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GOLD STUDY: Updated PEA positive for Auriga’s Maverick project

MANITOBA - The outlook is positive according to an updated preliminary economic assessment of the Maverick (formerly Nokomis) gold project 65 km northeast of Flin Flon. Owner/operator Auriga Gold of Toronto acquired 100% of the project in...

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

URANIUM RESOURCE: Matoush number jumps 50%

QUEBEC - The most recent 43-101 report received by Strateco Resources of Boucherville, QC, outlines how the inferred resource at Matoush Matoush project, located in the Otish Mountains, has increased by 50% since September 2009. The inferred...

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

URANIUM DEVELOPMENT: Second shaft breaks through at Cigar Lake

SASKATCHEWAN - The second shaft at the Cigar Lake uranium project reached the mine workings 480 metres below surface on Jan. 3, 2012. The project is operated by Cameco (50%) of Saskatoon. Areva Resources Canada (37%), Idemitsu Uranium (8%) and...

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

COPPER MINING: Huckleberry mine finish pushed back to 2021

BRITISH COLUMBIA - Permit amendments have been received and directors of Huckleberry Mines have approved the Main zone optimization (MZO) program that will extend the life of the copper mine to 2021. The seven-year extension will preserve 230...

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

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Cornerstone, Harmony Gold, Suncor and Ucore

Cornerstone Capital Resources of Mount Pearl, NL, has asked president Brooke Macdonald to take up additional duties as CEO. Former CEO Glen H. McKay will remain a director and advisor of the company.

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

MINERAL PROCESSING: Outotec offers partial roasting process for copper and gold treatment

FINLAND - Outotec has developed a two-stage partial roasting process to remove impurities such as arsenic, antimony and carbon from copper and gold concentrates as a pre-treatment to actual extraction processes. The process is being installed...

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

COPPER DEVELOPMENT: Inmet’s Cobre Panama gets environmental green light

PANAMA - Inmet Mining of Toronto has received approval from the Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente (ANAM), an arm of the Panamanian government, for its Cobre Panama copper project. Approval of the environmental and social impact assessment...

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

SHAFT SINKING: Redpath acquires German company

North Bay, ONTARIO - J.S. Redpath Holdings has acquired Deilmann-Haniel Shaft Sinking GmbH of Dortmund, Germany, effective Jan. 1, 2012. The German enterprise has a 120-year history of supplying specialty mining services to the industry...

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

MILESTONE: Bestech hires 100th employee

Sudbury, ONTARIO - Bestech, the Canadian engineering-automation-software-environmental company, recently passed a milestone, the hiring of its 100th employee. Nor is this the last hire. The company anticipates an additional 30% growth in its...

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

PERSPECTIVE: Is gold going to gain?

We are entering the month of January, named for the two-faced Roman god Janus who looked both backward and forward. This is the time to look back on one of this writer's predictions and ahead to what might be next for the price of gold.

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

GOLD DEVELOPMENT: Detour Lake receives federal environmental okay

ONTARIO - The federal Minister of Environment has approved the environmental assessment plans for the Detour Lake project owned by Detour Gold of Toronto. The US$992-million open pit gold mine and mill will have a production rate of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 2, 2012 | 4:59 pm

NICKEL MINING: Bucko Lake reduces output

MANITOBA - Vancouver-based CaNickel Mining says the current low price of nickel is forcing it to reduce operations at its Bucko Lake nickel mine near Wabowden in the Thompson Nickel Belt. Ore production will drop to 400-500 t/d from the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 2, 2012 | 4:58 pm

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