A drilling program designed to locate the source of last year’s Yuryi kimberlite boulder find is under way at Munn Lake, northeast of Camsell Lake, in the Northwest Territories.Munn Lake is part of th…
As part of a plan unveiled in January to withdraw from the exploration scene and renew its focus on industrial mineral production in Quebec, Mazarin Mining (MAZ-T) has sold its overseas gold and coppe…
Privatization of the giant Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) hit a snag when the negotiating team rejected the purchase offer from the Kafue Consortium for the Nkana and Nchanga divisions.The Ka…
William Resources (WIM-T) will shortly begin constructing a carbon-in-leach plant at its Bjorkdal open-pit mine in northern Sweden.The Toronto-based company recently received approval from Sweden’s Li…
Calgary-based Naneco Minerals (NNE-A) has retained the consulting group of Watts Griffis & McOuat to prepare a prefeasibility study on the Jiawula polymetallic deposit in the Inner Mongolia region of …
LionOre Mining International (LIM-T), which continues to explore for gold and nickel in Australia and Botswana, has readjusted its books in response to weak gold prices and a decline in the Australian…
Sanca Gold, a private Alberta company, has entered into an agreement with Black Hawk Mining (BHK-T) to acquire the Redstone nickel mine, 22 km southeast of Timmins, Ont.The property consists of 63 cla…
Exploratory drilling beneath the Verde deposit at the Refugio mine in northern Chile is intersecting potential ore-grade gold mineralization some 250 metres below the planned pit floor of the extended…
The author is program director for Mining Works for Canada (formerly Keep Mining in Canada), a grassroots campaign designed to increase awareness of the importance of mining in this country.As we have…
When Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold began work in Irian Jaya three decades ago, about 400 local people lived in the vicinity of the giant Grasberg deposit. Today, over 60,000 people have moved into th…
I feel it is important to respond to recent concerns about the Ontario government’s Lands for Life planning process and the mining industry.There are many strong feelings about the Lands for Life disc…
Monopros, no stranger to Alberta diamond exploration, has thrown its hat into the ring and entered into a proposed joint-venture agreement with Troymin Resources (TRY-A) on a land package totalling 1….
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