Canadian Mining Journal Staff

FEDERAL CABINET: Joe Oliver named Minister of Natural Resources

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has unveiled his new 39-member cabinet following the federal election earlier this month. His choice for Minister of Natural Resources is rookie MP Joe Oliver.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 19, 2011 | 5:00 pm

IRON-TITANIUM RESOURCE: Argex offers estimate for La Blache property

QUEBEC - Montreal's Argex Mining is pleased with the recent 43-101 report on its La Blache iron-titanium-vanadium project 145 km north of Baie Comeau. The property contains a measured and indicated resource of 30.9 million tonnes grading 63.29%...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 18, 2011 | 5:00 pm

SAFETY ALWAYS: SAS reaches 1-M hours without lost time accident

ONTARIO - St Andrew Goldfields (SAS) of Toronto has reached a major safety milestone. Its employees at the East Timmins operations have worked 1.0 million personhours without a lost time accident.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 18, 2011 | 5:00 pm

MOTORS: Siemens offers new line of explosion proof models

ATLANTA - Siemens Industry, a leader in the development and manufacturing of innovative motors, introduces its toughest line-up to date, the XP100, designed specifically for hazardous operating environments such as the petrochemical and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 17, 2011 | 5:00 pm

FILTERS: Cleaning is cheaper than replacing

MONTREAL - Ever get fed up with replacing expensive air filters in your surface equipment? Diversi-Tech has a low-cost option - clean your filters rather than replace them using its Green filter cleaning machine. It is already in operation at...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 17, 2011 | 5:00 pm

SMELTER: Rio Tinto Alcan plans $36 million program at Laterrire

QUEBEC - Rio Tinto Alcan of Montreal plans to invest $36 million at its Laterrière smelter in Saguenay. The two-year project will bring the electrolytic cell control system into the digital age.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 17, 2011 | 5:00 pm

GOLD-SILVER-LEAD-ZINC RESOURCES: Main zone numbers rise at Huakan’s J&L property

BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver-based Huakan International Mining says the latest 43-101 report from its J&L lead-zinc property near Revelstoke has better numbers than the previous one. In the Measured and indicated category, there are 2.37...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 17, 2011 | 5:00 pm

URANIUM RESOURCES: East zone estimate doubles Roughrider deposit size

SASKATCHEWAN - The initial resource estimate for the East zone doubles the overall size of Hathor Exploration's Roughrider uranium deposit on the eastern edge of the Athabasca Basin. The East zone by itself contains over 30 million lb of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 17, 2011 | 5:00 pm

GOLD DEVELOPMENT: McGarry project ramps up for Q4 2011 start

ONTARIO - Armistice Resources of Toronto is ramping up activities in preparation for gold production by the end of 2011at its McGarry mine. The project is located 40 km east of Kirkland Lake, adjacent to the former Kerr-Addison gold mine that...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 17, 2011 | 5:00 pm

NAME CHANGE: Gammon Gold to become AuRico Gold

TORONTO -Gammon Gold intends to change its name to AuRico Gold (pronounced oh-REE-koh) with the approval of its shareholders at the annual and special meeting scheduled for June 9, 2011.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 16, 2011 | 5:00 pm

GOLD-COPPER STUDY: Casino open pit moves a step closer to development

YUKON - If all goes according to plan, there will be a new open pit and concentrator at the Casino deposit 300 km northwest of Whitehorse. Owner Western Copper Corp. of Vancouver has filed the pre-feasibility study for a project treat 120,000...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 16, 2011 | 5:00 pm

COPPER RESOURCE: High grades at VMS’s Reed Lake deposit

MANITOBA - Vancouver-based VMS Ventures (30%) and partner HudBay Minerals (70%) of Toronto have filed a 43-101 report estimating that the Reed Lake polymetallic deposit near Snow Lake contains an indicated resource of 2.55 million tonnes that...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 16, 2011 | 5:00 pm

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