Canadian Mining Journal Staff

AGREEMENT: KIA okays Hope Bay transfers to TMAC Resources

NUNAVUT – TMAC Resources of Cambridge Bay, NT, and the Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA) have entered into a memorandum of understanding whereby the KIA consents to transfer all of the Hope Bay gold project near Cambridge Bay. TMAC...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 14, 2013 | 3:01 pm

OFFERING: Goldcorp prices $1.5-B notes

VANCOUVER - Goldcorp plans to issue US$1.5 billion in aggregate principal amount of notes, consisting of US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.125% notes due March 15, 2018, and US$1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.70% notes...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 14, 2013 | 2:59 pm

MINING PEOPLE: Candente Gold, North American Nickel, Scorpio Mining, and Unigold

Dr. Kenneth G. Thomas has joined the board of directors at Candente Gold Corp. of Vancouver. Until his retirement last  year he was senior VP project for Kinross Gold. Earlier in his career, Thomas played a leading role in all aspects of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 14, 2013 | 2:56 pm

Delving deeper into Colombia’s mining issues

Colombia is currently one of the world’s more enigmatic mining jurisdictions. There is no denying that country's lost "cocaine" years have left it with swaths of unrivalled prospective ground ripe for modern exploration. Added to that has...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 14, 2013 | 2:55 pm

TAILINGS: Newalta to reprocess Shell’s oil sands tails

ALBERTA – Newalta Corporation of Calgary has signed a contract with Shell Canada to process mature fine tailings from Shell's Jackpine oil sands mine near Fort McMurray. Newalta expects to complete the design and installation of two large...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 13, 2013 | 2:53 pm

TEST: Synthetic rutile concentrate produced

QUEBEC – Fancamp Exploration of Vancouver says synthetic rutile (TiO2) concentrate has been produced in pilot tests on material from the Magpie iron-titanium-vanadium-chromium project east of Sept-Iles. The high grade concentrate has the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 13, 2013 | 2:51 pm

GOLD: New resource numbers for Akasaba

QUEBEC – Toronto-based Alexandria Minerals Corp. has filed a 43-101 resource report for its 100% owned Akasaba project near Val d'Or. The current resources is twice as large as the one reported a year ago.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 13, 2013 | 2:47 pm

AWARDS: Revisit PDAC winners

TORONTO – The Republic of Mining has collected the photos and videos of all award winners during the 2013 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention. Click here to view them if you missed the gala ceremony or want to...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 13, 2013 | 2:45 pm

DRILLING: Oldenburg introduces user friendly face pattern system

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin – Oldenburg Mining, a leading innovator in underground mining equipment, has introduced a new face pattern system with an intuitive display interface that makes it easier for operators to execute drill patterns....

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 13, 2013 | 2:40 pm

Alamos on verge of derailing Hecla bid for Aurizon as battle builds

VANCOUVER – The battle for Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) is getting nasty.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 13, 2013 | 2:38 pm

PGE: Minfocus cuts better than 2 g/t Pt+Pd at Chief Peter project

ONTARIO – Minfocus Exploration Corp. of Toronto has drilled the Chief Peter property 130 km northwest of Thunder Bay and received assays greater than 2.0 g/t Pt+Pd and more than 0.50% Cu. The recent diamond drilling program included 750...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 12, 2013 | 3:48 pm

IRON ORE: Cliffs to close Pointe Noire pellet plant

QUEBEC – Cliffs Natural Resources of Cleveland, OH, has announced its intention to close its Pointe Noire iron ore pellet plant in Sept-Iles by the end of Q2 2013. The company blamed high production costs and lower prices for its decision.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 12, 2013 | 3:46 pm

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