Suppliers News (December 08, 2006)
SRK to find out age, cost of Aquarius Consulting firm SRK will produce the bankable feasibility study at St Andre…
Canada
High hopes for future Marathon PGM mine
Marathon PGM (MAR-V) plans to begin construction of its open-pit platinum group metals-copper mine near Marathon, O…
Aurizon pouring gold at Casa Berardi
Aurizon Mines (ARZ T, AZK-X) has poured two gold dore bars from the gravity circuit at its Casa Berardi mine in t…
Large resource from Canadian Malartic
An initial inferred resource for the Canadian Malartic gold deposit in northwestern Quebec shows a resource of arou…
Editorial: Mining and CSR, part II
In part I last week, we began our look at how three high-profile accidents at Canadian-operated mines in the mid-19…
Rubicon to spin off African and Newfoundland assets
It’s been a long time coming, but there is light at the end of the tunnel for Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-X), whic…
HudBay budgets $45 million
As part of a plan to develop marginal deposits while metal prices are high, HudBay Minerals (HBM-T) will be spe…
Lake Shore adds to Timmins West
Vancouver — Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T, LSGGF-O) has delivered a significant resource increase at its Timmins West project, located about 18 km west of Timmins, Ont.
Alexco drilling at Keno Hill
Vancouver — Investors drove the stock of Alexco Resources (AXR-T, AXORF-O) to a new 52-week high of $5.10 recently, encouraged by the latest results from a Yukon silver project managed by the company…
Western Canadian Coal set to start second mine
Vancouver — Efforts to transform northeastern British Columbia into a major supplier of metallurgical coal to the Korean and Japanese steel industries have taken another step forward with news that W…
Abcourt waking from deep sleep
Patience is a virtue Renaud Hinse, president of Quebec-based Abcourt Mines (ABI-V, ABMBF-O), has nearly perfected over the last 16 years, waiting for silver and zinc prices to rise so production could…
Editorial: Mining and CSR, Part I
Major mining companies and most juniors have adopted progressive environmental and social policies designed to help them gain their “social licence” to operate, at home or abroad.