KYRGYZ REPUBLIC – Kyrgyz gold producer Chaarat and Turkish mining and mine construction contractor Çiftay İnsaat Tahhüt ve Ticaret signed a binding term sheet on March 18 to enter into a joint venture with the idea of collaborating on the…
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TORONTO – BMO Capital Markets has cut Vale’s iron ore production estimate this year by a further 30 million tonnes due to the continued suspension of the iron ore miner’s Brucutu mine, and the recent suspension of the Timbopeba mine. A…
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OTTAWA – On March 14 the Mining Association of Canada released the latest edition of its annual Facts & Figures report that provides a comprehensive overview of the trends affecting Canada’s mining sector. It contains the unwanted truth that this&#…
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CALGARY – The federal government has announced plans to invest $72.3 million in clean technology for the Alberta oil and gas sector to address climate change and create jobs. Minister of Natural Resources Amarjeet Sohi made the announcement on March…
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ONTARIO – Toronto-based Metals Creek Resources is passing along the latest drill results from its Garrison gold project 35 km northwest of Kirkland Lake. The property has two distinct anomalies – the 1,000-metre long Southern anomaly that has historic …
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Haver & Boecker of St. Catharines, Ont., has appointed Jean-Francois Marchand as its sales representative for the province of Quebec. He has 20 years of sales experience including 10 years in heavy machinery. Michael McQuade is the new CEO of……
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DENVER – Veolia Water Technologies sponsored a $2,000 scholarship at the Society of Mining, Metallurgy, & Exploration (SME) 2019 annual meeting and exhibition last week. One specific criterion for the Veolia scholarship was that the applicants show…
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Revival Gold (TSXV: RVG; US-OTC: RVLGF) has reported the last four holes from its 2018 drill program at its contiguous Arnett and Beartrack gold projects in Lemhi County, Idaho, 17 km from the town of Salmon. The company drilled 900 metres…
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ARIZONA – Para Resources announced this week that it successfully tested the full CIP circuit at its Gold Road mine in Oatman, Ariz., including a test pour of gold. In a press release, the Vancouver-based miner said that a 40-oz. doré…
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FRENCH GUIANA – A drill program last year to validate historic resources at Reunion Gold ’s Nivre deposit in French Guiana has resulted in a 43-101 resource that is similar to its counterpart reported in 1998. The Nivre deposit contains 18.9 million…
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