at Northern Sun's Redstone...
RARE EARTH: Tests almost double HREE recovery from Nechalacho project
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Toronto-based Avalon Rare Metals says recent tests have indicated that heavy rare earth elements (HREE) recovery from the Nechalacho REE project near Thor Lake will be in excess of 80% compared to 42% as reported...
GRAPHITE: Thermal upgrade boosts graphite from Miller vein to 99.9978% purity
QUEBEC – Canada Carbon successfully upgraded graphite from its Miller property to 99.9978% purity using a rapid thermal upgrading process. The Vancouver-based company is the 100% owner of the property 80 km west of Montreal.
BROCHURE: New booklet features Eriez mining and mineral processing equipment
ERIE, Pennsylvania – The full line of Eriez wet and dry processing equipment for the mining and minerals processing industries is highlighted in a new six-page brochure. Eriez® is offering the literature – free of charge –...
LITHIUM: DMS circuit boosts recovery for Whabouchi ore
QUEBEC – Nemaska Lithium of Quebec City continues to fine tune the mill flowsheet for its Whabouchi lithium project 350 km northwest of Chibougamau. The recovery rate has been boosted 16.7% during tests of dense media separation equipment...
COPPER-ZINC: Canadian Zinc drills more massive sulphides at South Tally Pond
NEWFOUNDLAND – Recently completed drilling by Vancouver's Canadian Zinc Corporation has cut additional massive sulphide mineralization at the South Talley Pond project near Millertown in the central part of the province. Nine of the 15...
MP Materials accuses USA Rare Earth of magnet tech theft
MP Materials (NYSE: MP) has issued a lawsuit against USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ: USAR) alleging that its rare earth mining rival stole […]