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GOLD MINING: Lake Shore to cut capex $15M to $20M

ONTARIO – Lake Shore Gold of Toronto will cut its 2012 capital spending budget by $15 million to $20 million. The company assured investors that the cutback would not affect this year’s target to produce between 85,000 and 100,000...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 13, 2012 | 5:00 pm

GOLD EXPLORATION: Wesdome updates drilling at Kiena

QUEBEC – Toronto’s Wesdome Gold Mines is drilling high grades during the underground program at its Kiena gold mine in Val d’Or. At the Dubuisson North zone assays were 16.75 g/t over 12.5 metres, 10.65 g/t over 4.3 metres and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 13, 2012 | 4:59 pm

MINERAL PROCESSING: Toll milling Halfmile ore creates good quality concentrates

NEW BRUNSWICK – A 30,000-tonne sample of ore from the Halfmile Zn-Pb-Cu mine demonstrated excellent flotation characteristics, good metal recoveries and quality concentrates when custom treated at Xstrata’s Brunswick concentrator....

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 13, 2012 | 4:58 pm

Is uranium set for a turnaround?

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan recently declared that Japanese society “won’t function” without nuclear power, according to the online edition of the Daily Yomiuri newspaper.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 13, 2012 | 4:57 pm

TUNGSTEN MINING: Road washouts threaten CanTung mine

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Significant washouts caused by heavy precipitation and rapid snow melt on the Nahanni Range Road has North American Tungsten of Vancouver planning to temporarily reduce or even curtail operations at the CanTung...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 12, 2012 | 4:59 pm

DIAMOND RESOURCE: Stornoway releases first estimate for Qilalugaq project

NUNAVUT – Montreal-based Stornoway Diamond Corp. says the initial resource estimate for the Qilalugaq project suggests the kimberlite contains 26.1 million carats. The project, on the Rae Isthmus which connects the Melville Peninsula to...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 12, 2012 | 4:58 pm

MINERAL PROCESSING: Prairie Lake study confirms making a saleable phosphorus concentrate

ONTARIO – Nuinsco Resources of Toronto says that recent metallurgical testing of material from its Prairie Lake phosphorus-rare metals project indicate that a saleable phosphorus concentrate can be produced using conventional methods. The...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 12, 2012 | 4:57 pm

Panoro continues to show promise in Peru

Panoro Minerals has over a dozen properties in Peru, but is putting its resources into exploring and developing two projects in the country’s southeastern corner.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 12, 2012 | 4:56 pm

DIAMOND DEVELOPMENT: Shear updates Jericho operation

NUNAVUT – Shear Diamonds of Toronto delivered the first parcel of diamonds from its Jericho diamond project to its marketing partner, Tache Company NV, on May 29, 2012. The parcel contained 11,317.98 ct. Tache has made an interim payment...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 11, 2012 | 4:59 pm

GOLD MINING: McGarry ore processed at McAlpine mill

ONTARIO – Toronto’s Armistice Resources has begun regular ore shipments from its McGarry gold mine 40 km east of Kirkland Lake to the McAlpine mill at Cobalt. The ore is being processed under the terms of a custom milling contract...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 11, 2012 | 4:58 pm

COPPER MINING: Quebrada Blanca expansion costs to top US5.5B

CHILE – Vancouver-based Teck Resources, 76.5% owner of the Quebrada Blanca copper-molybdenum mine 165 km southeast of Iquique in Region I, has filed the latest 43-101 technical report for a project to build a concentrator at the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 11, 2012 | 4:57 pm

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: SNC-Lavalin ranked among best corporate citizens in Canada

MONTREAL - SNC-Lavalin has been ranked 11th among the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada by Corporate Knights.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 11, 2012 | 4:56 pm

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