Canadian Mining Journal Staff

TRANSPORTATION: Inching toward the Kearl oil sands project

When I saw an item about the difficulty of moving large industrial loads from Idaho through Montana to Canada, it was the word "Idaho" that caught my eye. Then the word "Kearl" as in Imperial Oil's oil sands development near Fort McMurray, AB....

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 19, 2012 | 4:59 pm

BASE METAL & GOLD EXPLORATION: Virginia Mines drilling budget is $20-M this year

QUEBEC CITY - Northern Quebec is going to attract a lot of exploration activity this year, if the plans of Virginia Mines are anything to go by. The junior has a 2012 drilling budget of over $20 million. Programs are planned for projects in the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 19, 2012 | 4:58 pm

GOLD-COPPER RESOURCE: Maiden estimate puts Freegold Mountain at 3.7M oz Au

YUKON - The Revenue deposit at the Freegold Mountain project 200 km northwest of Whitehorse may contain as many as 3.7 million oz of gold, according to the maiden resource estimate released by owner Northern Freegold Resources of Vancouver.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 18, 2012 | 5:00 pm

GOLD RESOURCE: Multi-million ounces estimated at Golden Highway

ONTARIO - Moneta Porcupine Mines of Timmins, ON, has filed a 43-101 report for its Windjammer South, Southwest and 55 zones at its Golden Highway project east of Timmins. The total indicated resource is 33.5 million tonnes at 1.00 g/t Au plus...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 18, 2012 | 4:59 pm

IRON ORE RESOURCE: Roche Bay home of half billion tonnes

NUNAVUT - Advanced Explorations of Toronto says the latest 43-101 report on its Roche Bay iron project on the east coast of the Melville Peninsula includes over half a billion tonnes of mineralized material. The indicated portion is 501 million...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 18, 2012 | 4:58 pm

MINING EQUIPMENT: Finning to acquire part of Bucyrus distribution business from Cat

VANCOUVER - Finning International is to acquire from Caterpillar of Peoria, IL, the distribution and support business formerly operated by Bucyrus in parts of Western Canada, South America and the United Kingdom. The Canadian company will...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 18, 2012 | 4:57 pm

TRAINING: Trevali and First Nations launch core mining program in New Brunswick

NEW BRUNSWICK - Trevali Mining of Vancouver has thrown its support behind the recently launched First Nations Underground Core Mining Training Program, the first of its kind in the province, offered by the New Brunswick Community College in...

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

YEAR END RESULTS: Good news for all types of miners

It's not just the gold producers who are reporting positive fourth quarter and 2011 year end results. The news releases reaching CMJ in the past week include base metal miners, diamond miners and more. Here is look at a few of the notable...

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

ABORIGINAL RELATIONS: Quadra FNX, First Nation sign agreement covering Victoria project

ONTARIO - Vancouver-based Quadra FNX and the Sagamok Anishnawbeck First Natation have signed a memorandum of understanding with regard to the Victoria nickel-copper project near Sudbury. The agreement forms part of the environmental permitting...

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

SCHOLARSHIPS: Endeavour Silver commits $1-M to Queen’s and UBC

VANCOUVER - Bradford Cooke, chairman and CEO of Vancouver-based Endeavour Silver, says his company has initiated two $500,000, five-year scholarship programs for the earth sciences at the University of British Columbia and at Queen's University...

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

MINING HALL OF FAME: Overflow crowd greets inductees

TORONTO - An overflow crowd at the 24th Annual Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Induction Dinner, held Jan. 12, 2012, welcomed five new inductees - Ned Goodman, Phillip Hallof, John Hansuld and joint inductees Robert Hunter and Robert Dickenson....

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 16, 2012 | 5:00 pm

INFRASTRUCTURE: Power line coming to Maverick gold project

MANITOBA - Auriga Gold of Toronto has signed a service agreement with Manitoba Hydro to provide electric grid power to Auriga's Maverick gold project near Flin Flon. The cost of the sub-station and running the power line from Sherridon to the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 16, 2012 | 4:59 pm

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