ASSET SALE – Jaguar dumps Guatemalan subsidiary
TORONTO - JAGUAR NICKEL has signed a definitive share purchase agreement with a BHP BILLITON subsidiary whereby the...
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CORPORATE STRATEGY – Quadra turns to copper hedge
VANCOUVER - Not much is heard of hedging strategies these days, especially as gold producers have largely abandoned...
CORPORATE INTEREST – Goldcorp picks up 10% of Wolfden
VANCOUVER - GOLDCORP has agreed to buy a 10% stake in WOLFDEN RESOURCES of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Goldcorp will acqu...
TRANSPORTATION – IOC turns rail line over to First Nations
SEPT-ILES, QUEBEC - For the first time in Canadian history an aboriginal group has taken ownership of a railway lin...
MILL SALE – Abacus to pick up Afton plant
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver-based ABACUS MINING & EXPLORATION has agreed to buy the Afton mineral processing plant...
MINING MAPS – Global coverage of operations
LONDON, U.K. - STANDARD BANK and RAW MATERIALS GROUP have created two world mining maps, "Base Metals & Refineries"...
BRITISH COLUMBIA EXPLORATION – Quick look at active sector
British Columbia is again becoming the promised land. Bear in mind that it tried two decades ago to discourage expl...
NICKEL DEVELOPMENT – Implats pulls out of Ambatovy
MADAGASCAR - Just months after agreeing to join the US$2.25-billion development of the Ambatovy laterite mine, Sout...
DIAMOND EXPLORATION – Fipke keen on Greenland
GREENLAND - METALEX VENTURES of Kelowna, B.C., has completed the glaciation studies of its diamond exploration proj...
EXPLORATION AWARD – Quebec taps Falconbridge, Alexis
QUEBEC - The QUEBEC MINERAL EXPLORATION ASSOCIATION has awarded its prestigious Prospector of the Year prize to the...
NOTE TO READERS CMJ’s Mining News Alert twice a week now
We at Canadian Mining Journal try to send our electronic readers the most important, interesting Canadian mining ne...
DIAMOND DEVELOPMENT – Applications filed for Gahcho Ku
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - DE BEERS CANADA has filed an application for its third diamond mine in Canada. Yesterday (N...
COAL RESOURCES – Totals grow for Wolverine mine
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver-based WESTERN CANADIAN COAL has reported significantly increased coal reserves at its ...
GOLD EXPLORATION – Huge intersection hit at Pinson
NEVADA - The very first drill intersection from the Ogee zone at the Pinson mine, assayed 33.5 g/t Au over 45.0 met...
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.