QUEBEC CITY – Nemaska Lithium has had a tough couple weeks – cost overruns and now termination of a major supply agreement. Just last week the company announced that cost overruns at its Whabouchi lithium mine/mill and the Shawinigan electrochemical&#…
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VANCOUVER – Robert Friedland, Chairman and CEO of High Power Exploration Inc. (HPX), and Eric Finlayson, president, announced on Feb. 18 that the company has entered into lease and technical assistance agreements with Shandong Yantai Xintai Gold Mining…
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Over the last four years, Pure Gold Mining (TSXV: PGM) has doubled the indicated resource for its Madsen gold project in Red Lake, one of the highest grade undeveloped gold deposits in the world. The company released an updated resource estimate today&…
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CHILE – Following its 2017 notice of force majeure that was ratified in January 2018, LiCo Energy Metals announced this week that it has decided to completely drop the Purickuta project in northern Chile. In a press release, the miner said…
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ONTARIO – First Mining Gold says positive interim metallurgical test results for its Springpole gold project, located 110 km northeast of Red Lake, could increase the project’s gold recovery 13.2% to 90.6% and silver recovery 11.9% to 95.1%. M3 Enginee…
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SASKATCHEWAN – NexGen Energy of Vancouver has compiled a report on the pilot holes for shaft development and additional exploration drilling of the Arrow uranium deposit at its Rook I project near Patterson Lake in the Athabasca Basin. Three shaft̷…
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NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Fortune Minerals of London, Ont. Says the Northwest Territories government has signed a contract for the building of the Tlicho all weather road to the community of Whati. The village is only 50 km south of Fortune’s…
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PANAMA – Toronto-based First Quantum Minerals reports that it introduced ore to the concentrator earlier this month at its 90% owned Cobre Panama project. The open pit copper mine and mill are located about 120 km west of Panama City.…
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Newmont Mining Corp. of Denver, Colo., has chosen Rob Atkinson to succeed Tom Palmer as executive VP and COO effective June 1. Palmer, the current president and COO, will retain the title of president until he succeeds Gary Goldberg as…
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TUCSON, Ariz. – Hexagon’s Mining division is pleased to announce a significant safety solution deal with Conuma Coal Resources. Conuma produces high quality metallurgical coal for use in the steel industry. The three-year subscription package will cov…
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