DIAMOND EXPLORATION — UBC to create research unit
VANCOUVER -- The UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA is establishing a Kimberlite Research Unit within its Mineral Depos...
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DOING SOME DIGGING — Spinning the rumour mill
Around the globe rumours are swirling in the windy month of March. So this week, I am going to indulge in the woman...
RECLAMATION – Call for papers
OTTAWA - The CANADIAN LAND RECLAMATION ASSOCIATION has extended the deadline for authors wanting to present papers ...
GOLD MINING – Glencairn resumes operations at Limon
NICARAGUA - Operations have resumed at GLENCAIRN GOLD's Limon gold mine after a three-week shutdown. Management was...
BIG DIAMOND – 84-ct stone recovered at Koidu
SIERRA LEONE - The Koidu kimberlite project is nothing if not rich, yielding an 84-ct diamond in February. So far t...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Roxmark, NioGold, Coalcorp, Manicouagan Minerals
ROXMARK MINES of Toronto is shuffling its management team. Former president J. David Malouf is now vice-chairman re...
SCREENING – More open area in new Ty-Max panels
MENTOR, OHIO - W.S. TYLER now offers a polyurethane screen panel with up to 7% more open screening area than conven...
CORPORATE EARNINGS – NA Palladium loses money
TORONTO - Last year was a tough one for NORTH AMERICAN PALLADIUM, which racked up a realized net loss of $53.6 mill...
MINE FATALITY – Miner with 37 years’ experience killed
SUDBURY - A miner with 37 years' experience was found dead on the 2600 level of the Stobie mine last Monday (March ...
GOLD DEVELOPMENT – Cusac to restart Taurus II
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver-based CUSAC GOLD MINES is raising $6 million with which to restart production at its T...
COPPER RESOURCES – Over 1.2B tonnes proved up at Toromocho
PERU - Vancouver-based PERU COPPER INC. has proved up 1.261 billion tonnes of material at Toromocho, moving the ton...
GOLD RESOURCES – New estimate for Island Gold project
ONTARIO - Last year's underground drilling at the Island Gold joint venture of Montreal's RICHMONT MINES and Toront...
GOLD DISCOVERY – First hole returns 2.3 oz per ton
ONTARIO - KIRKLAND LAKE GOLD appears to have struck the mother lode with the first of its drill holes targeting the...
GOLD DISCOVERY – New find at Wood-Pandora property
QUEBEC - Joint venture partners GLOBEX MINING and QUEENSTON MINING bored what they call a "wildcat" hole on the Woo...
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.