BRITISH COLUMBIA – Vancouver’s Colonial Coal International has released the results of the preliminary economic assessment for the Huguenot open pit coking coal mine. The property is located about 140 km by road from the Quintette loadout in the Peace&…
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John Hathaway, chairman of Tocqueville Management Corp., called Detour Lake a “trophy mine” when he was interviewed by Northern Miner group publisher Anthony Vacarro at the 2019 Precious Metals Summit in Zurich. Click on the You Tube video to hear̷…
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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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BRITISH COLUMBIA – Explorex Resources, a Vancouver-based junior, has acquired a 100% interest in the high grade Bonanza Mountain gold-copper project. The acquisition was made by a combination of staking plus a sale and purchase agreement. The property …
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ILLINOIS –The new Cat R2900 underground loader from Caterpillar offers configurations to meet the strictest diesel engine emissions standards, including those in Europe and North America, and it continues to deliver the high performance and 17.2-tonne …
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Let’s hope that holds true for the diamond sector. We try to strike a hopeful note here at Diamonds in Canada about an industry that’s become such an inspiring and Canadian story about perseverance, determination, and the ability to adapt and change.&#…
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SASKATCHEWAN – Appia Energy reports that the Alces Lake property in northern Saskatchewan is host to some of the highest grade rare earth element discoveries in the world, including 49.16% total rare earth oxide over 3.7 metres less than 10 metres fro…
ECUADOR – BHP Billiton is spending US$22 million to boost its stake in Australian junior SolGold to 14.7% from 11.1%, making it one of the two largest shareholders in the Ecuador-focused company. Newcrest Mining owns about 14.8%. BHP is acquiring 77 mi…
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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 …
COPPER-ZINC: Kutcho Copper recoveries 94.5% for copper, 89.3% for zinc Read More »
