BOOK: Keevil pens memoir, “Never Rest on Your Ores”
VANCOUVER – Teck Resources and McGill-Queen’s University Press are jointly publishing a new book, “Never Rest on Your Ores: Building a Mining […]
Marilyn Scales
Posts by Marilyn Scales:
GOLD: Kinross goes forward with $1B Tasiast, Round Mountain expansions
TORONTO – Kinross Gold is proceeding with not one, but two major expansions. One is the $590-million (all U.S. dollars) expansion phase […]
DOZER: Cat’s innovative D10 celebrates 40 years
Forty years ago, this writer drove the first Cat D10 dozer delivered to Canada. The brute was the centrepiece of a well-attended […]
Coeur to acquire JDS’ Silvertip mine in BC for US$200M
VANCOUVER — U.S.-based Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE) is coming to British Columbia pending a US$200-million cash-and-shares deal for JDS Silver and the fledgling Silvertip silver-zinc-lead mine 16 […]
GOLD: Pure Gold enjoys positive PEA for Madsen project
ONTARIO – Pure Gold Mining of Vancouver has received a positive preliminary economic assessment for the reopening of the Madsen gold mine […]
GOLD: Bonterra finds new zone west of Gladiator deposit
QUEBEC – Vancouver-based Bonterra Resources recently drilled a new zone of gold-silver mineralization at its Gladiator gold deposit 170 km northeast of […]
GOLD: Bulk sampling underway by RCG at Dufferin project
NOVA SCOTIA – Resource Capital Gold Corp. (RCG) of Vancouver is taking a 15,000-toonne underground bulk sample at its Dufferin gold project. […]
MINING PEOPLE: Broadway Gold, Dundee, Filo Mining, K2 Gold, and Matamec
Vancouver-based Broadway Gold Mining has hired senior geologist Philip Mulholland to oversee this fall’s drilling and exploration program. The company hopes to […]
LOADER: Cat testing battery-powered version in Canadian mine
The underground mining group within Caterpillar Inc. is preparing to ship a proof of concept battery electric load-haul-dumper (LHD) to a mine […]
Harte Gold finds new anomalies on Sugar property in Ontario
Harte Gold (TSX: HRT; US-OTC: HRTFF) has identified five new anomalies within 15 km to the east and west of its Sugar deposit […]
ENVIRONMENT: Arsenic vitrification may solve Giant mine problem
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Dundee Sustainable Technologies (DST) of Montreal says its vitrification proposal is considered the best stabilization and solution for the […]
ZINC-LEAD: Pine Point signs exploration deal with First Nations
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Pine Point Mining (formerly Darnley Bay) of Toronto has signed two exploration agreements with three First Nations – Deninu […]
Callinex forms Osawi Gold to advance exploration in Manitoba
Callinex Mines (TSXV:CNX; OTCQX:CLLXF) has created a wholly owned subsidiary, Osawi Gold Corp., to advance the company’s exploration activities in Manitoba. Specifically, […]