John Hathaway on the Detour gold mine
John Hathaway, chairman of Tocqueville Management Corp., called Detour Lake a “trophy mine” when he was interviewed by Northern Miner group publisher […]
Marilyn Scales
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COPPER: Ivanhoe, Congolese authorities discuss Kamoa-Kakula project
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Executives from Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines met with high ranking government officials in Kinshasa to provide updates on […]
ZINC-LEAD: NorZinc receives permits for Prairie Creek mine and road
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Vancouver-based NorZinc, owner of the Prairie Creek zinc-lead project 200 km west of Fort Simpson, has received the water […]
GOLD-COPPER: Explorex acquires historic Bonanza Mountain project
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Explorex Resources, a Vancouver-based junior, has acquired a 100% interest in the high grade Bonanza Mountain gold-copper project. The […]
LHD: Cat makes iconic R2900 even better with higher productivity, safety and comfort
ILLINOIS –The new Cat R2900 underground loader from Caterpillar offers configurations to meet the strictest diesel engine emissions standards, including those in Europe and North […]
Diamond sector battles crisis fatigue
Let’s hope that holds true for the diamond sector. We try to strike a hopeful note here at Diamonds in Canada about an industry […]
RARE EARTHS: Appia believes Saskatchewan property hosts highest grade REE discoveries in the world
SASKATCHEWAN – Appia Energy reports that the Alces Lake property in northern Saskatchewan is host to some of the highest grade rare earth […]
GOLD: BHP increases stake in SolGold
ECUADOR – BHP Billiton is spending US$22 million to boost its stake in Australian junior SolGold to 14.7% from 11.1%, making it one of the […]
COPPER-ZINC: Kutcho Copper recoveries 94.5% for copper, 89.3% for zinc
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Ongoing metallurgical tests conducted for Vancouver-based Kutcho Copper Corp. on material from its Kutcho project 100 km east of […]
COBALT-GOLD: Fortune, Tlicho sign deal for NICO access road
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Fortune Minerals of London, Ont., had the Tlicho government have signed an agreement supporting the NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper project 160 […]
MINERAL PROCESSING: Bio-based xanthates step toward greener plants
NEW YORK CITY – From Persistence Market Research comes news of bio-based xanthates as a means of making mineral processing more environmentally […]
MINING PEOPLE: Canada Cobalt, Colonial Coal, Great Bear, Goldsource, and NorZinc
Canada Cobalt Works, based in Coquitlam, B.C., has named Matt Halliday its new VP exploration, effective in mid-December. A graduate of Dalhousie […]
SCREENING: Haver & Boecker offers 3-year Uptime warranty
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Haver & Boecker Niagara, specialists in mineral processing, offers the aggregate and mining industries’ only three-year warranty program […]
Troilus Gold boosts resource in Quebec
Single-asset company Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) has updated the resource estimate for its wholly owned Troilus gold project, 170 km north 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, […]