Fortune Minerals Limited
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MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: CEMI, Alderon Iron Ore, First Americas Gold, Fortune Minerals, and NovaGold
The Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) in Sudbury, ON, has named its former R&D program director, Damien Duff, its new COO. His lengthy career included employment at Noranda, Falconbridge and Xstrata as well as a secondment…
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MINERAL PROCESSING: Simpler flowsheet increases economics for NICO plant
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Fortune Minerals of London, ON, says the results of a mini-pilot plant test conducted on ore from its NICO gold-cobalt-bismuth-copper project near Mazenod Lake, NT, point toward a simplified flowsheet and improved…
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Companies already investing in BC’s northwest
Capstone Mining is advancing its Kutcho Creek copper-zinc mine toward production; the PFS was completed in 2011. Early planning foresees development of an underground mine and a small start pit. The mill will have a capacity of 2,500 tpd. Pre-production…
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: Fortune and Tlicho sign deal for NICO project
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Fortune Minerals of London, ON, and the Tlicho Government have signed a co-operating relationship agreement for Fortune’s NICO gold-cobalt-bismuth-copper project 160 km northwest of Yellowknife and 50 km north of the…
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PERSPECTIVE: Northwest BC open for business
Since BC Hydro announced it will build the $404-million Northwest Transmission Line from Terrace, BC, to a point 340 km north, business in the area is gearing up to take advantage of the new infrastructure and develop major projects and…
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MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Arianne, Fortune Minerals, Premier Gold, Themac Resources, U3O8 Corp.
Jim Cowley is the new president and Dave DeBiasio joins the board of directors at Arianne Resources of Saguenay, QC. Cowley is metallurgical engineer, with an MBA in finance who has served on the Board of the company since January 2011. He is…
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COAL DEVELOPMENT: Fortune takes Posco as partner for Mount Klappan project
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Fortune Minerals, based in London, ON, has formed an 80:20 joint venture with Posco Canada to develop the Mount Klappan metallurgical coal project 330 km northeast of the port of Prince Rupert. Posco is a subsidiary of one of…
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PERMITTING: Fortune Minerals files DAR with Mackenzie Valley Review Board
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Fortune Minerals of London, ON, has filed its developers assessment report (DAR) with the Mackenzie Valley Review Board (MVRB)for the environmental assessment for its NICO gold-cobalt-bismuth-copper project. The report…
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PERSPECTIVE: Copper to be hottest metal in 2011
Analysts are predicting the copper will be the hottest metal in 2011. And why not? The metal hit an all-time high of over US$4.27 per pound the week of Dec. 30, 2010. The rising copper price correlates positively with a healthy global…
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COAL STUDY: Mount Klappan mine to produce 3M t/y
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Fortune Minerals of London, ON, has updated the definitive feasibility study for its Mount …
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BISMUTH REFINERY: Fortune Minerals produces first ingot
SASKATCHEWAN – Fortune Minerals of London, ON, has successfully produced a 99.99% Bi metal ingot smelted from …
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MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Alexco, Alexis, Excellon, Fortune Minerals, Laurentian Goldfields, Maryn International, Mineral Hill, Paget Minerals, Robex and SGS Minerals
Jim Harrington has been named president of the new Alexco Environmental Group, a division of Alexco Resource C…