COAL MINING – Quinsam to restart mining at 2 South pit
BRITISH COLUMBIA - HILLSBOROUGH RESOURCES of Vancouver says it will begin mining again this month from the 2 South ...
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MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Centerra Gold, Red Back, Rimfire, Skygold and Synenco
Steve Lang has joined Toronto-based CENTERRA GOLD as VP and COO. He comes to the post from a similar role at Stillw...
RIGHTS OFFERING – Tahera seeks $36.7 million
TORONTO Cash-strapped TAHERA DIAMOND CORP. has proposed a $36.7-million rights offering intended to keep its Jeri...
NICKEL RESOURCES – More metal identified at Raglan mine
QUEBEC - XSTRATA NICKEL of Toronto has identified the largest mineralized zone in the history of the Raglan nickel ...
MOLYBDENUM STUDY – Ruby Creek potential confirmed
BRITISH COLUMBIA - ADANAC MOLYBDENUM CORP. of Vancouver has confirmed that its Ruby Creek project 22 km northeast o...
NICKEL DEVELOPMENT – Vale Inco earmarks $132 million for Coleman mine
ONTARIO - VALE INCO, a subsidiary of the Brazilian mining conglomerate COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE, intends to spend...
GOLD EXPLORATION – Kirkland Lake has new mine in the making
ONTARIO - KIRKLAND LAKE GOLD (KLG) has what looks to be the next gold mine in Northern Ontario. The company has bee...
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Piercing the potential of Newfoundland and Labrador
These days it seems wherever a crew sinks a hole in Newfoundland and Labrador, the core shows potential for new min...
BASE METAL EXPLORATION – HudBay budget tops $42M
MANITOBA - HUDBAY MINERALS of Winnipeg has outlined a $42.8-million exploration budget for 2008. In the Flin Flon G...
NET NIT – No ‘secret’ to mining
"Well said in your article about the lawsuit aimed at the 'toxic waste secret'," wrote Mike Dry, a process modeling...
GOLD RESERVES – Meadowbank numbers up 20%
NUNAVUT - Toronto-based AGNICO-EAGLE MINES has announced a 20% increase in gold resources at its Meadowbank project...
NAME CHANGE – Vale Inco is the new CVRD Inco
TORONTO - On Nov. 29, executives of CVRD Inco announced that the company will henceforth be known as VALE INCO LIMI...
PROSPECTOR OF THE YEAR – AEMQ taps Matagami team
QUEBEC - The Association de l'Exploration Miniere du Quebec (AEMQ) has named a team from Vancouver-based DONNER MET...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Abacus Mining, Dynasty Gold, Peregrine Diamonds, Probe Resources, Redhawk, Solex Resources and Yukon Prospectors Assn
Vancouver-based ABACUS MINING & EXPLORATION has named Thomas A. McKeever the chairman of the company. He takes up t...
Finnvera to finance up to $132M in Troilus gold-copper project
The export credit agency showed a letter of interest to Troilus to support equipment acquisition for the project.