LAW: Ontario mine safety updates to take effect
TORONTO – Ontario is ready to implement three recommendations to the Occupational Health and Safety Act made by the provincial Mining, Health, […]
Marilyn Scales
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GOLD: Wesdome expands Eagle River 300 East at depth
ONTARIO – Wesdome Gold Mines of Toronto has new drill results that expand the 300 East zone at depth at its Eagle […]
GOLD: Barrick lays off Golden Sunlight open pit crews
MONTANA – As announced in September, Toronto’s Barrick Gold has laid off 135 of its open pit crew at the Golden Sunlight […]
Nordgold pays 30% of net profits to shareholders
Moscow-headquartered Nordgold (LSE: NORD) counts itself as one of the best performing, lowest cost gold producers in the industry today, and yet, curiously, few […]
ENVIRONMENT: BC, Alaska sign transboundary river deal
VICTORIA and JUNEAU – Premier Christy Clark of British Columbia and governor Bill Walker of Alaska have signed an agreement aimed at […]
GOLD: Iamgold reopens 104 level at Westwood mine
QUEBEC – Toronto-based Iamgold Corp. has reopened the mining block on the 104 level of its Westwood gold mine 40 km east […]
GOLD: Lake Shore to raise $10M for exploration
TORONTO – Lake Shore Gold Corp. has issued 6.9 million flow-through common shares at a price of $1.45 per share to raise […]
MINING PEOPLE: GFK Resources, Highland Copper, and Nemaska Lithium
Louis Morin is the new CEO and a director of Montreal-based GFK Resources. He is a veteran of major Canadian brokerage firms. […]
Fission steps into the ring for proxy fight with retail investor
VANCOUVER — Things might be a little tense at Fission Uranium‘s (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) annual general meeting (AGM) in mid-December due to a […]
SAFETY: Driver killed when haul truck flips
AUSTRALIA – It can’t be easy to flip a large haul truck, but it did happen in September at Hanking Gold’s Cornishman […]
URANIUM: Fission success expands at Patterson Lake South
SASKATCHEWAN – Once again drilling at Patterson Lake South on the southwest rim of the Athabasca Basin is returning excellent results for […]
COPPER-GOLD: Goldcorp buys out New Gold, creates JV with Teck
CHILE – Toronto’s New Gold has completed the sale of its 30% interest in the El Morro copper-gold project in Chile to […]
Lydian outlines new mine plan for Amulsar project
VANCOUVER — Lydian International (TSX: LYD; US-OTC: LYDIF) knows it has to adjust expectations at its wholly owned Amulsar gold project in south-central Armenia […]
GOLD: Drilling boosts ounces at Croinor
QUEBEC – Having acquired the former Croinor gold mine 70 km east of Val d’Or last year and conducted two phases of […]
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, […]