Marilyn Scales, Author at Canadian Mining Journal

COPPER: Highland Copper tables PEA for White Pine North project

MICHIGAN – A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of Highland Copper’s White Pine North copper project in Michigan envisions a 25-year mine producing an […]

Marilyn Scales | September 26, 2019 | 4:06 pm

GOLD: Skeena cuts 10.6 g/t AuEq over 27.5 metres at Eskay Creek

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver-based Skeena Resources continues to drill high gold and silver grades at its Eskay Creek property in the province’s […]

Marilyn Scales | September 25, 2019 | 4:25 pm

LITHIUM: Frontier drills 231 metres of 1.61% Li2O at Spark pegmatite

ONTARIO – Frontier Lithium of Val Caron, Ont., has drilled four holes totaling 1,159 metres during phase two of its campaign at […]

Marilyn Scales | September 25, 2019 | 4:22 pm

ENVIRONMENT: Rio Tinto signs MOU with Chinese steelmaker to improve performance

CHINA – Rio Tinto has signed a memorandum of understanding with this country’s largest steel producer, China Baowu Steel Group, and Tsinghua […]

Marilyn Scales | September 25, 2019 | 4:20 pm

LUBRICANTS: Petro-Can expands its Traxon and Duron lines

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Petro-Canada Lubricants, a HollyFrontier business, has expanded its Traxon and Duron product lines with the launches of Duron Advanced […]

Marilyn Scales | September 25, 2019 | 4:18 pm

Stornoway’s creditors keep Renard on life support

Stornoway Diamond (TSX: SWY) and its creditors reached a deal that will see the Renard diamond mine continue to operate during corporate restructuring […]

Marilyn Scales | September 25, 2019 | 4:15 pm

LITHIUM: MGX ships commercial rapid recovery system to the US

PENNSYLVANIA – MGX Minerals shipped this week what it calls “the world’s first commercial rapid lithium recovery system.” The shipment was made […]

Marilyn Scales | September 25, 2019 | 4:12 pm

GOLD: QMX reports bonanza 137+g/t at its Bevcon target

QUEBEC – QMX Gold Corp. reports very high grade drilling results from its Bevcon gold target – including a bonanza-worthy 137.5 g/t […]

Marilyn Scales | September 24, 2019 | 4:00 pm

RARE EARTHS: Drilling extends Defense Metals’ Wicheeda deposit

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver-based Defense Metals Corp. has completed the 13 diamond drill holes of its summer program at its Wicheeda deposit […]

Marilyn Scales | September 24, 2019 | 3:57 pm

NEW TECHNOLOGY: Epiroc supplying EVs to Agnico’s Kittila mine

FINLAND – Less than a year after Epiroc’s launch of its new generation battery electric mining equipment, the company has won orders […]

Marilyn Scales | September 24, 2019 | 3:51 pm

Bell Copper hunts porphyry system in Arizona

Tim Marsh likes to say that it took 150 drill holes to hit the high grade core of the massive Oyu Tolgoi […]

Marilyn Scales | September 24, 2019 | 3:47 pm

ALUMINUM: Rio Tinto now offering ASI certified aluminum across Canada

MONTREAL – Mining giant Rio Tinto Aluminium announced on Monday that it is now offering independently certified, responsibly produced aluminium from all […]

Marilyn Scales | September 24, 2019 | 3:46 pm