SASKATCHEWAN – Toronto-based Denison Mines Corp. is testing in situ recovery at the Wheeler River uranium project this summer. The ISR tests will help determine the viability of using it for commercial production at Wheeler River, which would be the&#…
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ECUADOR – Vancouver’s Lundin Gold has begun mining the first production stope at its Fruta del Norte gold project near the village of San Antonio. Underground mining has begun although it will be Q3 this year before the processing plant…
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GoviEx Uranium (TSXV: GXU; US-OTC: GVXXF) received the permits needed to build its flagship Madaouela project in Niger three years ago, but lagging uranium prices have kept development in check. In the meantime, the Vancouver-based junior has been opti…
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ARIZONA – Taseko Mines of Vancouver says after running the test facility for only six months, the leach solution from its Florence in situ copper mine has reached commercial grade – 1,600 ppm of copper in solution. The project is…
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BRITISH COLUMBIA – The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the way for Taseko Mines of Vancouver to begin geotechnical work at its New Prosperity gold-copper project 125 km south of Williams Lake. The Court dismissed the Tsilhqot’in First Nation’s̷…
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Vancouver-headquartered Ivanhoe Mines is pressing ahead with the construction of the Kakula copper mine. This is the first stage of the Kamoa-Kakula copper project. China-based CITIC Metal invested an additional US$459 mi…
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SASKATCHEWAN – Vancouver-based Western Resources Corp. says its subsidiary Western Potash Corp. has entered into a lump sum contract with Stuart Olson Prairie Construction regarding the first phase of construction for the company’s Milestone potash pro…
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NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Fortune Minerals is updating the 2014 feasibility study for its NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper project 160 km northwest of Yellowknife. Hatch, P&E Mining Consultants and Micon International have been engaged to produce the …
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SASKATCHEWAN – Denison Mines of Toronto is ready to begin the rigorous environmental impact assessment of its 90% owned Wheeler River in situ uranium project in the Athabasca Basin. Both the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and the Saskatchewan Minis…
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NUNAVUT – Agnico Eagle Mines’ Meliadine mine – it’s largest gold deposit in terms of resources – achieved commercial production ahead of schedule and below the initial capital budget, the company reports. Total construction costs after crediting pre-co…
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