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GOLD: Santoy Gap mineralization extended, new zone discovered

SASKATCHEWAN – Claude Resources of Saskatoon says that the 2012 drill program at Santoy Gap extended the mineralized system down dip to 650 metres and along strike to the south toward the Santoy 8 gold mine. The Santoy Gap is part of the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 27, 2012 | 3:58 pm

COPPER: Xstrata’s Antapaccay ships first copper concentrate

PERU - Xstrata Copper’s Antapaccay copper mine in southern Peru began production of commercial grade copper in concentrates at the beginning of November and has delivered its first shipment to Matarani Port. Commissioning continues as the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 27, 2012 | 3:57 pm

Cuervo jumps back into action in Peru

Iron ore explorer Cuervo Resources may be on to something big as it drills off the Bob 1 zone, one of the two large targets on its flagship Cerro Ccopane iron ore property in southern Peru.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 27, 2012 | 3:56 pm

GOLD: San Gold drills 15.5 g/t over 11.1 metres

MANITOBA – Approximately 235 km northeast of Winnipeg, the Rice Lake gold project belonging to San Gold Corp. of Bissett, MB, keeps returning long and strong drilling intercepts. Hole 607-12-048 in the 710 lens intersected several good...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 26, 2012 | 4:00 pm

GOLD: Agnico-Eagle takes over as operator at Homestake Ridge

BRITISH COLUMBIA – The second phase of exploration at the Homestake Ridge gold property 32 km southeast of Stewart has been completed by 100% owner Homestake Resource Corp. of Vancouver. Having funded the second phase of work,...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 26, 2012 | 3:59 pm

GOLD: Beauce placer gold property receives 20-year mining lease

QUEBEC – Uragold Bay Resources of Montreal applied for a large scale bulk sampling permit for its Rang Chaussegros claims at the Beauce placer gold property in Saint-Simon-les-Mines, but the Quebec Ministere de Ressources Naturaelles et...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 26, 2012 | 3:58 pm

CHARITABLE GIVING: Canadian Miners t-shirts raise money for Toronto’s Sick Kids

TIMMINS, Ontario – Contract miner Paul Ross is giving back the best way he knows how. He has pledged to raise $25,000 for Toronto's Sick Children's Hospital, where his year-old daughter was treated 22 years ago, by selling Canadian...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 26, 2012 | 3:57 pm

WELDING: Mansour Mining ads robotic arm to its team

SUDBURY, Ontario - Mansour Mining Technologies Inc. (MMTI) has invested in a custom built, state-of-the-art robotic welding arm. This technology is one of the latest innovations at MMTI, making it the first choice for ground support products...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 26, 2012 | 3:56 pm

Rebel group consolidates position in DRC

Rebel fighters from the M23 group in the Democratic Republic of Congo have pushed past Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, to the town of Sake, 20 km to the west, and claim they plan to march to Kinshasa, the country’s capital.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 26, 2012 | 3:55 pm

ZINC-LEAD: Selwyn offers new mine plan for ScoZinc reopening

NOVA SCOTIA – Selwyn Resources of Vancouver has come up with a new mine plan for reopening the ScoZinc mine and mill that it purchased in June 2011. The project, located near Gays River, has operated for three brief periods since...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 22, 2012 | 4:00 pm

GOLD: Drilling at Island Gold mine confirms potential at depth

ONTARIO – Richmont Mines of Montreal says recent drilling at its Island Gold mine 80 km northeast of Wawa confirms the potential of the property at depth. Highlights from the C zone include (cut grades over true widths) 26.09 g/t Au over...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 22, 2012 | 3:59 pm

SILVER-ZINC: Canadian Zinc cuts 2,059 g/t Ag over 1.3 metres at Prairie Creek

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Vancouver's Canadian Zinc Corp. has completed its 2012 exploration program with a silver intercept of 2,059 g/t over 1.3 metres, additional high grade assays and a the definition of a strong geophysical anomaly...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 22, 2012 | 3:58 pm

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