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GOLD: Abcourt signs 6-month milling contract with QMX

QUEBEC – Abcourt Mines of Mont St Hilaire, QC, and QMX Gold Corp. have signed a six-month agreement for the milling of ore from Abcourt's Elder gold mine near Rouyn-Noranda at QMX's facilities near Val d'Or.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 17, 2014 | 4:01 pm

Thompson Creek piles up cash in Q3

Thompson Creek Metals (TSX: TCM; NYSE: TC) is improving its operations and balance sheet, despite ending the third quarter in the red.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 17, 2014 | 3:59 pm

IRON ORE: DSO shipments start on new KeRail spur line

QUEBEC – Rail haulage has begun on the newly built KeRail spur that services the DSO iron ore project near Schefferville. The project is operated and 80% owned by Tata Steel Minerals Canada in partnership with New Millennium Iron Corp....

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 13, 2014 | 4:16 pm

GOLD: Dutch miner wants in on Lynn Lake play

AMSTERDAM – Nord Gold NV, a pure gold play company headquartered in this Dutch city, has asked permission from the board of Carlisle Goldfields in Toronto to purchase all of the Canadian company's issued and outstanding common shares.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 13, 2014 | 4:14 pm

COPPER-ZINC: Foran releases positive PEA for McIlvenna Bay

SASKATCHEWAN – Foran Mining Corp. of Vancouver has released a positive preliminary economic assessment for a proposed underground mine at the McIlvenna Bay copper-zinc deposit 60 km west of Flin Flon, MB. The report was prepared by JDS...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 13, 2014 | 4:12 pm

GOLD: Lake Shore cuts wide, high grades at 144 Gap zone

ONTARIO – The first of four drill holes at the 144 exploration area look good to owner Lake Shore Gold of Toronto. The area is immediately southwest of the Thunder Creek deposit at the Timmins West mine 18 km west of the city of the same...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 13, 2014 | 4:09 pm

MINING PEOPLE: Avanti Mining, Barrick, Claude Resources, Grenadier, Lake Shore Gold, and Turquoise Hill

Avanti Mining of Toronto has named Greg Miazga as project manager and Luke Klemke as general manager of the Kitsault molybdenum project. Miazga was most recently the director of engineering and construction at the Detour Lake gold mine. Klemke...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 13, 2014 | 4:05 pm

Transparency act to introduce new reporting requirements for miners

It will soon be mandatory for Canadian mining and oil and gas companies to report payments to foreign and domestic governments – including, eventually, First Nations governments in Canada.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 13, 2014 | 4:02 pm

GOLD: Whale Tail grows at Agnico’s Amaruq

NUNAVUT – Agnico Eagle Mines of Toronto has completed a 144-hole drill program at the Amaruq gold project 50 km northwest of its Meadowbank mine. The company signed an exploration agreement with Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. giving it a 100% in...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 12, 2014 | 3:22 pm

GOLD: Brewery Creek PEA points way for Golden Predator

YUKON – Golden Predator Mining Corp., headquartered in Hayden, ID, says the preliminary economic assessment of the Brewery Creek gold property gives the project a net present value of $18.1 million if gold is US$1,150/oz or $114.5 million...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 12, 2014 | 3:18 pm

AWARD: Best junior in NB is Puma Exploration

NEW BRUNSWICK – This year's best junior mining company in New Brunswick is Puma Exploration of Rimouski, QC. The award was bestowed by the New Brunswick Prospectors and Developers Association for Puma's $10-million spending on exploration...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 12, 2014 | 3:15 pm

COPPER: EDC’s $300M Codelco financing to spur sales of Canadian equipment

OTTAWA – Export Development Canada (EDC) today announced the disbursement of US$300 million in financing for Chile’s state-owned copper production company, Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco). The loan was...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 12, 2014 | 3:13 pm

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