Copper recovery method studied
The Bureau of Mines in the U.S. is experimenting with a new in situ method of mining oxide copper from small, low-grade deposits. Advantages over conventional open-pit and underground methods include …
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MINING IN MEXICO — Golden News drill program set for San
An initial drilling program of 15,000 ft. was planned by Golden News Resources (TSE) for its San Antonio gold property in Sonora state. Field work has identified two major east-west-trending structura…
MINING IN MEXICO — The ore deposits of the Sierra Madre
The Mexican epithermal precious metal province coincides with the Sierra Madre Occidental that covers western Mexico from the state of Sonora, just below the border with the U.S., south to the Neovolc…
Eden Roc into sulphides; gold reserves on increase
Gold reserves at the 68%-owned Afema property of Eden Roc Minerals (TSE) in Ivory Coast have increased to 1.4 million oz. from 804,000 as a result of recent drilling. Currently, deep drilling is being…
MINING IN MEXICO — Asarco completes Grupo deal
Base metal producer Asarco (NYSE) recently completed its transaction with Grupo Industrial Minera Mexico (Gimmex), combining Mexico Desarrollo Industrial Minero (Medimsa) into a new public company kno…
MINING IN MEXICO — The rich history of the mines of Real de
The mines of “El Real de Minas de Nuestra Senora de la Limpia Concepcion de Guadalupe de los Alamos de Catorce,” in the state of San Luis Potosi, were discovered in 1772 and, until they went out of bu…
MINING IN MEXICO — Brock group’s Northern Crown active on
On display in the Vancouver office of John Brock are several huge tusks of the woolly mammoth, a prehistoric elephant that lumbered across the Yukon until shifting climatic conditions drove it into ex…
CMR options Lynx Lake play
Alberta-listed Canadian Mining Resources (ASE) can earn up to a half interest in the Lynx Lake gold property, northeast of La Ronge, Sask. Exploration on the 1,944-hectare property has identified seve…
Black Pine work continuing
Vancouver-based junior Formation Capital (VSE) expects to proceed with a prefeasibility study of its Black Pine project in Lemhi Cty., Idaho. Reverse circulation drilling is currently evaluating coppe…
Noranda Minerals, STAS join forces on technology
Development work and marketing of the mining automation technologies of Noranda Minerals will be undertaken by Societe des Technologies Appliquees du Saguenay (STAS). Noranda says its agreement with S…
Titanium market studied
A study on titanium by AME Mineral Economics of Australia indicates that chlorinatable slag will be the glamor TiO2 feedstock for the remainder of the decade. Projected balances show that the existing…
$10.5m training plan unveiled in Saskatchewan
The government of Saskatchewan has unveiled a $10.5-million Training Plan to provide mining jobs in the province. Keith Goulet, minister of associate education, training and employment, signed the pla…