MINING PEOPLE: Detour Gold, Golden Star, Quaterra, Sherritt, and Taseko Mines
Patrice Merrin is the new chair of Detour Gold Corp. in Toronto. She is currently a director of Glencore plc, and has […]
Marilyn Scales
Posts by Marilyn Scales:
PUMPS: How to avoid common shaft sleeve problems
GEORGIA – While GIW Industries’ pumps help users succeed every day, some materials can break down over time – either from misuse […]
Global geopolitics sideswipe African uranium miners
The global uranium mining market in the 2010s took a hit from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011 — which […]
GOLD: SSR Mining expands Nevada landholding with property buy from Newmont JV
NEVADA – Vancouver-based SSR Mining, formerly Silver Standard Resources, has expanded its landholding in Nevada, acquiring approximately 8,900 hectares contiguous to its Marigold mine, nearly […]
URANIUM: Denison tests in situ recovery for Wheeler River
SASKATCHEWAN – Toronto-based Denison Mines Corp. is testing in situ recovery at the Wheeler River uranium project this summer. The ISR tests […]
GOLD: Prize Mining retains JDS for Kena project study
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Prize Mining Corp. of Vancouver has engaged JDS Energy and Mining to undertake a scoping level engineering and economic […]
GOLD-BASE METALS: Lundin begins mining of first production stope at Fruta del Norte
ECUADOR – Vancouver’s Lundin Gold has begun mining the first production stope at its Fruta del Norte gold project near the village […]
FILTER: Metso offers dry stacking tailings management approach
FINLAND – Water conservation, efficient tailings management and responsible mine reclamation are becoming increasingly important for mines to ensure their license to […]
US Dept. of Commerce recommends uranium quota: Bloomberg report
Shares of Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR) and Ur-Energy (TSX: URE) moved higher on a report from Bloomberg that the U.S. Department of Commerce is recommending that […]
GOLD-COPPER: Ridgestone to expand Rebeico project
MEXICO – Ridgestone Mining entered into an agreement to purchase a 100% interest in 10 mining concessions adjacent to its Rebeico gold-copper […]
GOLD: Blackrock to grow Silver Cloud project
NEVADA – Blackrock Gold announced that, together with its namesake U.S. subsidiary, it has entered into a purchase agreement for 20 mining […]
GOLD: KLGold launches VRIFY deal room to find potential new opportunities
TORONTO – Cash rich and expansion mined, Kirkland Lake Gold has launched a new corporate initiative using VRIFY technology to make it […]
Indigenous nation says no one consulted them on the Seabridge KSM project
The Tsetsaut Skii km Lax Ha (TSKLH) Nation has applied to the B.C. Supreme Court for judicial review of the province’s decision […]