Canadian Mining Journal Staff

COPPER-GOLD RESOURCES: Kemess North underground has potential 2.6-M oz Au and 860-M lb Cu

BRITISH COLUMBIA - Northgate Minerals of Vancouver says the 43-101 report prepared for its Kemess underground project outlined an indicated resource of 136.5 million tonnes grading 0.56 g/t Au and 0.29% Cu. The inferred resource is another 6.0...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 16, 2011 | 5:00 pm

SAFETY: Kiena reaches 1-M hours without lost time milestone

QUEBEC - On Feb. 15, 2001, the Kiena gold mine reached 1.0 million hours worked without a lost time accident. The mine is owned and operated by Wesdome Gold Mines of Toronto.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 16, 2011 | 5:00 pm

COPPER PROCESSING: Taseko to build second mill at Gibraltar

BRITISH COLUMBIA -The board of Vancouver's Taseko Mines has approved spending to boost production by 30,000 t/d at its Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine by building a second concentrator at the site. The original concentrator treats 55,000 t/d.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 16, 2011 | 5:00 pm

LITHIUM RESOURCES: New 43-101 numbers at Authier are 40% higher than historic estimate

QUEBEC - Montreal-based Glen Eagle Resources has new, 43-101-compliant resource numbers for its Authier lithium property 45 km north of Val d'Or. Importantly, the new estimate is 40% higher than historical estimates.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 15, 2011 | 5:00 pm

ZINC-SILVER EXPLORATION: Two high grade zones cut at Abcourt-Barvue

QUEBEC - Drilling by Abcourt Mines of Mont-St-Hilaire, QC, has intersected two high grade zinc-silver zones at depth from 150 to 200 metres from the surface at its Abcourt-Barvue deposit 60 km north of Val d'Or. The current drill program was...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 15, 2011 | 5:00 pm

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: AEMQ, Apogee, Seabridge and St. Augustine Gold

L'Association de l'exploration minière du Québec has elected a new executive for 2011. They are president M. Ghislain Poirier (Stornoway Diamond), VP regulatory and community relations Mathieu Savard (Virginia Mines), VP...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 14, 2011 | 5:00 pm

CSR: Shear Diamonds signs accord with Nunavut Resources

NUNAVUT - Edmonton-based Shear Diamonds, that his hoping to reopen the Jericho diamond mine, has signed a mutual co-operation agreement with Nunavut Resources Corp. The NRC is an Inuit-owned corporation dedicated to achieving participation and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 14, 2011 | 5:00 pm

ENVIRONMENT: New MEND website launched

OTTAWA - While we are on the topic of acid drainage, be advised that MEND, the Mine Environmental Neutral Drainage program, has launched a revamped website.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 14, 2011 | 5:00 pm

ENVIRONMENT: Bugs and fish return to cleaned up Tsolum River watershed

BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Mt. Washington copper mine may have been a small open pit on Vancouver Island, but when it went bankrupt in 1967 after only three years of operation, it became a huge pollution problem for Tsolum River watershed. The mine...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 14, 2011 | 5:00 pm

SAFETY: Mining is second safest industry in Ontario

Ontario's mining industry continues to show steady progress in improving its safety performance. According to provisional statistics released recently, Ontario's mining sector's lost time injury rate was 0.5 per 200,000 hours worked in 2010,...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 14, 2011 | 5:00 pm

TUNGSTEN RESOURCES: Reserves up at CanTung mine

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Minerals reserves are up at the CanTung mine, says North American Tungsten of Vancouver, due to exploration of new zones, higher prices making lower grade zones economic and planned pillar recovery. Probable reserves...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 10, 2011 | 5:00 pm

GOLD EXPLORATION: Zones expanding at Holloway mine

ONTARIO - St Andrew Goldfields (SAS) of Toronto is pleased with the recent drilling results from its Holloway gold mine near Matheson. Not only have promising results been obtained from the Blacktop zone east of current mining activities, but...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 10, 2011 | 5:00 pm

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