NEVADA – A few days ago, 200 people took part in the International Collegiate Mining Competition that was held in Virginia City. For the 41st year in a row, the three-day event gathered students from mining schools from around the…
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QUEBEC – Secova Metals acquired this week 100% interest in 3,809 hectares of vanadium mineral claims located in three land packages in this eastern Canadian province. In a press release, the Vancouver-based miner said the acquisition, which is a $75,00…
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The mining industry gathered in Toronto in early March for PwC Canada’s fourth annual Art of Mining event, which showcases mining innovation through a photo competition. This year’s contest featured 20 photo submissions from projects and actors across …
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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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Nicholas Mather, president and CEO of Australian junior SolGold, is The Northern Miner’s Mining Person of the Year for 2018 in recognition of his role as the driving force behind the wildly successful grassroots team that has drilled off the world-clas…
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TORONTO – Vancouver-based artificial intelligence (AI) and automation supplier Andritz took home first place during the finale of the 2019 annual installment of Goldcorp’s #DisruptMining mining innovation contest held before a live audience of 500 in a…
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WHITEHORSE, Yukon – The Yukon Mint Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Vancouver’s Golden Predator Mining, is making a pair of gold coins this year using designs from northern artists. The coins are minted each year using gold from the…
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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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SASKATOON, Sask. – K+S Potash Canada has again been named one of the provinces top employees. This is the sixth time and the second year in a row. President and general manager, operations Sam Farris said, “We’ve experienced a lot…
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The Young Mining Professionals (YMP) — a non-profit group with chapters in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Sudbury, Perth, Brisbane, Johannesburg and London — has given its Mining Professional of the Year awards for 2018 to Andrée St-Germain, chief finan…
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