DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Executives from Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines met with high ranking government officials in Kinshasa to provide updates on the development progress at the Kamoa-Kakula and Kipushi joint venture mining projects. In a press releas…
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NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Vancouver-based NorZinc, owner of the Prairie Creek zinc-lead project 200 km west of Fort Simpson, has received the water licence and land use permit from Parks Canada for its portion of the all-season road to the mine…
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YUKON – Victoria Gold provided an operations update on the ramp up of its Eagle gold mine where the first gold was poured on Sept. 17. Since the first gold pour, the mine has produced a total of 10,400 oz.…
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BRITISH COLUMBIA – Ongoing metallurgical tests conducted for Vancouver-based Kutcho Copper Corp. on material from its Kutcho project 100 km east of Dease Lake show improved recoveries of copper, zinc and silver, higher concentrate grades, and improved …
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NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Fortune Minerals of London, Ont., had the Tlicho government have signed an agreement supporting the NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper project 160 km northwest of Yellowknife. The agreement details the conditions under which the mi…
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ONTARIO – Greenstone Gold Mines – a 50:50 joint venture of Toronto’s Centerra Gold and Premier Gold Mines based in Thunder Bay, Ont. – and Aroland First Nation, Animbiigoo Zaagi’igan Anishinaabek, and Ginoogaming First Nation have signed a long t…
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VANCOUVER – Robert Friedland’s High Power Exploration has closed a US$88-million equity investment from an undisclosed U.S.-based institutional investor that will allow the privately held company to fast track development of its Nimba iron ore project …
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QUEBEC – As the price of lithium continues its slide and with no firm financing commitment, Nemaska Lithium of Quebec City has been forced to shut down operations temporarily at its Whabouchi lithium mine 300 km northwest of Chibougamau. The…
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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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The U.S. District Court for Arizona has turned down Hudbay Minerals’ (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) request that it reconsider its ruling in July that prevents the company from developing its Rosemont copper mine in the state. In October, U.S. District Court…
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