Turkish gov’t delivers forestry permit for Alamos Gold’s Kirazli
Shares of Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange jumped 14%, or $1.43, to $11.57, after the company reported that it had received a key…
Canada
UBC, Terra CO2 team up for US$7.5M tailings research prize
VANCOUVER — Lee Groat, a mineralogist and professor from the University of British Columbia, may have just cracked one of mining’s biggest environmental problems — acid rock drainage (ARD) —…
TSX slips, Dec. 27–30
The S&P/TSX Composite Index slipped 0.3% to 15,287.59 during the last week of 2016. While Canada’s benchmark index exited the year on a soft note, it gained 17.5% since the…
Could microbes hold the key to more environmentally friendly mines?
Bioremediation became a buzzword for the Canadian mining industry in the 1970s and ’80s. Today, researchers at the University of Toronto’s Lassonde Institute of Mining are coming up with the…
Barrick taps Cisco for digital reinvention
When it introduced its Mine of the Future program in 2008, Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO) introduced automated machinery, remote operations centres and data analytics into an industry that has a…
Electric vehicles graduate from ‘science project’ status
Since 2011, Artisan Vehicle Systems has provided battery-powered vehicles for the mining sector by retrofitting diesel-powered equipment made by other manufacturers, such as Atlas Copco. The California-based company makes electric…
Green future for Goldcorp at Borden Lake
VANCOUVER — International miner Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) has partnered with technology firm Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology to make its Borden Lake gold project near Chapleau, Ont., the…
EnGold explores for high-grade gold at Lac La Hache
VANCOUVER — Recent drill results from EnGold Mines’ Aurizon South gold-copper-silver zone, 14 km from the town of Lac La Hache in central B.C., is casting a renewed light on…
Brixton Metals acquires third past producer near Cobalt
Since Brixton Metals (TSXV: BBB) started looking a year ago at the historic silver-cobalt camp near the northern Ontario town of Cobalt, the junior has picked up three past-producing underground…
Letter to the editor: Discovering mineralization vs a deposit at Schaft Creek
In response to the Dunns’ letter on Schaft Creek, it is unfortunate that the Dunns apparently have not had the opportunity to read the 32-page chapter on Schaft Creek in…
Junior miners need to address credibility gap, panel hears
The past four years have been bleak for junior miners, but the downtrend is finally coming to an end, says Continental Gold (TSX: CNL) CEO Ari Sussman. “We’re definitely at…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 41: Interstellar gold and Arizona Mining ft. Joe Mazumdar
We’re joined this week by Exploration Insights analyst Joe Mazumdar to talk about Arizona Mining‘s (TSX: AZ; US-OTC: WLDVF) ongoing battle with the Global Mining Observer over … manganese concerns?! Matt…