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PHOSPHATE STUDY: New report gives Lac a Paul project excellent potential

QUEBEC - With the recent filing of the 43-101 report and pre-feasibility study for its Lac a Paul phosphate project in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean area, owner Arianne Resources of Chicoutimi, QC, is contemplating the production of a 38% P2O5...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 12, 2012 | 5:00 pm

GOLD MINING: More records set at St Andrew, Osisko

ONTARIO and QUEBEC - Toronto-based St Andrew Goldfields produced a record amount of gold in Q4 2011 The 22,350 oz of gold is a 12% increase from Q3. The company operates the Holt, Holloway and Hislop mines in the Kirkland Lake region of Ontario.

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

MINERAL PROCESSING: Simpler flowsheet increases economics for NICO plant

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Fortune Minerals of London, ON, says the results of a mini-pilot plant test conducted on ore from its NICO gold-cobalt-bismuth-copper project near Mazenod Lake, NT, point toward a simplified flowsheet and improved...

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

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Prism Resources, Richmont Mines and Toromont

Robert Baxter is the new president and CEO of Vancouver-based Prism Resources. His appointment follows the resignation of Scott M. Ross.

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

PERSPECTIVE: Metals, minerals shortage to hit manufacturing

Research conducted by PwC of Montreal has found that 77% of manufacturing industries consider scarcity of metals and minerals a pressing issue. Seven industries will be most impacted: infrastructure, high tech hardware, automotive, renewable...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 11, 2012 | 5:00 pm

COPPER EXPANSION: Gibraltar mine, mill increase on track for year-end start

BRITISH COLUMBIA - The expansion of the Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine and mill to 185 million lb of copper annually is on track for completion by the end of 2012. The project, located 65 km north of Williams Lake, is owned by Taseko Mines...

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

GOLD MINING: Aurizon posts record gold output

VANCOUVER - Aurizon Mines posted record gold output during 2011 - 163,845 oz, up 16% over 2010 - and it plans to produce between 155,000 and 160,000 oz of gold this year. Its flagship asset is the Casa Berardi mine 95 km north of La Sarre, QC.

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

GEOCHEMISTRY: SGS testing certified ISO/IEC 17025

TORONTO - The geochemical laboratory of SGS Mineral Services has extended its scope of accredited tests certified to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025. The certification includes the company's proprietary MMITM (mobile metal ion) methodology,...

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

GOLD MINING: San Gold, Timmins Gold set quarterly production records

MANITOBA and ONTARIO - Two of Canada's smaller gold miners, San Gold of Winnipeg and Timmins Gold of Vancouver, have reached record levels of gold ounces produced during the last quarter of 2011.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 10, 2012 | 5:00 pm

GOLD-COPPER STUDY: Abacus files Ajax feasibility

BRITISH COLUMBIA - Abacus Mining and Exploration of Vancouver has filed its feasibility study for the Ajax gold-copper mine 10 km southwest of Kamloops. The study supports a 60,000-t/d open pit mine and conventional concentrator that would...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 10, 2012 | 4:59 pm

MINING MORATORIUM: US to protect 405,000 hectares near Grand Canyon

ARIZONA - U.S. Interior Secretary has decided to withdraw public lands near the Grand Canyon from new mining claims for two decades. The move was met by cheers from environmentalists and jeers from Republicans who accuse the ruling Democrats of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 10, 2012 | 4:58 pm

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Bellhaven, Copper North, Edgewater Exploration, Matamec and Queenston

Vancouver-based Bellhaven Copper & Gold has named Patrick Highsmith CEO and director. He has degrees in geological engineering and geochemistry from the Colorado School of Mines and is the COO of Lithium One. Interim CEO Pal Szweng has...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 10, 2012 | 4:57 pm

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