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GOLD: Anaconda makes new gold find at Pine Cove

NEWFOUNDLAND – Anaconda Mining of Toronto has made another gold discovery 5 km from the Pine Cove mill in the Baie Verte mining district. The area of interest, the Argyle zone, lies between the Stog'er Tight deposit and the town of Ming's...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 8, 2015 | 4:16 pm

PGM-NICKEL-COPPER: Ivanhoe basks in glow of positive PFS for Platreef

SOUTH AFRICA – Executives at Vancouver's Ivanhoe Mines welcomed the positive pre-feasibility study for its Platreef PGM-nickel-copper project in Limpopo state. The study examined the first phase of development of a 4.0 million t/y...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 8, 2015 | 4:12 pm

Energy Fuels kicks off 2015 with bid for Uranerz

In what will be its fifth acquisition since February 2012, conventional uranium producer Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE-MKT: UUUU) hopes to pick up in situ recovery (ISR) uranium producer Uranerz Energy (TSX: URZ; NYSE-MKT:...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 8, 2015 | 4:10 pm

COMMENT: Innu $900M lawsuit against IOC can proceed

The Innu First Nations of Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam and Matimekush-Lac John, whose traditional territory (Nitassinan) covers a large part of northeast Quebec and Labrador, have won the right to sue Iron Ore Co. of Canada (owned by Rio Tinto)...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 7, 2015 | 4:19 pm

INQUEST: Look into double fatality at Stobie to begin April 20

SUDBURY, Ontario – The Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario announced yesterday that an inquest will begin on April 20 into the deaths of Jason Chenier and Jordan Fram. The inquest is expected to last 10 days, and the jury is may make...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 7, 2015 | 4:16 pm

GOLD: Gowest still hopes to use Kidd concentrator

ONTARIO – Gowest Gold of Toronto says it has received an extension of the non-binding letter of intent to refurbish and use the D line at the Kidd concentrator in Timmins to treat ore from Gowest's Bradshaw deposit.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 7, 2015 | 4:12 pm

SERVICES: Wenco, Hitachi team up to improve pit operations

RICHMOND, British Columbia – Wenco International Mining Systems and Hitachi Consulting of have teamed up to offer a new service aimed at improving operations at open pits.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 7, 2015 | 4:10 pm

Skeena seeks next discovery in BC’s Golden Triangle

VANCOUVER — It’s been more than two decades since veteran geologist Ron Netolitzky won the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada’s Bill Dennis Prospector of the Year award for his role in exploring and financing...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 7, 2015 | 4:09 pm

SURVEY: Hays predicts fewer fulltime mining jobs

TORONTO - According to the fifth annual Hays Canada sglary Guide, more than half of Canadian mining and resource employers expect to grow their business in 2015, but only a third intend to boost permanent headcount.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 6, 2015 | 3:44 pm

COAL: New resource estimate for Carbon Creek

BRITISH COLOMBIA – Vancouver's Cardero Resource Corp. has released an updated 43-101 report for the Carbon Creek Metallurgical coal project that puts Measured and indicated resources at 290 million tonnes and inferred resources at 161...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 6, 2015 | 3:43 pm

GEARS: New gear unit design for conveyor adds to LaRonde mine’s life expectancy

QUEBEC – Santasalo, a manufacturer of industrial gear units for process industries, has been awarded a contract to supply a design upgrade D-Series gear unit for an underground conveyor application at Agnico Eagle’s LaRonde gold...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 6, 2015 | 3:42 pm

Gold juniors that gained traction in 2014

It has been another lacklustre year for gold and gold equities, with the spot price dipping below last year’s close and down 14% from the high reached in March, to exit 2014 at US$1,182.90 per oz. Despite the dim backdrop, some emerging...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 6, 2015 | 3:40 pm

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