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bcMetals eyes new recovery process for Red Chris

Vancouver — BcMetals (C-V) is considering using Outokumpu Technology’s hydrometallurgical process to recover copper and gold from sulphide ores and produce copper on-site at its Red Chris project in northwestern British Columbi…






Golden Valley Mines' camp on Kenty Lake in Nunavik

Ungava a bright spot for nickel exploration

There’s still nothing like a fashionable commodity to bring out the explorers, and nickel’s ascendancy is probably the best thing that has happened to Canadian exploration since, well, the last big nickel discovery.


Crowflight to drill Bucko

Crowflight Minerals (CML-V) will try to expand the Bucko deposit in Manitoba, as recommended in an independent technical evaluation.


Mining equities fall to earth

The mining sector took a beating over the report period Oct. 13-19, even as the broader market settled only slightly. The TSX composite index fell 65.33 points to 8,720.53.


The open pit at Anvil Mining's newly expanded Dikulushi copper- silver mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Anvil expands Dikulushi copper-silver mine

Anvil Mining (AVM-T) has commissioned a 350,000-tonne-per-year ball mill and flotation circuit at its small but highly profitable Dikulushi copper-silver mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.



Gold yoyos amid high oil prices

The report period Sept. 29-Oct. 5 saw the price of gold rise to close US$3.70 higher at US$415.40 per oz. in the afternoon in London. In New York, oil prices were still hovering around US$50 a barrel; the energy index was up another 4 points at 19…


Ken Lapierre, Mustang Minerals' vice-president of exploration, kneeling (on waste rock from the Maskwa open pit) and James Moon, Senior Investment advisor with Standard Securities. The flooded ramp of the former Maskwa open pit is in the background.

Mustang riding high at Maskwa

Lac du Bonnet, Man. — As nickel exploration properties go, you would be hard-pressed to find a more accessible one than Maskwa, about a 2-hour drive northeast of Winnipeg, Man.


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