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Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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Canterra Minerals carves out more ground in diamond country
Randy Turner – the man who guided Winspear Diamonds from the discovery of the Snap Lake diamond deposit in northern Canada to its sale to De Beers for $305 million in 2000 – is back at diamond exploration again in the same part of...
MERGER: Antofagasta offers hefty premium for Duluth Metals
TORONTO – Duluth Metals has entered into a binding agreement with Antofagasta plc that will see the British miner pay a premium close to three times the price per share for Duluth. Antofagasta will pay C$0.45 per share in cash for all of...
ZINC-LEAD: Wolfden reports first assays from Rocky Turn at Tetagouche
NEW BRUNSWICK – Wolfden Resources Corp. of Thunder Bay, ON, has released the initial assays from drilling the Rocky Turn target at the Tetagouche zinc-lead property 25 km west of Bathurst. The target has been traced intermittently along a...
COPPER: Mining costs quadruple over 10 years in Chile
CHILE – A study prepared by GEM consultants and published in the Perspectiva magazine found that operating costs at Chile's copper producers quadrupled between 2004 and 2013. Costs rose from an average of $0.42 per lb to a little over...
SAFETY: Participants invited to new Australian conference and exhibition
MELBOURNE, Australia – Reed Exhibitions Australia, the Australian subsidiary of the world’s leading event organizer, has today announced a major new conference and exhibition for the workplace health and safety sector. The Safety...
NRC Arctic program aims to realize ‘full potential’ of Canada’s North
VANCOUVER — Natural resource development in Canada can come with a unique set of challenges due to a variety of isolated, cold weather climates. The federal government is hoping it can make life easier for miners and other parties...
GOLD: Falling price takes toll on Agnico, Barrick and Goldcorp
TORONTO and VANCOUVER – Third quarter results are rolling in this time of year, and Canada's largest gold producers – Agnico-Eagle Mines, Barrick Gold and Goldcorp – are feeling the pinch of a stagnant price.
GOLD: Marathon drills 1.71 g/t over 44 metres in new zone at Valentine Lake
NEWFOUNDLAND – Toronto-based Marathon Gold Corp. reports that the first three holes drilled in the newly discovered Marathon zone at the Valentine Lake property 55 km south of Buchans returned long and strong intersections.
MINING PEOPLE: AEMQ, Khalkos, and Turquoise Hill
At the end of a very successful convention in Montreal last week, the Quebec Mineral Exploration Association (AEMQ) appointed Jean M. Gagne and Frank Mariage board chairs of Minalliance and the AEMQ, respectively. Both are partners at Fasken...
Editorial: Hunts’ silver play the stuff of legend
Few individuals have lived lives large enough to be immediately associated with a particular commodity. Think oil and J.D. Rockefeller; steel and Andrew Carnegie; and diamonds and the Oppenheimer family. For silver, it’s the Hunt brothers...
JUNIORS: PwC report – Waiting out uncertainty
PwC has for the eighth time looked at the 100 largest (by market cap) junior miners on the TSXV exchange and taken their financial pulse. They are struggling, but they have the grit and determination necessary to hang on until the economic...
Critical One discovers high-grade antimony at Howells Lake project
Critical One Energy (formerly Madison Metals) (CSE: CRTL; OTCQB: MMTLF) has announced that the company has discovered significant antimony, including an interval in […]