Canadian Mining Journal Staff

DOUBLE FATALITY: Two dead at Vale’s Stobie mine

ONTARIO - Two underground miners in Vale's Stobie nickel mine in Sudbury were killed at about 10 pm Wednesday in an unscheduled run of muck. They were working at an ore pass about 900 metres below surface.

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

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Equinox Minerals, Lake Shore Gold and Teck

The new board of directors at Equinox Minerals of Toronto consists of Rick McCreary, Jamie Sokalsky, Kelvin Dushnisky and Rob Krcmarov. Craig Williams, David McAusland, David Mosher, Jim Pantelidis and Tony Reeves resigned from the board...

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

MINERAL PROCESSING: Gold recovery from Goliath tops 96%

ONTARIO - Treasury Metals of Toronto said new metallurgical tests on material from its Goliath gold project 20 km east of Dryden successfully recovered between 96% and 97% of the gold in the sample. G&T Metallurgical Services of Kamloops,...

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

SILVER RESOURCE: Gowganda tailings estimate nears 3-M contained oz

ONTARIO - Temex Resources of Toronto says the recent 43-101 report for tailings material at the Gowganda silver project estimates between 3.0 million and 2.8 million contained oz of silver. Using a silver cutoff grade of 10.0 g/t, there are 1.9...

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

COAL RESOURCE: 43-101 filed for Cardero’s Carbon Creek

BRITISH COLOMBIA - Vancouver-based Cardero Resource Corp. has released a 43-101 report for its Carbon Creek metallurgical coal deposit near Chetwynd. The report outlines 114.0 million tonnes of measured and indicated resources, plus 89.1...

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

GOLD MINING: Alexis begins turnaround for Lac Herbin

QUEBEC - Alexis Minerals of Toronto has launched a turnaround plan for its Lac Herbin gold mine 10 km east of Val d'Or. The plan involves intensive underground development, near mine exploration, and milling changes to improve gold recovery.

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

COPPER-GOLD PROJECT: Taseko amends, resubmits Prosperity proposal

BRITISH COLUMBIA - Taseko Mines of Vancouver has amended and resubmitted to the federal government the project description for the Prosperity gold-copper development near Williams Lake. The Canadian government refused to permit the work in...

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

GOLD RESOURCES: Pickle Crow hosts 1.26-M oz

ONTARIO - PC Gold of Ottawa has filed a 43-101 report for its Pickle Crow property in the Patricia Mining Division, and that report outlines 1.26 million oz of contained gold. The gold is contained in 10.15 million tonnes grading 3.9 g/t Au...

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

PERSPECTIVE: CSR at work

Corporate social responsibility is an on-going effort that has become part of normal business for the mineral sector. So it comes as a pleasant surprise that a mid-year update from Canada's Office of the Extractive Sector CSR Counsellor has...

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

MERGER: Golder and HB Lanarc Consultants

VANCOUVER - Golder Associates, a leader in consulting, design, and construction services in earth, environment, and the related areas of energy, has merged with HB Lanarc Consultants, an award-winning, full-service "green solutions" consultancy...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 6, 2011 | 5:11 pm

GOLD STUDY: PEA for Courageous Lake points toward IRR of 18.1%

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Seabridge Gold of Toronto has released a new preliminary economic assessment for its Courageous Lake project that estimates a pre-tax NPV of US$1.6 billion at a 5% discount rate and an IRR of 18.1% at current gold prices.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 6, 2011 | 5:00 pm

NICKEL PROCESSING: Clarabelle mill to get $200 million injection to boost recovery

ONTARIO - Last week Brazilian mining powerhouse Vale announced that construction has begun on a $200-million project to boost nickel recovery 4% at its Clarabelle mill in Sudbury. The project has been dubbed CORe for "challenging ore recovery."

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | June 6, 2011 | 5:00 pm

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