Canadian Mining Journal Staff

MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: AEMQ, Apogee, Seabridge and St. Augustine Gold

L'Association de l'exploration minière du Québec has elected a new executive for 2011. They are president M. Ghislain Poirier (Stornoway Diamond), VP regulatory and community relations Mathieu Savard (Virginia Mines), VP...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 14, 2011 | 5:00 pm

CSR: Shear Diamonds signs accord with Nunavut Resources

NUNAVUT - Edmonton-based Shear Diamonds, that his hoping to reopen the Jericho diamond mine, has signed a mutual co-operation agreement with Nunavut Resources Corp. The NRC is an Inuit-owned corporation dedicated to achieving participation and...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 14, 2011 | 5:00 pm

ENVIRONMENT: New MEND website launched

OTTAWA - While we are on the topic of acid drainage, be advised that MEND, the Mine Environmental Neutral Drainage program, has launched a revamped website.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 14, 2011 | 5:00 pm

ENVIRONMENT: Bugs and fish return to cleaned up Tsolum River watershed

BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Mt. Washington copper mine may have been a small open pit on Vancouver Island, but when it went bankrupt in 1967 after only three years of operation, it became a huge pollution problem for Tsolum River watershed. The mine...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 14, 2011 | 5:00 pm

SAFETY: Mining is second safest industry in Ontario

Ontario's mining industry continues to show steady progress in improving its safety performance. According to provisional statistics released recently, Ontario's mining sector's lost time injury rate was 0.5 per 200,000 hours worked in 2010,...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 14, 2011 | 5:00 pm

TUNGSTEN RESOURCES: Reserves up at CanTung mine

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Minerals reserves are up at the CanTung mine, says North American Tungsten of Vancouver, due to exploration of new zones, higher prices making lower grade zones economic and planned pillar recovery. Probable reserves...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 10, 2011 | 5:00 pm

GOLD EXPLORATION: Zones expanding at Holloway mine

ONTARIO - St Andrew Goldfields (SAS) of Toronto is pleased with the recent drilling results from its Holloway gold mine near Matheson. Not only have promising results been obtained from the Blacktop zone east of current mining activities, but...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 10, 2011 | 5:00 pm

RESERVES: IamGold numbers up 13% for gold, 34% for niobium

TORONTO - The year-end tally of its resources done by IamGold resulted in a 13% increase for gold and 34% increase for niobium reserves.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 10, 2011 | 5:00 pm

MINERAL RESOURCES: Quebec floats idea of municipal resource management

QUEBEC - The idea has been floated by Quebec's minister for natural resources and wildlife that responsibility for managing mineral resources be given to municipalities in urban areas.

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

MERGER: TSX and LSE plan to be largest exchange in world

TORONTO and LONDON, UK - Calling it a merger of equals, the TMX Group, operator of the TSX, and the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) plan to merge. The new company will be the world's largest exchange with 6,700 listings and a market value of...

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

DIVESTITURE: Goldcorp sells Osisko stake for $530-M

VANCOUVER - Goldcorp has sold its 10.1% equity interest in Osisko Mining of Montreal for $530 million. The sale consisted of approximately 38.6 million common shares at a gross price of $13.75 each.

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

SOFTWARE UPDATE: Faster return on investment using InSite 3.3

VANCOUVER - Gemcom Software International has released the latest version of its award-winning Gemcom InSiteTM mine production management solution. InSite enables mining companies to increase efficiencies, lower costs, and continuously improve...

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

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