Canadian Mining Journal Staff

MINERAL PROCESSING: Improvements to CTL process boost TiO2 recovery to 99%

ONTARIO – Argex Mining of Montreal says it has made a breakthrough in the iron recovery circuit at its CTL (named for Argex subsidiary Canadian Titanium Ltd.) pilot plant in Mississauga. Continued process improvements on solvent...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 14, 2012 | 4:58 pm

COPPER-NICKEL EXPLORATION: Mustang drills high grade zone at Mayville

MANITOBA – Toronto-based Mustang Minerals reports that it has drilled 3.0 metres of 2.95% Cu and 0.55% Ni in the M2 zone at the Mayville property 150 km northeast of Winnipeg. Two holes drilled in the zone extended mineralization at depth...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 14, 2012 | 4:57 pm

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Castle Resources, Queenston, and Tyhee Gold

As it works to reopen the Granduc copper mine in British Columbia, Castle Resources of Toronto has hired Natasha Essar as VP of environment and permitting. She is an environmental professional with 15 years' experience working on resource...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 14, 2012 | 4:56 pm

Balmoral accelerates the hunt in the Abitibi

Balmoral Resources’ hunt for a third elephant in close proximity to the Detour gold mine and the Canadian Malartic mine continues with its latest assays results.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 14, 2012 | 4:55 pm

GOLD MINING: Lake Shore to cut capex $15M to $20M

ONTARIO – Lake Shore Gold of Toronto will cut its 2012 capital spending budget by $15 million to $20 million. The company assured investors that the cutback would not affect this year’s target to produce between 85,000 and 100,000...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 13, 2012 | 5:00 pm

GOLD EXPLORATION: Wesdome updates drilling at Kiena

QUEBEC – Toronto’s Wesdome Gold Mines is drilling high grades during the underground program at its Kiena gold mine in Val d’Or. At the Dubuisson North zone assays were 16.75 g/t over 12.5 metres, 10.65 g/t over 4.3 metres and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 13, 2012 | 4:59 pm

MINERAL PROCESSING: Toll milling Halfmile ore creates good quality concentrates

NEW BRUNSWICK – A 30,000-tonne sample of ore from the Halfmile Zn-Pb-Cu mine demonstrated excellent flotation characteristics, good metal recoveries and quality concentrates when custom treated at Xstrata’s Brunswick concentrator....

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 13, 2012 | 4:58 pm

Is uranium set for a turnaround?

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan recently declared that Japanese society “won’t function” without nuclear power, according to the online edition of the Daily Yomiuri newspaper.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 13, 2012 | 4:57 pm

TUNGSTEN MINING: Road washouts threaten CanTung mine

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Significant washouts caused by heavy precipitation and rapid snow melt on the Nahanni Range Road has North American Tungsten of Vancouver planning to temporarily reduce or even curtail operations at the CanTung...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 12, 2012 | 4:59 pm

DIAMOND RESOURCE: Stornoway releases first estimate for Qilalugaq project

NUNAVUT – Montreal-based Stornoway Diamond Corp. says the initial resource estimate for the Qilalugaq project suggests the kimberlite contains 26.1 million carats. The project, on the Rae Isthmus which connects the Melville Peninsula to...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 12, 2012 | 4:58 pm

MINERAL PROCESSING: Prairie Lake study confirms making a saleable phosphorus concentrate

ONTARIO – Nuinsco Resources of Toronto says that recent metallurgical testing of material from its Prairie Lake phosphorus-rare metals project indicate that a saleable phosphorus concentrate can be produced using conventional methods. The...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 12, 2012 | 4:57 pm

Panoro continues to show promise in Peru

Panoro Minerals has over a dozen properties in Peru, but is putting its resources into exploring and developing two projects in the country’s southeastern corner.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 12, 2012 | 4:56 pm

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