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FRAC SAND: Victory Nickel ready to rebuild Seven Persons facility

ALBERTA – In a departure from base metals, Victory Nickel of Toronto is set to begin development of the Seven Persons frac sand plant at Medicine Hat. The Alberta Energy Regulator (the successor to the Energy Resources Conservation Board)...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 11, 2013 | 3:57 pm

IRON ORE: First DSO train of 2013 leaves Silver Yards

LABRADOR – Tata Steel Minerals Canada, has shipped its first trainload of direct shipping ore to the terminal in Sept-Iles, QC. The train of 164 cars, each carrying 100 tonnes of iron ore left the dry crushing and screening plant from...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 11, 2013 | 3:55 pm

GOLD: Whitney project assays almost 50 g/t for Temex

ONTARIO – Temex Resources Corp. of Toronto has even more high grade assay results from the Whitney gold project in Timmins. Four notable holes returned the following assays:

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 11, 2013 | 3:52 pm

MINING PEOPLE: Altai Resources, Cartier Iron, CuOro, Integra Gold, Liberty Mines, Redhawk, and SGS

Toronto's Altai Resources has named Raymond Savoie a director of the company. Involved in the exploration and development industry for the past 25 years, he is currently president and CEO of Ditem Exploration and Gastem. Savoie was Quebec's...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 11, 2013 | 3:48 pm

Guatemala to ban new mining, exploration licenses

Guatemala’s president Otto Perez Molina plans to place a two-year moratorium on issuing new mining and exploration licenses giving the nation time to reform its mining law, says Tahoe Resources (TSX:THO; NYSE: TAHO).

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 11, 2013 | 3:45 pm

DIAMONDS: North Slave Metis and Gahcho Ku partners sign benefit agreement

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – On behalf of its joint venture partner Mountain Province Diamonds, De Beers Canada (the operator) has signed an impact benefit Agreement with the North Salve Métis Alliance for the Gahcho Kué diamond...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 10, 2013 | 4:26 pm

GOLD: Average wage at Canadian Malartic is $87,000

QUEBEC – Osisko Mining, owner and operator of the Canadian Malartic gold mine at Malartic, has filed a report outlining the local and regional economic impact of the project. Among its findings, that the average annual salary is $87,000,...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 10, 2013 | 4:24 pm

URANIUM: New syndicate to explore Athabasca Basin

Nuclear Corp., and Lucky Strike Resources have inked a formal agreement to explore for uranium in the Athabasca Basin. The 287,130-ha property on which they will focus their efforts will be known as the Western Athabasca Syndicate Project or...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 10, 2013 | 4:19 pm

GOLD: Klondex cuts 3.87 oz over 144 metres in Nevada

NEVADA – There is gold in the hills of Nevada – and quite a lot of it yet to be discovered if recent results from Vancouver-based Klondex Mines is anything to go by. The Joyce structure at its Fire Creek project near Elko yielded...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 10, 2013 | 4:18 pm

SOFTWARE: Data collaboration, 2-D CAD package available to Surpac users

VANCOUVER – Geovia, formerly known as Gemcom Software, has released Surpac™ 6.5. Alongside new features and user requested enhancements, Surpac 6.5 integrates with two new products – DraftSight Pro Pack, a full featured 2-D...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 10, 2013 | 4:15 pm

Ontario permitting delays irk Northern Graphite

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

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 10, 2013 | 4:12 pm

COPPER: Gibraltar production jumps 21% in Q2

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Taseko Mines of Vancouver says that Q2 2013 copper production from its Gibraltar mine was 28.1 million lb, a 21% jump over the preceding quarter. Molybdenum production was 333,000 lb during the most recent quarter.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 9, 2013 | 4:12 pm

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