The Alberta government's draft plan to protect an additional 2.0 million hectares in the northern part of the province has rattled the oil sands sector. The announcement came as a surprise to producers, many of which own leases in the affected...
Toronto's Alexis Minerals has named Sylvain Lehoux to the position of VP Quebec operations. He is a former manager of the Kiena gold mine in Val d'Or, QC.
ONTARIO - Premier Gold Mines of Thunder Bay, ON, has an updated 43-101 report for its Hardrock project that estimates a 269% jump in ounces contained in measured and indicated resources and a 164% increase in inferred resources. The measured...
NOVA SCOTIA - The new owner of the Scotia zinc-lead mine 50 km east of Halifax, Vancouver-based Selwyn Resources, has released new resource numbers for the property.
QUEBEC - Metanor Resources of Val d'Or, QC, has received the environmental permit for the Bachelor Lake gold mine 225 km north of Val d'Or. The company can now take a 5,000-tonne bulk sample at the mine. The pre-feasibility study released...
CALGARY - Golder Associates has acquired the Marston and Masrton, a full-service mining consultancy that specializes in mine planning and geologic services for open pit and underground coal, metals, oil sands, and industrial minerals.
LABRADOR and QUEBEC - Toronto's Labrador Iron Mines Holdings (LIM) has completed a successful $110-million equity financing with which move its direct shipping iron ore (DSO) project near Schefferville closer to production. Most of the money...
ONTARIO - Prodigy Gold of Vancouver notes that the recently completed preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its Magino gold project predicts an internal rate of return (IRR) of 49%. The former mine is located 40 km northeast of Wawa.
MANITOBA - The Redpath Group of North Bay, ON, has been awarded the sinking contract for the ventilation shaft at HudBay's Lalor gold-zinc mine near Snow Lake. Completion is expected by April 2012.
MANITOBA - Joint venture partners VMS Ventures (30%) of Vancouver and HudBay Minerals (70%) of Toronto have released a 43-101 report for their Reed Lake polymetallic deposit near Snow Lake. In the indicated category, they estimate there are 2.6...
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver's Huldra Silver has made an application for a small mine permit to develop and operate the Treasure Mountain silver-base metal project. The application allows for up to 75,000 tonnes a year of ore removal, however,...
NexGold Mining (TSXV: NEXG; OTCQX: NXGCF) announce potential positive outcomes as itworks towards the completion of its feasibility study for its Goliath gold […]