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MINING PEOPLE: Adex, Archer, Cerrado, Chesapeake Gold, Great Bear, Millennial, Tanzanian Gold
Management appointments announced this week include: The Adex Mining board has appointed Volodymyr Ivanov as interim CFO. Mike Brown has joined Archer Exploration as CEO, replacing Jeffrey Wilson who will remain on the board. The new VP exploration at Ascendant…
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The Northern Miner Podcast: The mining industry ‘has never been healthier’, ft Gold Royalty’s David Garofalo at the Global Mining Symposium
This week’s episode features David Garofalo’s keynote presentation in conversation with Northern Miner reporter Henry Lazenby at the Global Mining Symposium on May 20, 2021. Garofalo discussed the important role that streamers play in the industry, as well as the strong balance sheets…
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Osisko cuts 15 metres, 23 g/t gold at Island Mountain
Osisko Development (TSXV: ODV) has shared more drilling results from the 200,000-metre program at its Cariboo gold project in British Columbia. The property covers 2,071 sq. km in the Wells-Barkerville district. The recent highlights come from the Island Mountain target:…
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Galleon gets up to 96% gold recovery from West Cache tests
Metallurgical tests using cyanide leaching on whole ore from the West Cache gold project recovered 96% of the gold, according to project owner Galleon Gold (TSXV: GGO). The tests were performed on samples from zone #9 at the project near…
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Nemaska chooses Becancour for lithium plant
Nemaska Lithium has secured an option to purchase a 500,000 sq. metre plot of land in an industrial park in Becancour, Que. The company intends to build a chemical conversion facility that will produce battery grade lithium hydroxide. The feed…
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Boroo completes acquisition of Lagunas Norte mine in Peru
Boroo Pte of Singapore has completed the purchase of the Lagunas Norte gold mine 140 km east of Trujillo, Peru. Former owner Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) announced its decision to sell the property in February for US$81 million.…
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Boart Longyear expands technology at Norcat underground centre
Boart Longyear is expanding its technology development activity at the Norcat Underground Centre in concert with the opening of Norcat’s new state-of-the-art surface facilities in Sudbury, Ont. The global diamond drilling industry is experiencing increased surface and underground exploration work…
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Canada Nickel’s Crawford project to produce 93% less CO2 emissions than industry average
A study commissioned by Canada Nickel Company (TSXV: CNC) revealed that its Crawford project in Ontario, Canada, is set to produce 2.05 tonnes of carbon dioxide per tonne of nickel-equivalent production over its 25-year mine life —93% lower than the…
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Foran weighs drill program expansion for McIlvenna Bay on results, $100M investment
Foran Mining (TSXV: FOM) is considering expanding the 30,000-metre drill program under way at its McIlvenna Bay project in Saskatchewan after receiving encouraging results and a deal with Fairfax Financial Holdings for a $100-million investment. Drilling at McIlvenna Bay continues…
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Australia’s Wyloo proposes ‘Future Metals hub’ for Ontario
After announcing its intention last week to make a $133-million offer to acquire Noront Resources, (TSXV: NOT) Australia’s Wyloo Metals still hasn’t made a formal bid for the Ring of Fire-focused Ontario junior. But it has come out with a…
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O3 Mining expands Marban gold mineralization
O3 Mining (TSXV: OIII; US-OTC: OIIIF) is in the midst of a 250,000-metre drill program at its Marban gold property near Val d’Or, Que. Its efforts are paying off as the company announced it has expanded gold mineralization beyond the…
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Talon drills nickel, copper outside Tamarack resource
Talon Metals (TSX: TLO) has drilled massive sulphide mineralization in 60 holes outside the identified resource area at its Tamarack nickel project in Minnesota. Two areas of interest, CGO East, CGO West and CGO Bend (formerly SMSU Extension), were drilled.…
