MANITOBA – Toronto-based Hudbay Minerals has plans to double the annual gold output from the Lalor gold-copper-zinc mine 13 km west of Snow Lake. As part of the plan the New Britannia mill will be refurbished at a cost of…
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ONTARIO – Canada Cobalt Works says it has intersected multiple high grade cobalt and silver intercepts during phase one drilling on the first level of the Castle mine. The mine is located near Gowganda, 75 km south of Kirkland Lake.…
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NEW BRUNSWICK – Montreal-based Osisko Metals has released the maiden resource estimate for its Key Anacon and Gilmour South deposits, collectively the Eastern Bathurst Mining Camp (EBMC) project. The properties are located south of Bathurst. With a 5.5…
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OTTAWA – The Mining Association of Canada is introducing a new standard, the Water Stewardship Protocol as part of its Towards Sustainable Mining initiative. Miners that follow the protocol will improve their environmental performance and sustainabilit…
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TORONTO – CSA Global and the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada announced the winners of the Joan Bath and Peter Howe bursaries. The awards will be presented at the PDAC convention during the student-industry networking lunch on March 4,&…
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MONTREAL – The CIM Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves Committee (MRMR) published the revised Mineral Exploration Best Practice Guidelines, a 17-page document meant to assist professional geoscientists and exploration practitioners in planning, supe…
Geologist Eric Saderholm and venture capitalist Warwick Smith started looking for a mining project to collaborate on two years ago. The pair had worked together for five years at Western Pacific Resources (TSXV: WRP), which Smith co-founded in 2009, an…
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TORONTO – Canadian bullion producer Iamgold Corp. reported a 23% increase in its proven and probable gold reserves, which reached 17.9 million oz. at the end of 2018 due to the conversion of resources to reserves at the Saramacca deposit…
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UKRAINE – Black Iron and Glencore are in talks to finance construction of the junior’s Shymanivske iron ore project and have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to begin formal negotiations on the financing and offtake package. The compani…
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BHP says it is stepping up its work to create an international and independent body to oversee integrity in the construction and operation of all tailings storage facilities across the industry. The Australian company is also calling for greater transp…
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