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...

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...

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…

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...

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...

As a child growing up in the Cape Breton coal-mining community of Glace Bay, John Morgan attended Warden United Church and, to this day, he remembers the stained glass windows and the coal miners depicted alongside the usual religious imagery.

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…

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...

Did someone in Ottawa leak news of an Environment Canada decision more than two weeks before it was made public? That is what regulators would like to know, and they have begun investigating.

It seems I missed the most advanced of Canada's REE projects in my rundown yesterday - Avalon Rare Metals. The...

NEW BRUNSWICK - Vancouver-based Geodex Minerals and Northcliff Exploration (a member of the Hunter Dickinson g...

ONTARIO - Northgate Minerals of Toronto held the official groundbreaking ceremony on Sept. 10, 2010, for the Y...