Canadian Mining Journal Staff

ZINC-COPPER: Foran aims to outline new VMS camp in Saskatchewan

SASKATCHEWAN – Foran Mining of Vancouver continues to drill at its Balsam property 65 km west of Flin Flon, MB, hoping to outline a potential new volcanogenic massive sulphide camp. Of interest is the Thunder zone where a single drill...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 25, 2015 | 4:08 pm

DIAMONDS: Stornoway ceremony opens airport at Renard mine

QUEBEC – Stornoway Diamond Corp. of Montreal officially opened the Clarence and Abel Swallow Airport on March 25 to service the Renard diamond mine 350 km north of Chibougamau. The ceremony was attended by community members, regional...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 25, 2015 | 4:07 pm

RFID SYSTEM: Provix, Torsa proximity detector certified in Canada

ALLISTON, Ontario – Provix Inc. and Torsa announced this week that the Total Detector RFID proximity detection and collision avoidance system has been certified by Industry Canada and the FCC for use in both surface and underground mining...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 25, 2015 | 4:06 pm

China’s Zijin Mining takes 9.9% stake in Ivanhoe

Fresh on the heels of its 2015 Thayer Lindsley award win for the discovery of the Kamoa copper deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) has reeled in Zijin Mining as a strategic investor.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 25, 2015 | 4:05 pm

DIAMONDS: Peregrine’s new exploration arm up and running

VANCOUVER – Peregrine Diamonds has transferred two diamond properties to its new, wholly owned subsidiary Peregrine Exploration. The properties are the Lac de Gas project in the Northwest Territories and the Nanuq/Nanuq North properties...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 24, 2015 | 4:21 pm

GOLD: Seventy per cent of metal recovered by gravity from Cheechoo samples

QUEBEC – Sirios Resources of Montreal recently sent samples from the Cheechoo gold discovery in James Bay for metallurgical testing during which 70% of the gold was recovered by gravity methods. The tests were done on three composite...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 24, 2015 | 4:19 pm

GOLD: Chilean court rules no harm to glaciers by Pascua-Lama activities

CHILE – Chile's environmental court has rules that the Pascua-Lama gold project belonging to Toronto's Barrick Gold has not damaged glaciers within the project area.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 24, 2015 | 4:18 pm

RAISE BORING: Redtrax is newest member of Redpath family

NORTH BAY, Ontario – Following in the footsteps of Redpath’s in-house manufactured line of Redbore raise drills, Redpath Raiseboring has introduced an innovative raise drill carrier to their fleet, the Redtrax.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 24, 2015 | 4:13 pm

Timberline options 1-million-oz Talapoosa gold project

Since taking the helm of Timberline Resources (TSXV: TBR; NYSE: TLR) on Jan. 1, Kiran Patankar has wasted little time getting down to work and enlarging the junior’s footprint in Nevada.    The former investment banker...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 24, 2015 | 4:11 pm

CHROMITE: Noront to acquire Cliffs’ Ring of Fire properties

ONTARIO – Spunky Toronto-based junior, Noront Resources, has offered US$20 million to acquire the subsidiaries of Cliffs Natural Resources that hold claims in the Ring of Fire, 500 km northeast of Thunder Bay. Cliffs abandoned its...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 23, 2015 | 4:30 pm

DIAMONDS: IamGold sells Diavik royalty to Sandstorm for US$56.8M

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – IamGold Corp. of Toronto is selling its 1% gross proceeds royalty that includes the Diavik diamond mine near Lac de Gras to Sandstorm Gold of Vancouver. The Diavik mine is owned 40% by Dominion Diamond and 60% by a...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 23, 2015 | 4:27 pm

GOLD-COPPER: Resource expands 52% at Seabridge’s KSM Deep Kerr deposit

BRITISH COLUMBIA – The updated resource number at the KSM Deep Kerr deposit now stands at 782 million inferred tonnes grading 0.54% Cu and 0.33 g/t Au. Owner Seabridge Gold says the deposit contins an estimated 8.2 million oz of gold and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 23, 2015 | 4:26 pm

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