MERGER FALLOUT – Xstrata sheds aluminum, nickel assets; buys coal
SWITZERLAND - Having beat out the competition last year for control of Falconbridge, XSTRATA has begun the process ...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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LEAD-ZINC DEVELOPMENT – Pine Point work moving forward
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - There is life still in the former lead-zinc properties near Pine Point if TAMERLANE VENTURE...
GOLD-COPPER RESOURCES – Mitchell deposit hosts 13M oz Au, 2.2B lb Cu
BRITISH COLUMBIA - SEABRIDGE GOLD of Toronto has published an inferred resources estimate for the Mitchell deposit ...
IRON ORE DEVELOPMENT – Bloom Lake startup set for late 2008
QUEBEC - The final feasibility study delivered to Toronto-based CONSOLIDATED THOMPSON IRON MINES for its Bloom Lake...
BASE METAL EXPLORATION – Sullivan Deeps hole abandoned at 2,696 m
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver-based STIKINE GOLD has announced that diamond drill hole SD3 at the Sullivan Deeps pro...
BASE METAL EXPLORATION – Geodex reports +2-oz indium from Whopper zone
NEW BRUNSWICK - GEODEX MINERALS of Vancouver has reported on the first four of nine recent drill holes from the Pug...
GOLD EXPLORATION – Miramar commits $31M for Hope Bay
NUNAVUT - MIRAMAR MINING of Vancouver has promised $31 million for a 72,000-m drill program at its Hope Bay gold pr...
DIAMOND EXPLORATION – Age-old answer at Leadbetter
ONTARIO - The diamonds of the Leadbetter and Leadbetter Extension properties near Wawa, Ont., may be more than 2.6 ...
URANIUM EXPLORATION – Mae zone richest yet at Midwest
SASKATCHEWAN - Wow! is the first word that comes to mind upon learning that drilling of the Mae zone at the Midwes...
URANIUM EXPLORATION – $100M shaft planned at Shea Creek
SASKATCHEWAN - Plans are underway and regulatory requests will be filed for permission to sink an exploration shaft...
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Golden opportunity for Stratabound
Prospectors have had an increasingly difficult time finding new deposits in recent decades. Here is the exception t...
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: Equator Principles and IFC Performance Standards are raising the bar
The new IFC PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (PS) and the revised EQUATOR PRINCIPLES (EP) have emerged as the de facto social ...
Sandvik delivers autonomous-ready drill rig to Utah copper mine
Sandvik Mining has completed delivery of a DR410i rotary drill rig to Mariana Minerals’ Copper One operation in Utah, marking a significant […]