GOLD: Kinross to begin expansion at Fort Knox mine
ALASKA – Kinross Gold of Toronto has decided to go forward with the Gilmore expansion at its Fort Knox gold mine about […]
Marilyn Scales
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DRILLING: Boart Longyear launches new XQ wireline coring rods
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Boart Longyear is launching new XQ wireline coring rods for use in drilling and coring applications in […]
Silver industrial demand rebounded in 2017
The following is an edited summary from the Silver Institute, based on findings in its World Silver Survey 2018. For more information, […]
AWARDS: Young Mining Professionals name 2018 scholarship winners
TORONTO – Young Mining Professionals have named the winners of its three 2018 YMP scholarships. Each winner demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, a […]
COPPER: Amarc mounts successful drill program at Duke porphyry
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver-based Amarc Resources has completed a six-hole, 3,060-metres drill program at its Duke copper-molybdenum discovery 80 km northeast of […]
GOLD: Maple outlines more mineralization at Douay project
QUEBEC – Maple Gold Mines of Montreal has outlined more mineralization from step-out drilling in two zones at the Douay gold project […]
TRUCKS: Caterpillar builds 1,000th Cat 797
DECATUR, Ill. – Caterpillar recently celebrated the manufacture of the 1000th Cat 797 Mining Truck. With 363 tonnes payload capacity, the 797F model is […]
Horizonte Minerals advances nickel assets in Brazil
In an astute move, Jeremy Martin, founder and CEO of Horizonte Minerals (TSX: HZM; LON: HZM) purchased the Vermelho nickel-cobalt project in Brazil from Vale (NYSE: […]
COBALT: Vale streams Voisey’s Bay cobalt for $700M
NEWFOUNDLAND – What Bloomberg reported last week – that Vale SA has reached a deal to sell future cobalt production from the […]
COBALT: Canada Cobalt notes high grade assays from Castle mine
ONTARIO – Canada Cobalt Works of Coquitlam, B.C., has run into some high grade cobalt mineralization as it rehabilitates the former Castle […]
PARTNERSHIP: Cementation, Missanabie Cree ink deal
ONTARIO – Cementation Canada and the Missanabie Cree First Nation have signed an agreement to create Missanabie Cementation Inc. The deal was […]
COPPER: CITIC picks up 20% stake in Ivanhoe
BEIJING – Ivanhoe Mines of Vancouver and CITIC Metal has signed a long term strategic co-operation agreement that will give CITIC a […]
Ximen advancing Kenville gold project near Nelson, B.C.
Vancouver-based Ximen Mining (TSXV: XIM; OTC: XXMMF) says it is one step closer to the start of development at its Kenville gold […]