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COPPER MINING: Red Tiger makes first copper at Luz del Cobre

MEXICO – Red Tiger Mining of Toronto says its Luz del Cobre heap leach project has produced its first copper cathodes in Sonora state. The deposit is a near surface, blanket-type oxidized copper occurrence with measured resources of 2.0...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 22, 2012 | 4:57 pm

CONTRACT AWARD: SNC-Lavalin to lead team at Cobre Panama

PANAMA – A joint venture led by SNC-Lavalin (70%) of Montreal, and including GyM SA (15%) and Techint International Construction (15%) will be providing detailed engineering, procurement and construction management for Inmet...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 22, 2012 | 4:56 pm

Gold bounces back on demand fundamentals

VANCOUVER — The World Gold Council (WGC) released its first quarter 2012 Gold Demand Trends Report heading into the May long weekend, citing increased investment and jewellery demand in China, the rise of exchange traded funds (ETFs), and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 22, 2012 | 4:55 pm

Working with Aboriginal partners in the race for Canada’s iron ore

Canada’s newest iron ore producer, Labrador Iron Mines Limited (LIM), is writing history with production start-up from its James Mine, located in the prolific Labrador Trough. Following the successful commissioning of the mine and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 22, 2012 | 1:44 pm

GOLD RESOURCE: New Carolin outlines 690,000 oz at Ladner project

BRITISH COLUMBIA – According to the latest 43-101 report, New Carolin Gold Corp. of White Rock, BC, estimates that there is a total of 691,540 oz of gold in the inferred resource at its Ladner gold project near Hope. The gold occurs in...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 17, 2012 | 5:00 pm

IRON RESOURCE: Oceanic reports Hopes Advance numbers

QUEBEC – Oceanic Iron Ore Corp. of Vancouver has filed a 43-101 report on the mineral resources of its Hopes Advance iron project in Ungava Bay. The in pit measured and indicated resources are 1.27 billion tonnes grading 32.3% Fe, and the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 17, 2012 | 4:59 pm

AFFILIATION: Inmet joins ICMM

TORONTO – Inmet Mining has joined the International Council on Mining and Metals, an organization focused on improving sustainable development performance. As part of its membership, the company will be required to issue public report...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 17, 2012 | 4:58 pm

Inmet finances Cobre Panama under majority ownership

VANCOUVER — Toronto-based major Inmet Mining has opted to retain its majority interest in the world-class Cobre Panama copper-gold project through development financing, as the company announced a hybrid plan that would see it shoulder...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 17, 2012 | 4:57 pm

COAL STUDY: Xstrata, JX Nippon commit $35-M to Suska pre-feasibility

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Joint venture partners Xstrata Coal Canada and JX Nippon Oil and Energy stated their intention to proceed with the $35-million pre-feasibility study of the Suska coal project, located between Tumbler Ridge and Chetwynd....

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 16, 2012 | 5:00 pm

NICKEL MINING: Bucko Lake operations suspended

MANITOBA – The provincial Workplace Safety and Health Division has issued a stop work order to cease blasting operations at the Bucko Lake nickel mine belonging to CaNickel Mining of Vancouver. The company is co-operating fully. The order...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 16, 2012 | 4:59 pm

COPPER STUDY: Reed PFS looks at 1,300 t/d longhole open stoping

MANITOBA – The pre-feasibility study of the Reed copper deposit near Snow Lake demonstrates that indicated resources can be converted to reserves and that production by longhole open stoping at a rate of 1,300 t/d is economically viable....

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 16, 2012 | 4:58 pm

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: High River Gold, KGHM International and Shore Gold

High River Gold of Toronto has named Yury Lopukhin its new CEO and Greorgy Smirnov its CFO. Lopukhin is also the senior financial manager at Severstal Gold, a subsidiary of Nord Gold, High River's controlling shareholder.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 16, 2012 | 4:57 pm

Updated: Hana plunges on Ghanzi scoping study

VANCOUVER — Hana Mining's share price dropped 68% after the company released a long-awaited first economic study on the Banana Zone and Zone 5 at its 70%-owned Ghanzi project in Botswana.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 16, 2012 | 4:56 pm

PERSPECTIVE: The cost of moving Pebble forward

I know an engineer who says anything is possible if you throw enough money at it. The costs associated with the development of the Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum project in Alaska come to mind when thinking in this vein.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 15, 2012 | 5:00 pm

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