Canadian Mining Journal Staff, Author at Canadian Mining Journal

MINING PEOPLE: Avanti, Komet Resources, Pretium, Stornoway, and Stria Capital

Avanti Mining of Vancouver has named its senior management team to take the Kitsault molybdenum project through development. Mark Premo has resigned the posts of president and CEO, but will remain on the board. Gordon Bogden, who has a long...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 13, 2014 | 4:37 pm

Shadowy Chinese loans behind copper’s decline

VANCOUVER – In recent years, as prices for many resources slid, copper held its ground. Gold and silver stumbled, uranium and iron ore deteriorated, and coal and potash dragged, but copper simply settled from a five-year high of US$4.50...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 13, 2014 | 4:34 pm

TRAINING: Liebherr, Immersive Technologies renew alliance

After nearly 10 years of delivering the most accurate Liebherr advanced equipment simulators for mining excavators and haul trucks, Liebherr has chosen to continue its exclusive partnership with Immersive Technologies in order to develop...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 13, 2014 | 4:34 pm

GOLD: Osisko updates Canadian Malartic reserves

QUEBEC – Osisko Mining Corp. of Montreal has updated the reserve numbers for its Canadian Malartic gold mine at Malartic. The open pit proven and probable reserves now stand at 185.5 million tonnes grading 0.98 g/t Au or 5.85 million oz...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 12, 2014 | 4:04 pm

GOLD: Rubicon closes over-allotment, raises $115M

ONTARIO – Rubicon Minerals Corp. of Vancouver has closed a $115 million bought deal financing announced last month. Including the over-allotment, the company issued 74.29 million units at a price of $1.55 each.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 12, 2014 | 4:03 pm

GOLD-COPPER: Western Copper, Selkirk First Nation ink Casino accord

YUKON – Vancouver's Western Copper and Gold Corp. and the Selkirk First Nation have signed an initial project assessment co-operation covering the Casino gold-copper-silver-molybdenum project that lies mostly within traditional Selkirk...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 12, 2014 | 4:01 pm

Grow Greenstone Expo: Stoking the Ring of Fire

MUNICIPALITY OF GREENSTONE, Ontario – Ring of Fire development has been a hot topic in Northern Ontario for years. With the potential for unprecedented economic benefits to the region, the Municipality of Greenstone began to formulate a...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 12, 2014 | 3:59 pm

Harper, Bennett comment on New Prosperity rejection

VANCOUVER — There haven't been many modern permitting processes that cast as large a shadow as the federal government's recent environmental rejection of Taseko Mines' (TSX: TKO; NYSE-MKT: TGB) New Prosperity open pit copper-gold mine in...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 12, 2014 | 3:58 pm

GOLD: Seabridge offers maiden resource for Walsh Lake

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Seabridge Gold of Toronto has offered the maiden resource estimate for the Walsh Lake gold deposit at its Courageous Lake project 240 km northeast of Yellowknife. The deposit contains an estimated 482,000 oz of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 11, 2014 | 4:30 pm

FREE TRADE: MAC likes agreement with South Korea

OTTAWA – The Mining Association of Canada has commended the Canadian government on the signing of a new free trade agreement with South Korea, a key market for Canada's minerals. The new agreement reduced tariffs (currently more than 8%)...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 11, 2014 | 4:29 pm

GOLD: Recovery 93% from Orefinder’s Mirado stockpile

ONTARIO – Vancouver's Orefinders Resources released the results of metallurgical tests indicating an average 93% gold recovery from samples taken from its Mirado stockpile near Kirkland Lake. SGS Canada conducted the tests, including a...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 11, 2014 | 4:26 pm

GOLD: New PEA for Lamaque project puts peak production at 143,300 oz/y

QUEBEC – Integra Gold Corp. of Vancouver is hoping to one day produce gold from its Lamaque project in Val d'Or, noting that its project is separate from the adjacent suspended Sigma and Lamaque mines. The latest preliminary economic...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 11, 2014 | 4:24 pm

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