Marilyn Scales, Author at Canadian Mining Journal

PLATINUM GROUP: Shaft 1 at Ivanhoe’s Platreef reaches 750 metres

SOUTH AFRICA – Vancouver-based Ivanhoe Mines says the fist shaft at its Platreef PGM-nickel-copper mine 280 km northeast of Johannesburg has reached […]

Marilyn Scales | April 23, 2018 | 4:32 pm

TECHNOLOGY: Cat, Minetec team up for underground offerings

PEORIA, Ill. – Caterpillar recently announced a significant expansion in its technology offerings for the underground hard rock mining industry through a […]

Marilyn Scales | April 23, 2018 | 4:30 pm

Nouveau Monde plans all-electric mine in Quebec

Nouveau Monde Graphite (TSXV: NOU) wants to build an all-electric open-pit mine that will have a carbon neutral footprint at its Matawinie project […]

Marilyn Scales | April 23, 2018 | 4:28 pm

COBALT-GOLD: Fortune updating NICO feasibility

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Fortune Minerals of London, Ont., is updating the 2014 feasibility study for its NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper project 160 km northwest […]

Marilyn Scales | April 19, 2018 | 4:26 pm

GOLD: Anaconda drills solid grades at Goldboro

NOVA SCOTIA – Anaconda Mining of Toronto has received assays from the first five holes of a 30-hole program at its Goldboro […]

Marilyn Scales | April 19, 2018 | 4:22 pm

MINING PEOPLE: Azimut, Cobalt Blockchain, and Ivanhoe Mines

Vancouver-based Ivanhoe Mines has invited former South African president Kgalema Motlanthe to join its board of directors. He was president of South […]

Marilyn Scales | April 19, 2018 | 4:18 pm

TRAINING: Learn the skills, comply with federal drone regulations

WINNIPEG – Transport Canada regulations released in December 2016, require proper training and education for those who wish to use drones for […]

Marilyn Scales | April 19, 2018 | 4:14 pm

ACQUISITION: Weir in $1.3B deal for ESCO

GLASGOW – Weir Group has entered into a binding agreement to acquire ESCO Corp. (“ESCO”), a U.S. company based in Portland, Ore., […]

Marilyn Scales | April 19, 2018 | 4:07 pm

Orefinders acquires Abitibi property, spins out others

Orefinders Resources (TSXV: ORX) has acquired the past producing underground McGarry gold mine and surrounding property in Ontario’s portion of the Abitibi greenstone […]

Marilyn Scales | April 19, 2018 | 4:05 pm