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Gold in Nova Scotia

No metal on earth has the same tantalizing effect on mankind as gold. The ‘sweat of the sun,’ as the ancient Incas called it, has the power to quicken the pulse of the prospector or put a gleam in the…

OIL SANDS: Production begins at Kearl project

ALBERTA - Imperial Oil, operator and 71% owner, says start-up is underway at the first phase of the Kearl oil sands project. ExxonMobil Canada owns the remaining 29% of the project 75 km northeast of Fort McMurray.

GOLD: Jerritt Canyon mill celebrates 8M oz

NEVADA – It is with pride that owner Veris Gold Corp. of Vancouver announces that it's Jerritt Canyon processing plant poured its 8-millionth oz of gold on March 21, 2013. The first ounce of gold was produced on July 4,…

Bold Gold

The word  "detour " is in Detour Gold Corporation’s name but it certainly wasn’t in its vocabulary when it came to building the Detour Lake Mine, located due south of James Bay, about 180 km northeast of Cochrane, and just…

From Voisey’s Bay to Long Harbour

From the rugged and windswept shores of Labrador’s Voisey’s Bay to the relative calm of Newfoundland’s Long Harbour, Vale has chosen two very distinct sites on Canada’s east coast to build one of the largest nickel...

Carol Lake

"Explosive" is one of the best ways to describe the activities around Rio Tinto’s IOC Carol Lake operation in Labrador as the project continues to make noise around the world with its record production of iron ore.

Duck Pond

Teck’s Duck Pond mine, located 28 km south of Millertown and 100 km southwest of Grand Falls-Windsor, is a tight -knit operation with a ‘family feel" and a strong culture of safety.  The day-and-night shifts know every member...

Pine Cove

Anaconda Mining’s Pine Cove mine is located on the Baie Verte Peninsula in north-central Newfoundland and characteristic of many mines in the province; it is well serviced by the Trans-Canada Highway, provincial highways and power from...

A gem of a mine

ack in 2003, when geologist Eric Fier met with his future partners of Silvercrest Mining to discuss the state of the mining industry, one thing was perfectly clear: The market, they decided, needed a fresh silver play. If it happened…