Canadian Mining Journal Staff

ABORIGINAL RELATIONS: Benefits agreement signed for Prairie Creek zinc project

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Canadian Zinc Corp. of Yellowknife, NT, and the Nahanni Butte Dene Band have signed an impact and benefits agreement that covers the development and operation of the company's Prairie Creek zinc-lead-silver mine in the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 24, 2011 | 5:00 pm

DIAMOND RESOURCES: Renard inferred carats up 30%

QUEBEC - The revised 43-101 resource estimate for the Renard diamond project in the north central part of the province has numbers for contained carats in the inferred category that are 31% higher than the previous estimate. The project is a...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 24, 2011 | 5:00 pm

GOLD STUDY: Positive PEA prepared for Elk project, aka Siwash

BRITISH COLUMBIA - Almaden Minerals of Vancouver says according to the preliminary economic assessment of its Elk (formerly Siwash) gold project near Merritt could pay for itself in less than two years. Using a US$1,000/oz gold price and a...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 24, 2011 | 5:00 pm

METALLURGICAL TESTS: Big Daddy ore suitable for direct shipping

ONTARIO - KWG Resources of Montreal has received results of a preliminary report on Big Daddy chromite ore from its deposit in the Ring of Fire saying that after crushing and screening the yield of saleable material as direct shipping lumpy...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 20, 2011 | 5:00 pm

ABORIGINAL RELATIONS: Wahpeton Dakota nation signs on for Star-Orion South diamond project

SASKATCHEWAN - The Wahpeton Dakota Nation has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shore Gold covering the company's Star-Orion South diamond project. The two sides have agreed to discuss potential education and training, job and business...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 20, 2011 | 5:00 pm

METALLURGICAL TESTS: Ferguson Lake massive sulphide responds positively to hydromet treatment

NUNAVUT - Starfield Resources of Toronto reports that Phase 2 hydrometallurgical tests on ore from its Ferguson Lake copper-nickel-cobalt project within the Hearne Domain of the Churchill Province were successful. The tests were conducted by...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 19, 2011 | 5:00 pm

GOLD PROCESSING: Rambler to toll mill East mine dump material

NEWFOUNDLAND - Rambler Metals and Mining of Baie Verte, NL, and London, UK, has struck a deal to process surface material from the East mine dump at Tilt Cove. The Tilt Cove property belongs to Metals Creek Resources of Toronto. Metals Creek...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 19, 2011 | 5:00 pm

LITHIUM STUDY: Whabouchi to produce 202,000 t/y spodumene concentrate

QUEBEC - Nemaska Exploration of Quebec City has completed a preliminary economic assessment of its 100%-owned Whabouchi lithium deposit in the James Bay region.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 19, 2011 | 5:00 pm

PERSPECTIVE: Bonanza gold assays from Quebec and Ontario

QUEBEC and ONTARIO - Ah, there is nothing like bonanza gold grades to bring a smile to this writer's lips or the faces of CMJ readers. Here are two to ponder.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 19, 2011 | 5:00 pm

BOOK: Safety is more than science

Safe By Accident authors Judy Agnew and Aubrey Daniels argue that the key to improving mining safety lies not just in the latest engineering, physics, or chemistry advancements, but in the science of human behaviour.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 18, 2011 | 5:00 pm

MINING LEASE: First ever underwater lease granted to Nautilus

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The government of Papua New Guinea has granted the world's first deep sea mining lease to Nautilus Minerals of Toronto for the development of its Solwara 1 project in the Bismarck Sea.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 18, 2011 | 5:00 pm

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: Ring of Fire chiefs invited to join Canada Chrome board

MONTREAL - KWG Resources has extended invitation to the chief of five First Nations in the Ring of Fire area to join the board of its subsidiary Canada Chrome Corp. Today's era of corporate social responsibility demand that aboriginal groups be...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 18, 2011 | 5:00 pm

AWARD: Redpath wins major contract in Tasmania

NORTH BAY, Ontario - Redpath Australia, a subsidiary of Canadian The Redpath Group, has won a major mine development and construction contract at Mount Lyell, Tasmania. The contract was awarded by Copper Mines of Tasmania, a subsidiary of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 17, 2011 | 5:00 pm

POLICY FRAMEWORK: Guidance for mine closure and long term liabilities

The National Orphaned and Abandoned Mines Initiative (NOAMI) has released a new publication, "The Policy Framework in Canada for Mines Closure and Management of Long Term Liabilities: A guidance Document (November 2010)." Stakeholders,...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 17, 2011 | 5:00 pm

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