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Copper

Community effort helps save fishway problem

Almost everybody associates the name “Huckleberry” with Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and his comrade Tom Sawyer, but in the mining community, Huckleberry […]

Construction to begin next year at Fortune’s NICO mine

It’s been a long 17 years since the discovery of the NICO gold-cobalt-bismuth-copper deposit by Fortune Minerals Limited of London, ON, but the company has finally received approval to put more than a hammer and drill into the ground at...

From Voisey’s Bay to Long Harbour

From the rugged and windswept shores of Labrador’s Voisey’s Bay to the relative calm of Newfoundland’s Long Harbour, Vale has chosen two very distinct sites on Canada’s east coast to build one of the largest nickel...

Duck Pond

Teck’s Duck Pond mine, located 28 km south of Millertown and 100 km southwest of Grand Falls-Windsor, is a tight -knit operation with a ‘family feel" and a strong culture of safety.  The day-and-night shifts know every member...

Little Deer

When you talk about a stratgeic location, few sites can match that of the Little Deer copper project co-owned by Thundermin Resources Inc. and Cornerstone Resources Inc. It’s a 100%-owned project under a 50-50 joint venture agreement...

Craving Copper

The Granduc mine near Stewart, BC, was a proven producer. When it operated between 1971 and 1984, it produced 420 million lb of copper. The chances of reopening are good. New owner Castle Resources of Toronto has outlined millions more…

Hidden but Hot

The Mount Polley mine is located almost dead centre between B.C.'s Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, in the south-central part of the province 8 km southwest of the village of Likely and about 100 km northeast of Williams Lake.