Short-term exec optimism returns: MRG Survey
The following is an edited summary of findings from the Mining Recruitment Group’s latest executive survey, which was distributed during the first week of October and completed by 125 mining leaders.
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Four greats to enter Canadian Mining Hall of Fame
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame will welcome four new inductees at its twenty-fifth annual induction dinner on Jan. 10, 2013, at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The new inductees are Charles E. Fipke, Gerald W. Grandey, Pierre…
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Canada Lithium to kick off production in 2013
Canada Lithium (CLQ-T) has raised its game with an updated feasibility study for its Quebec Lithium mine, showing the project is on track to start producing in 2013 and rake in better returns, triggering analysts to lift their price…
American Vanadium’s evolution fuelled by technology gains
Just under two years ago, Vancouver-based American Vanadium (AVC-V) envisioned itself as a specialty-metals miner. The company had planned to put its 100%-owned Gibellini vanadium deposit situated 400 km east of Reno in central Nevada into…
Critical Elements banks on Rose’s tantalum and lithium
“You know, when you find a mine in your life, you are lucky,” says Jean-Sébastien Lavallée, president and CEO of Critical Elements (CRE-V), which is advancing a bankable feasibility study on the Rose tantalum-lithium…
Inside Friedland’s massive Ivanplats prospectus
Mining magnate Robert Friedland looks poised to take the market by storm yet again, with an aggressive portfolio of advanced-stage base and precious metal properties in Africa underpinning an initial public offering (IPO) for Ivanplats (IVP-T),…
Argex aims to produce titanium near Baie-Comeau
Montreal-based Argex Titanium (RGX-V) is having a great year. The company’s shares have surged 142% over the past 10 months as the company has moved its proprietary solvent-extraction system towards commercial viability.
Fortuna’s 2012 looking good
Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI-T, FSM-N) says it is set to beat its full-year forecast, helped by record third-quarter production. The Vancouver-based firm is targeting 3.7 million oz. silver and 17,400 oz. gold this year, and by the end of…
MBAC advances shallow REO deposit in Brazil
Toronto-based MBAC Fertilizer (MBC-T, MBCFF-O) has carved out a near-surface and high-grade rare earth oxide deposit that includes niobium and phosphate in the municipality of Araxa in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state and plans to complete a…
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Batista chases gold in Colombia’s California
Brazilian metals and energy tycoon Eike Batista has had his sights set on Colombia’s red-hot California gold district for well over a year. In February 2011, Batista’s EBX Group — through Canadian subsidiaries AUX — paid…