TEST MINING – Work complete on Wolverine Zn-Ag deposit
YUKON - Vancouver-based YUKON ZINC CORP. has completed test mining a 5-tonne bulk ore sample from its Wolverine pro...
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DIAMOND OFFERING – Shore Gold raises funds for Fort la Corne work
SASKATCHEWAN - Saskatoon-based SHORE GOLD is raising $120 million towards exploration and development of its Fort ...
URANIUM EXPLORATION – Former Agnew Lake mine to get another look
NORTHERN ONTARIO - Plans are afoot to re-explore the former Agnew Lake uranium mine 40 km west of Sudbury. The prop...
GOLD EXPLORATION – New zone unearthed at Indian Ranch
NEVADA - Drilling at the Indian Ranch project 75 km from Carlin has encountered a significant gold zone. A core len...
NET NIT – Another take on pollution statistics
We must not overlook multiple small sources of pollution, writes John Pursel of Wasaga Beach, Ontario. "I'm from Sa...
DOING SOME DIGGING – Minerals & risk-taking
Canada's mineral producers are risk-takers. They risk finding no minable deposits when they explore. They risk inve...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – FNX, Imperial Metals, Ivanhoe, Mundoro, Quinto
FNX MINING of Toronto has appointed Bruce Walter and John Lill to its board of directors. Both men also hold execut...
EXCAVATOR ORDERED – QCM chooses Bucyrus 495
NORTHERN QUEBEC - QUEBEC CARTIER MINING (QCM) has ordered another BUCYRUS 495 series electric mining shovel for its...
INDURATING FURNACE – Outokumpu to supply world’s largest to pellet plant
FINLAND - OUTOKUMPU TECHNOLOGY has signed a contract worth US$200 million to supply the world's largest pellet indu...
ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVAL – Victor diamond projects gets ‘Okay’
NORTHERN ONTARIO - Toronto's DE BEERS CANADA has received final environmental approval for its Victor diamond mine ...
COAL FEASIBILITY – Trend project could become 2.0-million-t/y mine
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The results of the feasibility study for the Trend project 25 km south of Tumbler Ridge are posi...
GOLD RESOURCES – New numbers put Quimsacocha at 2.8M oz
ECUADOR - The latest independent estimate reveals indicated resources at the Quimsacocha project to contain 2.8 mil...
CORPORATE NEWS – Shore, Kensington merger completed
SASKATOON - SHORE GOLD and KENSINGTON RESOURCES of Vancouver have completed their merger, originally announced in A...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Goldcorp, Kinross, Gemcom, Taseko, Romarco, Gold Fields, Newmex, Majescor, SXR Uranium, Endeavour
Vancouver's GOLDCORP has appointed Doug Holtby its new chairman, replacing Robert McEwen who resigned on Oct. 29, 2...
Goldman cuts gold price forecast down to $4,900
Goldman Sachs has slashed its gold price forecast by $500 an ounce to reflect the increased likelihood that the US Federal Reserve […]