NICKEL MINE – Lockerby sold to First Nickel
SUDBURY - FIRST NICKEL of Toronto has entered into an agreement to purchase the former Lockerby nickel mine from cu...
Canadian Mining Journal Staff
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CAREER INFORMATION – PDAC requests help
TORONTO - The PROSPECTORS AND DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA is seeking the help of CMJ readers to locate informa...
WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Early start at Raglan plant
QUEBEC - The wastewater treatment plant at the Raglan copper-nickel mine on the Ungava Peninsula has started to dis...
IRON ORE MINING – IOC on spending spree
LABRADOR - The strong demand for steel and the iron ore that goes into its production has given IRON ORE COMPANY OF...
GOLD MINING – Jacobina nears commercial rates in Brazil
BRAZIL - Toronto-based DESERT SUN MINING expects to reach commercial production at its reopened Jacobina undergroun...
COPPER EXPLORATION – Encouraging results from underground drilling at Afton
BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver-based NEW GOLD INC. (formerly DRC RESOURCES) is very encouraged by the first results f...
GOLD EXPLORATION – High grades cut at old Bachelor Lake mine
QUEBEC - There is still gold in the former Bachelor Lake mine in Le Sueur Township, and Vancouver-based HALO RESOUR...
GOLD EXPLORATION – FAT deposit growing (it’s a good thing)
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Drilling on the shores of Courageous Lake has added at least 400 m along strike to the FAT ...
DOING SOME DIGGING – Where old mines slumber
Everybody and their uncle is raising money these days to find the next mother lode. Funding is easy when commodity ...
MINING PEOPLE IN THE NEWS – Diavik, East Asia Minerals, Paladin Resources, Blue Pearl
Effective June 1, Mark Anderson becomes president and COO of DIAVIK DIAMOND MINES. He holds bachelor and masters d...
IN MEMORIAM – Dave Jennings
VANCOUVER - David S. Jennings, born in 1942 and lately director of project development at Hunter Dickinson Inc., ha...
CONTRACT AWARD – Nishi-Khon/SNC to build new dike at Diavik
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - The joint venture NISHI-KHON/SNC-LAVALIN has won a $16-million contract for procurement and...
Orla Mining acquires Musselwhite gold mine
Orla Mining (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) has completed its acquisition of the Musselwhite gold mine in Ontario from Newmont (XTSE: NGT). Musselwhite is a […]