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A call to all Mining Associations

Most industry associations aren't worth a damn and that unfortunately holds true for many of those involved with mining here in Canada. They're good at collecting dues and putting on Annual Meetings for their fraternity but aside from those...

Going After Deep Gold

The Red Lake Gold Camp has long been synonymous with bonanza grades. For more than 60 years the Campbell mine provided half-ounce head grades, making it the world's richest gold mine. The focus has shifted to deeper deposits at the…

Paved to Gold

Situated at the end of Hwy 652 North, a paved road in the Sunday Lake Area, about 180 km northeast of Cochrane, is the site of the Detour Lake Project, a massive gold undertaking by Detour Gold that has already…

Under a Golden Pond

In June, 2009, David Larche acquired the rights to a former, open-pit gold mine known as the Golden Arrow, located some 65 km east of Timmins, Ontario. The mine produced nearly 280,000 tonnes of low-grade ore before being closed in…

Thousands attend annual Mineral Exploration Conference

The Association of Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) once again put on an outstanding conference this year as more than 7000 delegates from around the world gathered in Vancouver recently for the Show and Technical Conference.

Scarcity of talent threatens profitability

Aging workforces. Looming waves of retirement. An inability to attract new talent to the field. In recent years, demographic trends like these have plagued the mining industry-and the situation only promises to get worse. According to the...

Signing of Prairie Creek mine agreement

Canadian Zinc Corp and the Nahanni Butte Dene Band have just signed an Impact Benefit Agreement with respect to the development and operation of the Prairie Creek Mine, located within the traditional territory of the NBDB in the Northwest...

Water Gets Reused not Abused

Despite recent economic challenges, Northern Ontario remains a land of natural riches. Today, the Hemlo area, approximately 350 km east of Thunder Bay, is one of the more active gold mining districts in Ontario, and the Hemlo Property, owned...

Quick Turnaround

The Sudbury region is known worldwide for its massive mining operations, but rarely is there anything written or said about the "other" high-level technologies that are required to keep the mines in production and profitable.

Ontario has Prospects Galore

ntario has been blessed with an abundance of natural resources, including untold mineral potential. For more than a century, word-class mineral discoveries in this province have brought development and prosperity, along with scientific and...

Showing Investors

Mining and exploration companies are now paying increasing attention to individual investors. With the constrained credit markets of the last two years, increasing focus is placed on investors who are buying new equity issues. Projects,...