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COMMENT: Quebec okays controversial Arnaud apatite mine

One of the hottest topics debated by residents of the town of Sept-Isles, QC, lately has been the fate of the proposed Arnaud open pit apatite mine. The project is owned by Invstissement Quebec and Yara International, a Norwegian fertilizer...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 19, 2015 | 4:25 pm

GOLD: KLGold breaks record for monthly output

ONTARIO - Kirkland Lake Gold, with mines and offices in the town of the same name, is coming off record monthly production of 16,485 oz of gold (recovered) in February. The mill treated 32,862 tonnes at a head grade of 17.8 g/t Au and a...

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

MINING PEOPLE: Camino Minerals, Centerra Gold, and Teck Resources

Ken McNaughton has been named president and CEO of Camino Minerals Corp. in Vancouver. He is a geological engineer and was recently VP of exploration at Pentium Resources.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 19, 2015 | 4:22 pm

REPORT: Aboriginal communities as development partners

MONTREAL – While the Quebec government was giving the green light this week to the development of the Arnaud apatite mine project near Sept-Îles, on the North Shore, opponents and supporters alike wasted no time making their...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 19, 2015 | 4:21 pm

Coal sector woes expected to accelerate, experts say

With coal prices sitting at multi-year lows, almost 17% of coal production this year in the United States could be at risk of idling or closure, as total cash costs plus sustaining capital expenditures exceed current market prices, Wood...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 19, 2015 | 4:20 pm

GOLD: Rubicon’s flow-through offering expands to $25M

ONTARIO – Yesterday, Rubicon Minerals Corp. announced a bought deal, flow-through offering of 11.7 million shares at C$1.28 each. Today, March 18, the company announced that the number of shares has been increased to 19.6 million, making...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 18, 2015 | 4:19 pm

URANIUM: Fission’s R600W expands with high grade step-out holes

SASKATCHEWAN – Four angled step-out holes drilled in the R600W zone, about 500 metres west of the Triple R depost at the Patterson Lake South project, intersected mineralization, according to Fission Uranium of Kelowna, BC. That allowed...

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

SILVER: Endeavour to expand El Cubo by 40%

MEXICO – Vancouver-based Endeavour Silver Corp. has begun a four-month project to increase ore production by 40% at its El Cubo silver mine in Guanajuato state. The mine output will be raised to 2,200 t/d from 1,550 t/d. The expansion is...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 18, 2015 | 4:17 pm

NICKEL: Vale chooses Intergraph for Long Harbour plant

NEWFOUNDLAND – Vale Canada, one of Canada’s largest mining companies, has purchased Intergraph® SmartPlant® Materials as its supply chain management software at the Long Harbour nickel processing plant located in the town of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 18, 2015 | 4:15 pm

Red Eagle poised to build Colombia’s next gold mine

VANCOUVER — It's been a rapid race to production for junior Red Eagle Mining (TSX: RD; US-OTC: RDEMF) at its Santa Rosa gold project 70 km due north of Medellin, Colombia. On March 10 the company received an environmental...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 18, 2015 | 4:13 pm

TAILINGS: MAC commissions independent task force for review

OTTAWA – The Mining Association of Canada has commissioned an independent, multi-stakeholder task force to review the tailings management requirements under its Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) initiative, a mandatory program for all MAC...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 17, 2015 | 3:50 pm

URANIUM: NexGen reports Arrow zone assays

SASKATCHEWAN – NexGen Energy of Vancouver has shared the assays for the first four drill holes from its winter 2015 program at the Arrow zone on the Rook I property in the Athabasca Basin. The zone is approximately 515 by 215 metres...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 17, 2015 | 3:48 pm

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