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PERSPECTIVE: Innovative CSR solutions for troubled Attawapiskat

Older CMJ readers will remember how the mining companies built remote projects in the middle of the last century. First they found and explored a deposit far from civilization. Next they made a development decision that included building a...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 5, 2012 | 5:00 pm

COPPER-GOLD-SILVER RESOURCE: Lions Gate files estimate for Poplar deposit

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Lions Gate Metals of Vancouver has filed the new 43-101 report for its Poplar copper-gold-silver-molybdenum deposit in the Omenica Mining Division on SEDAR. It includes results from the second phase of drilling at the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 5, 2012 | 4:59 pm

GOLD-COPPER-TUNGSTEN EXPLORATION: Aurizon reports on Rex South

QUEBEC – Azimut Exploration of Longueuil, QC, is encouraged by the results of a regional exploration program that its partner Aurizon Mines of Vancouver did last year on the Rex South property. The property is located in Nunavik and owned...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 5, 2012 | 4:58 pm

ABORIGINAL RELATIONS: Osisko and Metis Nation sign Hammond Reef protocol

ONTARIO – Osisko Hammond Reef Gold, a subsidiary of Montreal’s Osisko Mining Corp., has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Metis Nation of Ontario to guide their working relationship in regard to the development of the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 4, 2012 | 5:00 pm

NICKEL DEVELOPMENT: Sherritt updates Ambatovy progress

MADAGASCAR – All the systems in the pressure acid leach (PAL) area at the Ambatovy nickel development are either in operation or start-up, reports 40% owner Sherritt International of Toronto. The balance of the US$5.5-billion project is...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 4, 2012 | 4:59 pm

EXCAVATOR: Hitachi launches heavier, more powerful EX2600-6

MOLINE, Illinois – With several popular and productive models of its ultra-large hydraulic excavators already working in the mining industry, Hitachi has launched a new model. The EX2600-6 is the heaviest, most powerful model in the line....

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 4, 2012 | 4:58 pm

BOLTER: Atlas Copco takes bolting to the next level

SWEDEN - Atlas Copco claims to have taken underground rock bolting and reinforcement operations to the next level with the introduction of the new Boltec EC, equipped with the sturdy, accurate and stable BUT 45 boom.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 4, 2012 | 4:57 pm

ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS: Rainy River inks deal with First Nations

ONTARIO – Rainy River Resources of Toronto and the Naicatchewenin First Nation, Rainy River First Nations, Mitaanjigamiing First Nation, Couchiching First Nation, Lac La Croix First Nation and Seine River First Nation (together the First...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 3, 2012 | 5:00 pm

ZINC-LEAD RESERVES: Reserves estimated at Pine Point project

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Tamerlane Ventures of Bellingham, WA, has filed an updated 43-101 report for its Pine Point zinc-lead project on the south side of the Great Slave Lake that includes 7.8 million tonnes of proven and probable...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 3, 2012 | 4:59 pm

GOLD RESOURCE: Pretium reveals new numbers for the Brucejack

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver-based Pretium Resources has new resource estimates for the valley of the Kings and West zone of its Brucejack gold project 65 km north of Stewart.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 3, 2012 | 4:58 pm

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Schneider Electric, Quanterra, North Arrow and Claude Resources

Schneider Electric Canada of Toronto has named Daniel Peloquin its new president, replacing Gary Abrams who has been named to the role of transformation leader of the company’s North American IT initiative. Peloquin joined the head office...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 3, 2012 | 4:57 pm

FEDERAL BUDGET: Mining sector behind fiscal plan

OTTAWA, TORONTO and VANCOUVER – Last week’s federal budget, brought down by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty in the House of Commons on March 29, 2012, generally has the support of the mining sector. Industry associations were quick to...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 2, 2012 | 5:00 pm

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