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DIAMONDS: Stornoway updates joint venture exploration

MONTREAL – Stornoway Diamond Corp. may be busy building Quebec's first diamond mine, but it still has time to update activity on its joint ventures with North Arrow Minerals. North Arrow has an option to acquire an 80% interest in each of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 7, 2013 | 3:59 pm

GOLD: Good drill intercepts below Hislop pits

ONTARIO – As Toronto-based St Andrew Goldfields (SAS) continues to drill at its Hislop project near Timmins, the company reports that drilling continues to return encouraging results.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 7, 2013 | 3:54 pm

URANIUM: Good grades continue at Shea Creek

SASKATCHEWAN – The first five holes at the Shea Creek uranium project include high grade assays, says 49% owner UEX Uranium of Vancouver. The remaining interest belongs to Saskatoon-based Areva Resources Canada and includes the Kianna,...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 7, 2013 | 3:51 pm

Obituary: WGM’s Jack McOuat

John (Jack) McOuat, an icon of the Toronto mining scene and the last surviving co-founder of the independent geological and mining consulting firm Watts, Griffis and McOuat (WGM), died on July 30 at age 80 at the Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 7, 2013 | 3:48 pm

COPPER-NICKEL: KGHM becomes sole operator of Victoria project

ONTARIO – KGHM International (formerly Quadra FNX) of Vancouver has become the sole operator of the Victoria copper-nickel project near Sudbury, thanks to a recent agreement with partner Vale Canada. The deal gives KGHM responsibility for...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 6, 2013 | 4:21 pm

FINANCE: Mag Copper raises $15M for Fabie Bay and Mangusi

QUEBEC – S.W. Taylor & Co. Brokers (Middle East) has issued a commitment letter for the insurance of convertible debentures in the amount of US$15 million to be issued by Toronto's Mag Copper Limited. Mag Copper plans to reopen the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 6, 2013 | 4:19 pm

OIL SANDS: SNC-Lavalin awarded Christina Lake contract

ALBERTA – SNC-Lavalin of Montreal has been awarded the detailed engineering and procurement contract for Phase 3A of the Christina Lake steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) facility. The project is owned by MEG Energy of Calgary.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 6, 2013 | 4:17 pm

ENVIRONMENT: BioteQ, Jiangxi Copper agree to build third water treatment plant

CHINA – BioteQ Environmental Technologies has signed an agreement with joint venture partner Jiangxi Copper Company (JCC), the largest copper mining company in China, to build a water treatment plant at the Yinshan mine site. Yinshan is a...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 6, 2013 | 4:14 pm

PUMPS: Grindex offers better performance, reduced costs

STOCKHOLM – At this year’s BAUMA exhibition in Germany, Grindex announced the launch of its updated range of drainage and sludge pumps. The updated pumps deliver increased running time and require less maintenance, which in turn...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 6, 2013 | 4:11 pm

West Kirkland’s PEA at TUG hit by lower gold price

VANCOUVER — Nevada-focused gold explorer West Kirkland Mines (TSXV: WKM) has unveiled a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its TUG gold-silver deposit on the Long Canyon gold trend along the Utah-Nevada border in Elko County. The...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 6, 2013 | 4:05 pm

COMMENT: Top CSR companies ranked by Corporate Knights

Each year a Toronto-based organization called Corporate Knights, "The Company for Clean Capitalism," ranks Canada's most socially responsible corporations, and this year several miners are included.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 1, 2013 | 4:18 pm

GUEST COMMENT: Mining as a Canadian economic powerhouse

Canada has long established itself as an international hub for financing as well as business leadership in mineral exploration and mining. Our expertise runs deep and investors around the world respect and value it. At home, mining has a...

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

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