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Mine Development

TRANSPORTATION: Yellowhead buys rail siding for Harper Creek

BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver-based Yellowhead Mining continues to prepare for production from its Harper Creek copper-gold volcanogenic sulphide (VMS) deposit 150 km north of Kamloops. The latest milestone was the purchase of the former...

Raw Tenacity Propels Mine Towards Production

"Finally!" John Kearney puts an extra emphasis on that word, summing up the daunting array of hurdles and roadblocks that Canadian Zinc Corporation has traversed in almost 20 years of work on the Prairie Creek base metal/silver deposit.

Getting Ready

Snow Lake will soon be living up to its name as another Manitoba winter sets in, but regardless of the weather, it won't slow things down for HudBay Minerals as it pushes on to get its $704-million Lalor project to…

Big and beautiful

Renard has the potential to yield some of the biggest and most valuable diamonds Canada has ever produced.

Charged Up

Rightly famous for its gold producers, Val d'Or, Que., has another hidden treasure. Forty years ago, lithium was mined 60 km to the north, and many readers will be unaware of this resource. Now Canada Lithium (CLQ) is redeveloping the…

Bright Future

There is an unmistakable note of excitement in the voice of Ron Perry these days (and more than little bravado of the nothing-can-stop-us-now variety) when he talks about Metanor Resources and its Bachelor Lake gold property. And it has nothing...

“Silver State” Stays True to its Roots

Typical of many mining projects in Nevada, drills, hammers, and even explosives don't upset the neighbours because there aren't too many of them around. In fact, aside from snakes, coyotes, and the odd mountain lion, many mine sites in the...

TUNNELLING: Redpath tackles inclined excavation in sand

BOTSWANA - Redpath South Africa has been awarded a first-of-its-kind inclined tunnelling contract in Africa. The approximately C$9.4- for the development of a sand tunnel at the re-commissioned Ghaghoo diamond mine in Botswana. The site, which...

Robust Effort!

Mottos are usually just a string of catchy words created to inspire people to do their best. Lord Baden-Powell told and trained the Boy Scouts to "Be Prepared," Nike says "Just Do It," Ford insists "Quality is Job One," and even…

On the Move

The first gold mines in Quebec were discovered in the Malartic gold camp in the mid 1920s, all motivated by the then-recent discovery of the famous Horne Mine (in nearby Rouyn-Noranda), the foundation asset in another great Canadian mining...

Selwyn Chihong completes winter mobilization of equipment

Unlike many Yukon mining companies, Selwyn Chihong Mining Ltd worked through the harsh winter months and successfully completed the mobilization of heavy mining equipment and supplies to "The Selwyn Project," a massive zinc-lead deposit on the...