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DIAMONDS: Roadblock for Ekati acquisition

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – The deal for Harry Winston Diamond Corp. to buy out BHP Billiton's interest in the Ekati diamond mine at Lac des Gras has hit a roadblock. Minority owner Chuck Fipke, who along with Stuart Blusson discovered the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 17, 2013 | 4:40 pm

POTASH: Resources outlined at Foam Lake

SASKATCHEWAN – North Atlantic Potash of Saskatoon has complete a 11-hole drilling program and released resource numbers for its Foam Lake potash property a hundred kilometres or so northeast of Regina. The company has outlined 218 million...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 17, 2013 | 4:36 pm

GOLD: High grades drilled near Platosa silver mine

MEXICO – Excellon Resources of Toronto, perhaps the highest grade silver producer in the country, is having considerable success drilling for gold only a kilometre from its Platosa silver mine in Durango state. Hole LP1038 intersected...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 17, 2013 | 4:29 pm

MINING PEOPLE: Estrella Gold, Gowest Gold, Precipitate Gold, Rio Tinto and Strongco

Estrella Gold Corp. of Vancouver has named John R. Wilson president and CEO. His 40-plus-year career includes discoveries in Brazil, Nevada and Peru.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 17, 2013 | 4:19 pm

CONTRACT: SNC-Lavalin to handle EPCM for lonore gold project

QUEBEC – SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract by Goldcorp subsidiary Opinaca Mines to provide project management, detailed engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the Éléonore gold...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 17, 2013 | 4:15 pm

Kivalliq stacks uranium resources at Angilak

VANCOUVER — It has been roughly three years since Vancouver-based uranium explorer Kivalliq Energy began drilling in earnest at its 1,377-km2 Angilak property in Nunavut. The company long maintained it was looking at a district scale play...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 17, 2013 | 4:09 pm

IRON ORE: First bulk carrier of year reaches ArcelorMittal dock

QUEBEC – ArcelorMittal has awarded the iron-headed steel cane to the master of the Panamax Jade, the first transatlantic bulk ore carrier to anchor at the company's dock in Port-Cartier in 2013. The ship is under the command of Captain...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 16, 2013 | 4:26 pm

GOLD: Uragold set to move forward at Beauce placer project

QUEBEC – Uragold Bay Resources of Montreal is ready for the next step at its Beauce placer gold project 75 km southeast of Quebec City. Quebec's agricultural land protection commission (CTPAQ) has issued a ruling granting the company a...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 16, 2013 | 4:25 pm

GOLD: New resource numbers for Borden zone from Probe

ONTARIO – Toronto-based Probe Mines says the new resource estimate at its Borden Lake gold project near Chapleau highlights the increasing grade of the Borden gold zone observed at all cut-off levels. The property has an indicated...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 16, 2013 | 4:23 pm

Commentary: The case for random alcohol testing by employers in dangerous workplaces

On Dec. 7, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments on the subject of random alcohol testing by employers in dangerous workplaces. The case arose from a union grievance and arbitration challenging the policy of Irving Pulp & Paper...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 16, 2013 | 4:22 pm

COMMENT: How to cut operating and capital costs

As the mining industry emerges from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), many companies are already outlining plans for moderate to aggressive growth over the short to medium term. While production volumes will need to grow to meet an expected...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 15, 2013 | 4:29 pm

BASE METALS: Inmet reaches high end of 2012 guidance

TORONTO – Jochen Tilk, president and CEO of Inmet Mining is pleased that the company has met the upper end of its 2012 production guidance. A total of 111,700 tonnes of copper and 66,300 tonnes of zinc were recorded at Inmet's three mines...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 15, 2013 | 4:27 pm

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