Marilyn Scales, Author at Canadian Mining Journal

GOLD: Barrick puts Wi-Fi underground at Cortez mine

NEVADA – One of the first mines to benefit from Barrick Gold’s decision to go digital across all its operations is the […]

Marilyn Scales | January 4, 2017 | 4:04 pm

GOLD: Monarques cuts 23.27 g/t over 2.3 metres at Croinor deposit

QUEBEC – Monarques Gold Corp. of Montreal is still working on a 10,000-metre drill program at its Croinor gold deposit 70 km […]

Marilyn Scales | January 4, 2017 | 4:03 pm

POTASH: Encanto signs offtake agreement with Indian co-op

VANCOUVER – Encanto Potash Corp. has signed the foundation offtake agreement for 5.0 million t/y with the National Federation of Farmers’ Procurement, […]

Marilyn Scales | January 4, 2017 | 4:01 pm

Western Uranium poised for growth with new technology and big resource

In some circles, George Glasier, founder of Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) and more recently Western Uranium (CSE: WUC; US-OTC: WSTRF), is thought of as […]

Marilyn Scales | January 4, 2017 | 4:00 pm

SILVER: Bermingham resource grows to 17M oz for Alexco

YUKON – Alexco Resource Corp. of Vancouver has expanded the resource estimate for the Bermingham silver-gold-lead-zinc deposit in the Keno Hill silver […]

Marilyn Scales | January 3, 2017 | 4:28 pm

LITHIUM: MGX extracts lithium from SAGD wastewater

ALBERTA – Vancouver-based MGX Minerals says it has successfully extracted lithium from heavy oil wastewater. The result is part of the pilot […]

Marilyn Scales | January 3, 2017 | 4:26 pm

SILVER: ICMI extends cyanide code to cover silver producers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The International Cyanide Management Institute (ICMI) has expanded the international cyanide code for the manufacture, transport and use of […]

Marilyn Scales | January 3, 2017 | 4:24 pm

SOFTWARE: Australian mine chooses Wenco’s Avoca intelligence suite

RICHMOND, BC – Wenco is pleased to announce that its Avoca intelligence suite has been selected for use as the business intelligence system at Whitehaven’s […]

Marilyn Scales | January 3, 2017 | 4:23 pm

Could microbes hold the key to more environmentally friendly mines?

Bioremediation became a buzzword for the Canadian mining industry in the ’70s and ’80s. Today, researchers at the University of Toronto’s Lassonde […]

Marilyn Scales | January 3, 2017 | 4:19 pm