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NICKEL MINING: Canadian Arrow commences nickel mining

ONTARIO – Canadian Arrow Mines of Sudbury, ON, has begun mining and stockpiling nickel bearing massive sulphides from its Kelex mine near Timmins. The ore will be custom milled at Xstrata’s Strathcona mill near Sudbury.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2012 | 5:00 pm

GOLD EXPLORATION: Kaminak raises $10M to extend Coffee drill program

YUKON – Kaminak Gold Corp. of Vancouver has completed a flow-through share offering that raised $10 million, allowing the company to extend the drilling program at its Coffee project in the White Gold district. The underwriters of the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2012 | 4:59 pm

COPPER MINING: Improvements steady at Copper Mountain

BRITISH COLUMBIA – Operations are improving steadily since the opening of the Copper Mountain mine 20 km south of Princeton, reports owner Copper Mountain Mining of Vancouver. The official opening ceremony was held on Sept. 1, 2012, and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2012 | 4:58 pm

MINERAL PROCESSING: GIW offers hydrocyclone with longer life, less downtime

GROVETOWN, Georgia – The design of a new hydrocyclone available exclusively from GIW Industries reduces rebuild time by as much as 75%. It also boasts a significantly longer wear life and shorter maintenance times than traditional...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2012 | 4:57 pm

CRUSHING: New Sandvik tramp iron protection is quick

LIVELY, Ontario – New from Sandvik Mining, an advanced electric dump valve system that the company says is the quickest tramp iron protection system of any cone crusher on the market. The CH800 series has a sampling rate of 200 times per...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2012 | 4:56 pm

Silver Wheaton’s Smallwood paddles world’s silver streams

Silver Wheaton has come a long way in a short time. Formed in 2004 out of Wheaton River Mineral’s silver assets, the company is now the biggest silver streaming company in the world.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 17, 2012 | 4:55 pm

TRENDING: Compensation for mining execs dips

VANCOUVER – A new survey conducted by Coopers Consulting and PwC has identified a downward trend in the amount of compensation collected by Canadian mining company CEOs in 2012. According to the 2012 Mining Industry Salary Survey, average...

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

GOLD-SILVER EXPLORATION: Laurion sells Bell Mountain to fund Sturgeon River work

ONTARIO – Laurion Mineral Exploration of Toronto has decided to sell its Bell Mountain gold-silver property in Nevada and use the proceeds to move work forward at its Sturgeon River project in the Beardmore-Geraldton Gold Camp. Lincoln...

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

MINERAL PROCESSING: Tests of Freegold Mountain ore yield good recoveries

YUKON – Preliminary results from metallurgical tests of material from the Revenue zone at the Freegold Mountain copper-gold project show high recovery rates for all metals, says Northern Freegold Resources of Vancouver. The Freegold...

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

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Canamex, Conquest, and Pitchblack

Vancouver’s Canamex Resources has confirmed the following appointments: Robert Kramer, CEO and chairman; Gregory Hahn, president, COO and vice-chair; and Richard Barnet, secretary and CFO.

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

Alder gets the results that put the shine back on Rosita

The latest assays from Alder Resources’ Rosita copper-gold-silver project in Nicaragua shows the company could well be on its way towards getting the site back into production.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 13, 2012 | 4:56 pm

GOLD EXPLORATION: Rundown of recent news

News of work on gold exploration projects is always welcome, and this week there seems to be more drilling news than usual. So here is a rundown from some of the news releases issued since Monday (in alphabetical order).

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

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