VANCOUVER – Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. has joined the United Nations Global Compact. Launched in 2000, the Compact is the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world. As signatories, it includes more than 9,500 companies and 3,000 non-b…
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JOHANNESBURG – Blasting and explosives leader BME, a member of South Africa-based Omnia Group, has announced a joint venture in Canada with Consbec, the largest surface drilling and blasting contractor in Canada. The JV – called BME Mining Canada Inc.&…
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Ontario is one step closer to making the Ring of Fire a reality. Rick Gregford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, and Minister of Indigenous Affairs, announced in August that the province would work directly with First Nation communit…
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QUEBEC – UrbanGold Minerals and Argonaut Gold signed an option agreement according to which UrbanGold can earn to earn a 50% interest in Argonaut’s claims and vice versa, and the miners commit to combining their properties to form the Bullseye…
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VANCOUVER – Crystal Lake Mining has completed the first tranche of a $1.5-million private placement, raising $1.4 million through issuing 4.8 million units at 30¢ apiece. Rob McEwen, chairman and chief owner of McEwen Mining, bought 1.67 million units …
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LONDON, U.K. – The World Gold Council launched its Responsible Gold Mining Principles on Sept. 12, 2019. The principles provide a framework setting out clear expectations for consumers, investors and the downstream gold supply chain. The principles add…
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ONTARIO – Toronto-based Alamos Gold continues to expand high grade gold mineralization between the Eastern and Main extensions at the Island Gold project 80 km northeast of Wawa. High grade mineralization is known to extend 85 metres west and 75……
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ONTARIO – Laurion Mineral Exploration of Toronto has released the first assays from the CRK sulphide veins at Ishkoday. The project is wholly owned and located 220 km northeast of Thunder Bay. The company stripped selected outcrops and performed channe…
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SUDBURY, Ont. – The Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (Canada) and METS Ignited Australia have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote a collaborative and strategic approach to commercialization of mining innovations in the two countri…
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PEORIA, Ill. – Caterpillar now offers Cat down-the-hole (DTH) hammers and bits designed for the most severe blasthole drilling applications. And they are cost effective for a wide range of drilling needs. The new Cat DTH hammer is 150 mm…
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