RUMOUR: BHP still after PotashCorp
SASKATCHEWAN – Rumours surfaced last week that BHP Billiton has made an offer for Saskatoon-based Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan. Whatever the truth […]
Marilyn Scales
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INVESTMENT: Ontario pledges $5M to mining R&D effort
SUDBURY, ON – The Ontario government will pour $5 million into mining research and development at Laurentian University. A consortium at the […]
BASE METALS: Nautilus upgrades 43-101 for CCZ resource
PACIFIC OCEAN – Toronto-based Nautilus Minerals has upgraded the 43-101 estimate for its Clarion-Clipperton zone project under the direction of its subsidiary, […]
Pershing pens positive economics at Relief Canyon
Pershing Gold (NASDAQ: PGLC) has published a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the past producing Relief Canyon heap leach gold mine near […]
LITHIUM: Nemaska to make $50M-$60M equity offering
QUEBEC CITY – Nemaska Lithium has announced details of a proposed market offering that will raise between $50 million and $60 million. […]
DIAMONDS: De Beers to flood Snap Lake mine
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – De Beers Canada of is making plans to flood its Snap Lake diamond project where mining was suspended in […]
GOLD: Metanor cuts 10.4 g/t over 8.8 metres at Bachelor mine
QUEBEC – Metanor Resources of Val d’Or, QC, has intersected 10.4 g/t Au over 8.8 metres during the latest drilling in the […]
GOLD: Klondex drilling at True North, production decision soon
MANITOBA – Klondex Mines of Vancouver has been busy drilling the True North gold mine and plans to make a reopening decision […]
GOLD: Endeavour holds groundbreaking for Hounde project
BURKINA FASO – Endeavour Mining Corp. has held the official groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of work on the Hounde gold […]
Kincora eyes massive land position in Mongolia’s South Gobi
VANCOUVER — Kincora Copper (TSXV: KCC; US-OTC: BZDLF) hopes that a renewed sense of political stability in Mongolia will reinvigorate investor interest, and it […]
GOLD: Kinross plans growth at Bald Mountain, Round Mountain
NEVADA – Toronto-based Kinross Gold Corp. is taking a good look at the potential to expand production from its two gold mines […]
LITHIUM: Saint Jean Carbon moves into James Bay region
QUEBEC – Saint Jean Carbon of Oakville, ON, is acquiring what it calls the “Whabouchi lithium project” 300 km north of Chibougamau. […]
Case study: Waterproofing high-temperature water flows in mining operations
In this study, the mine was in the process of tunnel excavation. Initially, the mining advanced under dry conditions. However, as the […]