Ontario gov’t funds graphite research for Zenyatta
The Ontario government is spending $500,000 to help Thunder Bay-based graphite explorer Zenyatta Ventures (TSXV: ZEN; US-OTC: ZENYF) test samples from its Albany project near the town of Hearst.
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Klondex adds life to Midas with aggressive drilling
When Klondex Mines (TSX: KDX; US-OTC: KLNDF) bought the Midas gold-silver mine in Nevada from Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) in early 2014, Newmont had penciled in March 2015 as the date the underground operation would reach the end of its mine…
Premier to be ‘next major gold miner,’CEO Downie says
VANCOUVER — Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG; US-OTC: PIRGF) is hoping to follow in the footsteps of some major Canadian success stories in the gold space. And the company has gotten closer to reaching that goal with a…
Kaizen searches for Kamoa analogues in Canada’s Far North
VANCOUVER — Kaizen Discovery (TSXV: KZD; US-OTC: CCNCF) is about to kick-start exploration for sediment-hosted copper deposits at its Coppermine project, 5 km south of the community of Kugluktuk, Nunavut.
Technical troubles dog Copper Mountain in Q1
Mechanical difficulties at Copper Mountain Mining’s (TSX: CUM) 75%-owned Copper Mountain mine in southern B.C. involving a transformer failure on one of the ball mills in February and a 10-day disruption with the regrind mill in March…
Miners recover from heavy rainfall in the Atacama
VANCOUVER — Recent torrential rainfall in the Atacama desert in northern Chile has affected global copper markets. The prolific region hosts major mines, and the recent weather has triggered operational closures that have driven prices…
Mountain Province Diamonds a top pick for Salman Partners
Salman Partners’ senior analyst Raymond Goldie has upgraded Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPV; NASDAQ: MDM) from a “buy” to a “top pick,” after the junior reiterated it is on track and on budget to start…
Tata Steel buys LIM’s 49% stake in Howse deposit
Tata Steel Minerals Canada (TSMC) acquired a 51% stake in Labrador Iron Mines’ (TSX: LIM) Howse iron ore deposit in Labrador for $30-million cash in 2013.
Pele Mountain moves monazite processing plan ahead
When Pele Mountain Resources (TSXV: GEM; US-OTC: GOLDF) announced a strategy in October 2014 to extract and separate rare earth elements from monazite concentrate imported from overseas at its Eco Ridge project in Elliott Lake, the plan caught…
SilverCrest sketches out Santa Elena’s future
VANCOUVER — It’s been a challenging twelve months for SilverCrest Mines (TSX: SVL; NYSE-MKT: SVLC), but the producer has adapted to lower metal prices at its Santa Elena epithermal silver-gold mine, 150 km northeast of Hermosillo,…
Editorial: Quebec pushes forward with revived Plan Nord
More meat has been added to the bones of Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard’s revival of former Premier Jean Charest’s shelved Plan Nord to develop large infrastructure in Quebec’s resource-rich Far North.
Belo Sun improves economics at Volta Grande
Belo Sun Mining’s (TSX: BSX; US-OTC: VNNHF) Volta Grande gold project in Brazil’s Para state has garnered positive attention from analysts after a feasibility study cut the project’s costs, making it more attractive.