NICKEL EXPLORATION NEWS Barrick, Falconbridge Agree in Tanzania
TANZANIA Please take note that the words "nickel" and "Barrick" appear together in the headli...
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GOLD DEVELOPMENT NEWS Equity Financing Possible for Dolores
CHIHUAHUA, Mexico MINEFINDERS CORP. of Toronto could conceivably raise all the capital it needs from equity if ne...
BASE METAL MINE NEWS Breakwater to Acquire Myra Falls
CAMPBELL RIVER, British Columbia Toronto-based BREAKWATER RESOURCES is acquiring all the outstanding shares of Bo...
GOLD MINE NEWS Esmeralda Pours First Gold
HAWTHORNE, Nevada The first pour of gold from the Esmeralda project of METALLIC VENTURES GOLD was on Feb. 16. The...
DRAGLINE NEWS China Buys First Bucyrus Unit
SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin BUCYRUS INTERNATIONAL has sold the first large dragline of any make to China. The mode...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS GlobeStar, Barrick, Alcan, Int’l Lima, Tiberon
Toronto-based GLOBESTAR MINING has named Jose Antonio Ruiz as mine manager for the Cerro de Maimon development in t...
DOING SOME DIGGING Mars Rocks
Since the dawn of time, the other planets in our solar system have been veiled in mystery, none more so than Mars.
GOLD EXPLORATION NEWS Bathurst Camp Yields Yellow Metal
BATHURST, New Brunswick The Bathurst mining camp, long noted for its base metal producers, is heating up as a pot...
BASE METAL/PGM EXPLORATION NEWS High Assays from 34 Zone near Rainy River
FORT FRANCIS, Ontario Toronto-based NUINSCO RESOURCES has confirmed high nickel/copper/PGM and precious metal val...
DIAMOND DEVELOPMENT NEWS Snap Lake Clears Public Hearing Hurdle
YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories Public hearings into DE BEERS' application for a water licence and land use pe...
DIAMOND ENVIRONMENT NEWS Jericho Wins Approval
LUPIN, Nunavut The Nunavut Impact Review Board has given the thumbs up to the environmental impact statement (EIS...
OIL SANDS ENVIRONMENT NEWS Jackpine Project Gets Nod
FORT McMURRAY, Alberta SHELL CANADA (60%) and its partners WESTERN OIL SANDS (20%) and CHEVRON CANADA (20%) have...
JV Article: How FM defuses one of mining’s most overlooked risks
As one of the world’s largest commercial and industrial property insurers, FM offers a market specialty in safeguarding large mining businesses by bringing core […]