TAKEOVER No.2 – Agnico-Eagle targets Cumberland Resources
TORONTO - AGNICO-EAGLE MINES has signed a merger agreement with CUMBERLAND RESOURCES. The move would increase both ...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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TAKEOVER No.1 – US Gold eyes White Knight, Nevada Pacific and Tone
DENVER - U.S. GOLD CORP., led by well-known Canadian entrepreneur Rob McEwen, is going after three other gold miner...
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: VIEWPOINT – The two Congos
Sometimes the promise of potential riches lures explorationists into countries that may or may not have political s...
FITNESS – Kemess crew takes challenge across B.C.
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Last year employees at NORTHGATE MINERALS' Kemess mill near Smithers challenged themselves to lo...
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – OMA launches education & outreach committee
TORONTO - To help meet the industry's future needs for skilled employees, the ONTARIO MINING ASSOCIATION (OMA) has ...
GOLD RECOVERY – High-pressure grinding rolls brighten outlook for Courageous Lake
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Using high-pressure grinding rolls will cut crushing and grinding costs by 25% at its Coura...
GOLD MINING – Higher grades, recoveries reported from Casa Berardi
QUEBEC - Gold grades and mill recoveries were "significantly" higher in January than planned at the Casa Berardi mi...
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: GOLD DEVELOPMENT – Restart planned for Holloway-Holt
ONTARIO - ST ANDREW GOLDFIELDS of Oakville, Ont., is working to restart gold production from its Holloway-Holt proj...
RESIGNATION – BC mines minister quits post
VICTORIA - Bill Bennett, British Columbia's minister of state for mining, has quit his cabinet post over a controve...
URANIUM NEWS – New web-based service for all things uranic
VANCOUVER - The first independent, web-based news service focusing on the burgeoning uranium market has been launch...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Adanac Moly, AMEC, Century Mining, Crystallex, New Millennium and Redcorp
Mike Petrina has joined ADANAC MOLYBDENUM CORP. of Vancouver as its general manager of the Ruby Creek moly project ...
MORE MERGER MANIA – Stakes raised in bcMetals takeover bid
VANCOUVER - The bidding war between IMPERIAL METALS and TASEKO MINES for control of BCMETALS CORP. may be coming to...
BASE METAL EXPLORATION – Big Lake yields 3.6% Cu
ONTARIO - There may be little gold left in the Hemlo camp, but METALCORP LTD. of Thunder Bay, Ont., is having succe...
GOLD EXPLORATION – Bonanza grades drilled on new zones at Kirkland Lake
ONTARIO - KIRKLAND LAKE GOLD continues to test the new, high-grade ore system south of the Main Break and its exist...
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.