Major gold exhibit on view in Vancouver
An multi-million-dollar exhibit of ancient and modern gold artifacts is on display at the Pacific Mineral Museum in Vancouver B.C., until Nov. 4.Titled Gold: A Celebration of Beauty, Passion and Treas…
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Ontario restores Kam Kotia mine site
The Ontario government will contribute nearly $7 million toward rehabilitating the historic Kam Kotia copper-zinc-silver mine, near Timmins.The money will be used, in part, to build an interceptor dit…
Field trip examines steel-making
The Toronto branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum will hold a field trip on Oct. 15 to demonstrate the steel-making process.Participants will visit Larfarge Canada’s Dunda…
Wheaton sells George Lake
Junior gold producer Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has arranged to sell its George Lake project, near Bathurst Inlet in Nunavut, to Kinross Gold (K-T) in return for 4 million shares, worth about $6 m…
Namco secures more funds
An arms-length loan provides Namibian Minerals (NMR-T) with US$6 million to continue marine diamond production off the coast of the southwest African nation.The loan, provided by a subsidiary of the c…
‘Silvery Slocan’ rides again
The “Silvery Slocan” mines, among the most famous in British Columbia’s history, have emerged from the obscurity of the past, and ghost mining towns are warming with life again.Caught in the rush of t…
Drilling awakes Sleeping Giant
Partners Cambior (CBJ-T) and Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) have upped gold reserves at the Sleeping Giant mine in northwest…
Fieldwork kicks off at South Voisey Bay
Vancouver — NDT Ventures (NDE-V) and Donner Minerals (DML-V) report that work has commenced at the South Voisey Ba…
Partners test Hope Bay
Some 4,680 metres of drilling on the Hope Bay Gold project in Nunavut by partners Hope Bay Gold (HGC-T) and Miramar…
Masuparia Gold cuts high-grade at Greywacke project
Vancouver — Masuparia Gold (MPG-V) has kicked off a 1,000-metre drill program at its Greywacke project situated 90…
IOC idles pellet plant
The Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) plans to suspend construction at the iron ore pellet-making plant in Sept-les…
Chibuluma South suspended
Falling copper prices and climbing processing costs have conspired to force London-listed Metorex to temporarily pl…