Renard diamond mine to restart in challenging market
Operations at the Renard diamond mine in Quebec will restart this month, after a six-month suspension, Osisko Gold Royalties (TSX: OR) has announced. The September restart follows a full review…
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Atac Resources identifies orogenic gold system at Airstrip in Yukon
Results from the first-phase exploration program at Atac Resources’ (TSXV: ATF) 11.5-sq.-km Airstrip target, part of the 1,700-sq.-km Rackla gold property in east-central Yukon, have defined an orogenic gold system….
PM appears at ground-breaking ceremony for Iamgold’s Cote project
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared at the launch of Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) and Sumitomo Metal Mining’s Côté gold project in Ontario. The prime minister attended the project’s…
Barrick’s Mark Bristow on building a licence to operate
In an interview at Ernst & Young’s virtual Americas Mining & Metals Forum, Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) chief executive Mark Bristow spoke about the importance of building a…
Premier Gold reports high-grade mineralization at Hasaga project in Ontario
Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) has announced the results of exploration work done at the company’s wholly owned Hasaga project, situated in the Red Lake gold district of northwestern Ontario….
Moneta Porcupine study outlines 11-year mine life for South West gold deposit
Moneta Porcupine Mines (TSX: ME) has released a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the South West deposit at its Golden Highway project, near Timmins, Ontario. The study outlines a…
FPX sees ‘large-scale’ mine at Baptiste nickel project in BC
FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX) has released the results of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the Baptiste nickel project in the company’s Decar nickel district, in B.C., which, according to…
Harte Gold hits record throughput at Sugar Zone mine
Harte Gold (TSX: HRT) is back on track at its Sugar Zone mine in White River, Ontario. After restarting mining at the end of July and milling in early August,…
Mining is at the forefront of Ontario’s recovery: Minister Greg Rickford interview
Six months is an eternity in politics, but that’s how long it’s been since the Ontario government made a series of announcements at this year’s Prospectors and Developers Association of…
Miners use on-site testing to keep operations coronavirus-free
Timothy Ray Sewell is no stranger to pandemics. In the early 2000s, he developed emergency management plans in Indonesia and Borneo for BHP Billiton during the H1N1 influenza pandemic and…
Too many tools adds risk to mining operations, says IsoMetrix’s Robin Bolton
A new set of guidelines has been released called the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management to help strengthen mining practices, with the goal of zero harm to people and…
TSX down, Aug. 31-Sept. 4
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 2.92% to 16,218.01 during the Aug. 31-Sept. 4 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Base Metals index dropped 0.66% to 104.84, and the S&P/TSX Global Gold…