I have produced to date over 2,500 sketches of mines that have been located across Canada from the 1880s to the present. These mines extracted a broad range of product: diamonds, gold, silver, nickel, uranium, etc.
VANCOUVER — There’s likely not an exploration manager with a bigger technical team or budget than Rio Tinto’s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) Stephen McIntosh, who serves as the mega miner’s global head of exploration and has…
Dominion Diamond’s (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC) prefeasibility study for the Jay kimberlite pipe deposit shows it could add 11 years to the life of its Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories’ Lac de Gras region.
An independent investigation into the tailings pond spill at Imperial Metals’ (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) Mount Polley gold-copper mine near Likely, B.C., found that a flaw in the dam’s design caused the breach last summer.
The Toronto stock market slipped in the wake of poor economic data and a weakening Canadian dollar. The benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index declined 105.87 points to 14,673.48 as Statistics Canada said real gross domestic product in November…
The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index rallied late in the week to close relatively flat during the Jan. 26-30 trading sessions, as it lost around 0.2% before finishing at 676.81 points. Mining and energy stocks trended upward despite…
VANCOUVER — It’s been a tough few years for mineral explorers globally, and the junior markets in B.C. have been especially hard hit by stingy capital markets and industry-wide budget cuts. These circumstances set a rocky stage for…
The eagerly anticipated final report by the Mount Polley Independent Expert Engineering and Review Panel on the cause of the Aug. 4, 2014, failure of the tailings dam at Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley copper-gold mine in B.C. was delivered…
Mining companies should take note of Canada’s stricter penalties and more aggressive enforcement of anti-corruption laws and make sure their anti-bribery compliance procedures are up to speed, lawyers, forensic accountants and mining…
For those lucky enough to get a seat at this year’s sold-out Canadian Mining Hall of Fame dinner in Toronto on Jan. 15, inductee Ian Telfer did not disappoint. Within moments of taking the stage, donning a pair of gold-hued shoes, the…
VANCOUVER — It’s been an exciting journey for Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) at its wholly owned Patterson Lake South (PLS) discovery, which has effectively changed the way explorers look at Saskatchewan’s Athabasca…
It’s been six years since the first discussions about bringing geologist Douglas Kirwin’s renowned rock collection to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto, and after a $3.7-million fundraising effort the vast collection has…
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