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MOLYBDENUM: Avanti arranges $40M loan for Kitsault mine

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver-based Avanti Mining has arranged a pre-construction loan worth US$40 million with Resource Capital Fund VI. The purpose of the loan is to provide the company with working capital for the Kitsault molybdenum...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 31, 2013 | 4:06 pm

MINING PEOPLE: Cliffs, IROCK, and Mises Canada

Gary Halverson, CMJ's 1999 Best Mine Manager in Canada, has been named president and COO of Cliffs Natural Resources in Cleveland, OH. A native of Sudbury, ON, he has had a diverse and successful career in the gold, copper and nickel...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 31, 2013 | 4:05 pm

Shared office in Calgary strengthens KSB Pumps partnership with GIW Industries

CALGARY – The Calgary sales operations of KSB Pumps Inc. and GIW Industries have relocated to new shared office facilities. This arrangement will provide new opportunities for synergies between KSB Pumps (specialists in industrial pumps...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 31, 2013 | 4:04 pm

Feasibility shows phosphate project is ‘world-class asset’, Arianne CEO says

Arianne Phosphate’s (TSXV: DAN) Lac à Paul phosphate rock project in Quebec can be built for about US$1.22 billion, a feasibility study shows. Of that amount, about US$982.5 million (less US$73.9 million set aside as contingency),...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 31, 2013 | 4:01 pm

HAPPY HALLOWEEN: The haunted 2650 level of the Levack mine

The leaves have fallen and the bare tree branches make spooky sounds on the window glass as winter comes closer. This is the time to abandon our ordinary selves and try on an alternate persona – bunnies for babies, rock stars for teens,...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 30, 2013 | 4:14 pm

TAKEOVER: Denison extends deadline for Rockgate deal, cuts minimum tender requirement

TORONTO – Denison Mines Corp. has extended the deadline for its offer to acquire Rockgate Capital Corp. to 4:00 pm (Toronto time) on Nov. 18, 2014. Furthermore, Denison has reduced the minimum tender condition to acquire Rockgate common...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 30, 2013 | 4:09 pm

IRON ORE: Adriana counts more than 20B tonnes of resources at Lac Otelnuk

QUEBEC – Toronto-based Adriana Resources has put together resource numbers for the Lac Otelnuk iron ore property in Nunavik, and the numbers are in the billions. The project is a joint venture of Adriana (40%) and Wisco International...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 30, 2013 | 4:07 pm

GOLD: Golden Band pours 2,200 oz from Greywacke North bulk sample

SASKATCHEWAN – The Greywacke North bulk sample that Golden Band Resources of Saskatoon took from the Greywacke Lake gold project 90 km north of La Ronge has yielded 2,242.5 oz of gold recovered as doré during test milling.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 30, 2013 | 4:04 pm

Interview: Pretium’s Quartermain on the Strathcona fallout, and the road ahead

The following article is reprinted with permission from CMJ’s sister publication The Northern Miner.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 30, 2013 | 4:02 pm

RESEARCH: Argex Titanium opens R&D lab near Montreal

QUEBEC – Montreal's Argex Titanium has opened the doors of its research and development west of Montreal inf Salaberry-de-Valleyfield at the site of what will be the company's first commercial titanium dioxide production facility.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2013 | 3:51 pm

GOLD: KLGold enters into royalty transaction with Franco-Nevada

ONTARIO – Kirkland Lake Gold, located in the town of the same name, has raised US$50 million by selling a 2.5% net smelter return royalty to Franco-Nevada Corp. of Toronto. The royalty, to be paid in either cash or bullion, will include...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2013 | 3:50 pm

GOLD: Premier updates resource estimate for Hardrock deposit

ONTARIO – Premier Gold Mines of Thunder Bay, ON, has revised its resource estimate for the Hardrock gold deposit at its 100% owned Trans-Canada property in the town of Greenstone.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 29, 2013 | 3:48 pm

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