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SUSTAINABILITY: Barrick named to DJSI for the sixth consecutive year

TORONTO – Barrick Gold Corp. has been named to the Down Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) for the sixth consecutive year. It has also been included on the DJSI's North American index of leading companies for the seventh straight...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 12, 2013 | 4:00 pm

MINING PEOPLE: China Minerals, McEwen Mining, Orex, San Gold, and Santa Fe Metals

Michael Guo has been named chief geologist for Vancouver-based China Minerals Mining Corp. He will oversee the company's geological work in Canada.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 12, 2013 | 3:58 pm

LABOUR: It’s Curtin for Australian prisoners

AUSTRALIA – Failing to find workers for the Curtin potash project, the joint venture partners have recruited prisoners from the Northern Territory. The project, 260 km southwest of Alice Springs, is a joint venture of Rum Jungle Resources...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 12, 2013 | 3:56 pm

Production is right around the corner for Marlin Gold

It’s not every day that you come across a junior that is on the brink of production and generating cash flow within four to six months, whose largest shareholder is a hedge fund with an 80% ownership stake, whose management team is headed...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 12, 2013 | 3:54 pm

OPINION: Transnational corporate liability for human rights violations, part 1

Can a Canadian parent company with a subsidiary operating in a foreign jurisdiction be liable for human rights violations in the foreign jurisdiction that occur at the level of the subsidiary? In a recent decision, an Ontario court has allowed...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 11, 2013 | 4:27 pm

URANIUM: Denison cuts more high grade at Phoenix A

SASKATCHEWAN – Denison Mines Corp. of Toronto continues to drill high grade uranium mineralization in the Phoenix A deposit at the Wheeler River project where it is operator and 60% owner. The Wheeler River project is located between the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 11, 2013 | 4:26 pm

COAL: Maiden numbers for Elan’s Alberta coking project

ALBERTA – Altitude Resources of Calgary has released a maiden resource estimate – 62.1 million indicated tonnes and 84.7 million inferred tonnes – for the coking coal property belonging to Elan Coal, a private non-arms length...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 11, 2013 | 4:24 pm

GOLD: Atac cuts 16+ metres of 6.76 g/t at Rackla project

YUKON – Vancouver-based Atac Resources has completed a 12-hole campaign at the Sunrise and Isis East zones at the eastern end of its Rackla gold project in the central portion of the territory. The Sunrise zone returned notable...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 11, 2013 | 4:22 pm

Gabriel takes one step forward and two back in Romania

Just when Gabriel Resources (TSX: GBU) looked to be getting some new traction on its development of the Rosia Montana gold mine in Romania, recent protests appears to have turned the country’s prime minister against the project.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 11, 2013 | 4:21 pm

GOLD: Centerra plans shuffle for Kumtor mine

KYRGYZSTAN – Centerra Gold of Toronto is working on a deal with the government of Kyrgyzstan concerning the Kumtor gold mine in that country. If completed as planned, Kyrgyzaltyn JSC (representing the government) would exchange its 32.7%...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 10, 2013 | 3:58 pm

GOLD: Detour Gold cuts 17.3 g/t over 4.4 metres in new structure

ONTARIO – Toronto-based Detour Gold Corp. says it has cut high grade gold mineralization while drilling in the eastern part of the Lower Detour deformation zone (LDDZ) in the southeast part of its Detour Lake gold property.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 10, 2013 | 3:56 pm

GOLD-COPPER: Seabridge outlines high grade zone beneath porphyry at KSM

BRITISH COLUMBIA – The grade continues to rise as Toronto-based Seabridge Gold drills the Deep Kerr core zone at the KSM project 65 km northwest of Stewart. The best result from the Deep Kerr core zone was 69 metres of 1.78% Cu and 1.14...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 10, 2013 | 3:54 pm

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