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COAL EXPLORATION: Coalspur signs deal with CN for transport to west coast

ALBERTA - Coalspur Mines of Perth, Australia, has been quietly advancing the Vista coal project near Hinton. Now that it has reached the advanced exploration stage, Coalspur has signed a memorandum of understanding with Canadian National...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 10, 2011 | 4:57 pm

ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD: Genivar wins for cleanup of Xstrata’s Gaspe site

QUEBEC - The winner of the prestigious 2011Schreyer Award, presented at the Canadian Consulting Engineering awards, is consulting engineering firm Genivar of Montreal. The firm won for its role in decommissioning the former Gaspe...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 10, 2011 | 4:56 pm

ZINC-LEAD EXPLORATION: CanZinc cuts Prairie Creek host structure in step-out drilling

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - The 2011 deep drilling program at the Prairie Creek zinc-lead mine has intersected what the owner, Canadian Zinc Corp. of Vancouver, says is the Prairie Creek host structure. Vein-type zinc-lead-silver mineralization was...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 9, 2011 | 5:00 pm

GOLD RESOURCE: Update doubles Goliath numbers

ONTARIO - Treasury Metals of Toronto has updated the resource estimate for its Goliath gold project 20 km east of Dryden and says gold and gold equivalent contained in the indicated resource is 810,000 oz of gold and gold equivalent, more than...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 9, 2011 | 4:59 pm

FINANCING: Victoria Gold completes $30-M bought deal

YUKON - Victoria Gold Corp. of Toronto has completed a $30-million bought deal public offering consisting of 46.8 million common shares at a price of $0.46 each plus 15.6 million flow-through shares at a price of $0.55 each.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 9, 2011 | 4:58 pm

Proposed rail loadout site. (Image: Yellowhead Mining)

TRANSPORTATION: Yellowhead buys rail siding for Harper Creek

BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver-based Yellowhead Mining continues to prepare for production from its Harper Creek copper-gold volcanogenic sulphide (VMS) deposit 150 km north of Kamloops. The latest milestone was the purchase of the former...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 9, 2011 | 4:57 pm

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: Fortune and Tlicho sign deal for NICO project

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Fortune Minerals of London, ON, and the Tlicho Government have signed a co-operating relationship agreement for Fortune's NICO gold-cobalt-bismuth-copper project 160 km northwest of Yellowknife and 50 km north of the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 8, 2011 | 5:00 pm

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Andina, ICMI, Ridgemont Iron Ore, Seprotech and Vanstar

Toronto's Andina Minerals has named W. Robert (Bob) Rose its new COO, effective Jan. 1, 2012. Previously employed by Kappes, Cassiday & Associates, he was the project manager who took Andina's Volcan gold project through feasibility.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 8, 2011 | 4:59 pm

MINERAL PROCESSING: Outotec to supply equipment for Sierra Gorda mill

CHILE - Finnish mineral processing specialist, Outotec, has signed a contract with Quadra FNX of Vancouver to supply mineral processing equipment to the new copper-molybdenum concentrator at the Sierra Gorda, close to Antofagasta.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 8, 2011 | 4:58 pm

CONTRACT: SNC-Lavalin wins $650-M oil sands work

CALGARY - SNC-Lavalin announced it has been awarded a contract worth $650 million for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a froth treatment plant at an oil sands producer near Fort McMurray, AB. The froth plant will process...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 8, 2011 | 4:57 pm

PERSPECTIVE: Oppenheimers sell remaining interest in De Beers to Anglo American

After a century in South Africa and creating a dynasty synonymous with diamonds, the Oppenheimers are selling their 40% interest in De Beers. Anglo American of London, U.K., has offered US$5.1 billion in cash. Anglo will then hold 85% of a...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 7, 2011 | 5:00 pm

GOLD RESOURCE: Hammond Reef hosts over 10 million oz

ONTARIO - Osisko Mining Corp. of Montreal says its 100% owned Hammond Reef project near Atikokan contains perhaps 10.52 million oz of gold. It is early days for the project, so resources are in the inferred category: 530.6 million tonnes...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 7, 2011 | 4:59 pm

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