ECUADOR – Vancouver-based Lundin Gold held the inauguration ceremony of its Fruta del Norte gold project on Nov. 14. The event was attended by all levels of government authorities, representatives from the Canadian embassy, major shareholders, financie…
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VANCOUVER – Canadian company Ballard Power Systems has received a purchase order for fuel cell modules from Anglo American. The miner has ordered nine FCveloCity-HD 100-kW modules. Ballard says eight of the modules will power a retrofitted ultra-heavy …
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Unlike the recurring attacks by armed jihadists in Burkina Faso, the rebel groups that are making mining impossible for Banro Corp. in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are motivated more by commercial than religious reasons, CEO Brett Richard…
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ECUADOR – Aurania Resources announced that it completed scout drilling for epithermal gold and silver at the first hole at the Yawi Target A, located at its Lost Cities-Cutucu project in Ecuador. “The first drill hole in Target A, YW-001,…
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AUSTRALIA – Barrick Gold has agreed to sell its 50% interest in Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines (KCGM) in Western Australia to Saracen Mineral Holdings for US$750 million in cash. KCGM owns and operates the Kalgoorlie mine, also known as the Super P…
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TORONTO – Osisko Mining is raising $32.9 million through the private placement of approximately 7 million flow-through shares with a syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity. The shares were priced at $4.70 each. (Earlier today Osisko describ…
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QUEBEC – Two universities – Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) and Polytechnique Montréal – and six mining companies – Agnico Eagle Mines, Canadian Malartic Mine, Iamgold, Glencore’s Raglan mine, Newmont Goldcorp’s Eleonore mine, and …
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ECUADOR – Vancouver-based Lundin Gold has received the Industrial Water Permit and the Administrative Act permit for its Fruta del Norte gold project 9 km northeast of the village of San Antonio. The permits were issued by La Secretaría Nacional……
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Mike Henry will replace BHP boss Andrew Mackenzie who is retiring at the end of the year. Henry is currently BHP’s president of operations in Australia. He has also held executive positions with the company in its coal business, health…
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STOCKHOLM – Epiroc, a leading productivity partner for the mining industry, has entered a partnership with world-leading commercial explosives provider Orica to jointly develop a semi-automated explosives delivery system, enabling safer and more produc…
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