CONTRACT AWARD – SNC-Lavalin wins copper study PERU - Montreal-based SNC-LAVALIN has been awarded the contract to complete a prefeasibility study of the Toromocho... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 19, 2005 | 6:00 pm
TAKEOVER NEWS – Canico rejects CVRD offer VANCOUVER - The board of CANICO RESOURCE CORP. has advised shareholders to reject the takeover offer from COMPANHIA... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 19, 2005 | 6:00 pm
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Falconbridge, OMA, Alcan, Crystallex, Newmont, Freegold, FNX Mining Four directors with ties to Brascan have resigned from the board of Toronto-based FALCONBRIDGE. They are George Myh... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 19, 2005 | 6:00 pm
NAME CHANGE – Maple morphs to Mega Uranium TORONTO - MAPLE MINERALS CORP. has changed its name to MEGA URANIUM LTD. To mark the occasion, the TSX issued a new... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 19, 2005 | 6:00 pm
PACIFIC MINING CONFERENCE – Philippines open for business MANILA - Just a year ago, no one would have imagined Philippines as the site for this year's Asia Pacific Mining Co... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 19, 2005 | 6:00 pm
COPPER REFINING – HudBay buys White Pine MICHIGAN - HUDBAY MINERALS of Winnipeg has completed the purchase of 100% of the White Pine copper refinery in the ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 19, 2005 | 6:00 pm
ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS – Agreement reached on gold mine water treatment IDAHO - Vancouver-based TWIN MINING CORP. and the IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE have reached an agreement on treating a... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 19, 2005 | 6:00 pm
TUNGSTEN MINING – Cantung reopened YUKON TERRITORY - Vancouver-based NORTH AMERICAN TUNGSTEN CORP. is once again the western world's largest supplier ... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 19, 2005 | 6:00 pm
DIAMOND EXPLORATION – Four new kimberlites discovered in Quebec QUEBEC - Drilling by Vancouver-based ASHTON MINING has uncovered four new kimberlitic dikes on its Foxtrot property... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 19, 2005 | 6:00 pm
ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS – Cleaning up in Peru LIMA - Peru, which so far has collected US$2 million from the private sector to clean up centuries of environmental... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 19, 2005 | 6:00 pm
COAL FEASIBILITY – Mount Klappan looks good on paper BRITISH COLUMBIA - FORTUNE MINERALS of Toronto has received the bankable feasibility study for its wholly-owned Mou... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 19, 2005 | 6:00 pm
MOLY EXPLORATION – Results from Tenajon’s Ajax property BRITISH COLUMBIA - The three holes drilled on the Ajax molybdenum property all bottomed in significant molybdenum m... Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 19, 2005 | 6:00 pm