Canadian Mining Journal Staff, Author at Canadian Mining Journal

GOLD RESOURCE: Hosco pit numbers up 31% at Joanna

QUEBEC - At the Joanna property 20 km east of Rouyn-Noranda, Vancouver-based Aurizon Mines says the most recent mineral resource estimate for the Hosco pit is 31% larger than the one done in July 2010.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 13, 2011 | 5:00 pm

LITHIUM DEVELOPMENT: Canada Lithium to begin construction Q3 2011

QUEBEC - The positive updated feasibility study for the Quebec lithium mine near Val d'Or has owner Canada Lithium of Toronto planning to start construction at the site in Q3 2011. The updated study, replacing the one of December 2010,...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 13, 2011 | 5:00 pm

MERGER: Maple Group launches bid for TSX

TORONTO - When the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and London Stock Exchange (LSE) announced in February 2011 that they planned to merger and create the largest exchange in the world, the idea of loosing all or even part of Canadian control over...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 13, 2011 | 5:00 pm

ALLEGATIONS: Kitco denies it owes money to Revenu Quebec

MONTREAL - Revenue Quebec has a bone to pick with Kitco Metals Inc., one of the world's largest retailers of precious metals. The province alleges that Kitco has fraudulently withheld taxes that should have been turned over to the government.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 13, 2011 | 5:00 pm

BASE METAL RESOURCE: Quadra FNX files 43-101 for Victoria deposit

ONTARIO - The category may be only inferred, but the grades at the Victoria deposit are well above those historically found in the Sudbury Basin, according to owner Quadra FNX of Vancouver. The most recent 43-101 report puts the inferred...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 9, 2011 | 5:00 pm

READER RESPONSE: Ounces vs. grams/tonne

John McMullin, geologist at the Geological Services Division of the Nova Scotia Dept. of Natural Resources, send CMJ a most though-provoking comment after reading yesterday's item about the resource estimate at Temex Resources' Gowganda silver...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 9, 2011 | 5:00 pm

DOUBLE FATALITY: Two dead at Vale’s Stobie mine

ONTARIO - Two underground miners in Vale's Stobie nickel mine in Sudbury were killed at about 10 pm Wednesday in an unscheduled run of muck. They were working at an ore pass about 900 metres below surface.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 9, 2011 | 5:00 pm

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Equinox Minerals, Lake Shore Gold and Teck

The new board of directors at Equinox Minerals of Toronto consists of Rick McCreary, Jamie Sokalsky, Kelvin Dushnisky and Rob Krcmarov. Craig Williams, David McAusland, David Mosher, Jim Pantelidis and Tony Reeves resigned from the board...