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CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVE: Base metal exploration alive and well in Canada
In all the fuss and headlines about gold, rare earth elements and uranium exploration, we find it easy to forg... [Full Story]
READER COMMENTS: Have your say online
Along with the evolutionary redesign of the Canadian Mining Journal's home page, we have introduced a new read... [Full Story]
GOLD MINING: Wesdome to develop new zone at Kiena mine
QUEBEC - Wesdome Gold Mines of Toronto announced plans to develop the Dubuisson zone at the Kiena mine near Va... [Full Story]
MINE OPENING: Inauguration cancelled due to threatened protests
ONTARIO - Xstrata Nickel cancelled the official opening ceremony at its Nickel Rim South mine on March 4 due t... [Full Story]
FINANCING: NovaGold scoops up US$175 million
VANCOUVER - NovaGold has become a money magnet, raising US$175 million so far this month. On March 4, it annou... [Full Story]
MINERAL PROCESSING: Leach results positive on polymetallic black shale
ALBERTA - Dumont Nickel of Toronto reports that the polymetallic black shale is amenable to sulphuric acid lea... [Full Story]
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: Look at Marathon PGM mine begins
ONTARIO - All of the fieldwork has been completed and a formal project description has been submitted to the C... [Full Story]
CORPORATE GIVING: Kinross aids victims of Chilean earthquake
TORONTO - Kinross has (may we say it?) a heart of gold. In the two weeks since Chile was rattled by a magnitud... [Full Story]
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Actus Minerals, ArcelorMittal Mines, Excalibur, God's Lake, Silvermex and VMS Ventures
Carl von Einsiedel is the new president and CEO of Vancouver-based Actus Minerals. He is also VP exploration f... [Full Story]
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVE: Show us the money
"Money" was the word on the industry's lips last week as the federal, British Columbia and Ontario governments... [Full Story]
GOLD EXPLORATION: Bonanza assays from Destiny project
QUEBEC - Pacific North West Capital of Vancouver has received a bonanza-grade assay - 51.66 g/t Au - from its ... [Full Story]
DIAMOND EXPLORATION: Sample from Churchill project returns 86.2 cpht
NUNAVUT - Shear Minerals (58.14%) of Edmonton and Stornoway Diamond Corp. (41.68%) of Vancouver report that th... [Full Story]
BASE METAL AND PGE RESOURCES: Noront triples Eagle's Nest numbers
ONTARIO - Noront Resources of Toronto has tripled the size of the resources at its Eagle's Nest deposit locate... [Full Story]
LITHIUM RESOURCES: Canadian Lithium outlines over 60 million tonnes at Quebec project
QUEBEC - Toronto-based Canada Lithium Corp. says its 100%-owned Quebec project 60 km north of Val d'Or contain... [Full Story]
GOLD RESOURCES: Nice numbers from Freegold Mountain
YUKON - Vancouver-based Northern Freegold Resources has updated the 43-101 mineral resource estimate for the N... [Full Story]
GOLD STUDY: Snow Lake mine study outlines 'robust economics'
MANITOBA - Alexis Minerals of Toronto and Garson Gold of Vancouver have jointly reported that the preliminary ... [Full Story]
SILVER-LEAD-ZINC DEVELOPMENT: Alexco awards contract for Bellekeno project
YUKON - Vancouver's Alexco Resource Corp. has awarded the mining services contract for development and product... [Full Story]
GIS SOFTWARE: Teck chooses ESRI for global enterprise platform
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources has selected ESRI as its platform for building a global enterprise geographic infor... [Full Story]
CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVE: 2009 was the year of the survivor and opportunist
In 2009, global mining mergers & acquisitions (M&A) activity saw significant decreases in values and a... [Full Story]
Strikes threatened at Gold Fields mines
Gold Fields Ltd’s gold mines in South Africa are facing a strike on March 7 due to a dispute over a fitness test with the country’s largest labour union.
