Pangolin Diamonds discovers kimberlite in Botswana

TSX-V-listed explorer Pangolin Diamonds has discovered kimberlite within its 1 545 square kilometre Tsabong North project, in Botswana, heralding the firm’s graduation from being an explorer to being a discoverer. The company, which in March...

Kirkland Lake Gold reaping benefits of production expansion

Ontario-focused Kirkland Lake Gold on Tuesday said it had started reaping the rewards of the production expansion initiatives at its flagship Macassa gold mine, located in the Kirkland Lake gold belt, resulting in higher fourth-quarter gold...

Initial resource at Coventry's Dogpaw

Dual-listed junior Coventry Resources has declared an initial Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant resource at its Dogpaw gold deposit, which forms part of the greater Cameron gold camp, in Ontario. The Dogpaw deposit was estimated to host an...

Ontario Graphite clears last permitting hurdle to restart Ontario mine

Private project developer Ontario Graphite has cleared the final permitting hurdle to restarting its flagship Kearney large-flake, high-carbon graphite mine in the province, paving the way for production to start in the fourth quarter. The...

SAS net income lower on charges

Ontario-focused gold miner St Andrew Goldfields on Thursday reported net income attributable to shareholders for the first quarter of the year was down 63% year-on-year to $1-million, or nil per share, compared with net income of $2.7-million, or...

Goldcorp Q1 headline earnings drop on lower prices, higher costs

Canadian miner Goldcorp on Thursday announced first-quarter earnings declined by 37% to $253-million or $0.31 a share, compared with $404-million or $0.50 a share in the first quarter of 2012, owing to lower metals prices and sharply higher...

Agnico-Eagle well prepared to fend off a sustained low gold price

Canadian gold miner Agnico-Eagle Mines on Friday said it was well prepared to survive a potential sustained period of a lower gold price, owing to its being flexible and able to adapt as conditions may warrant. Speaking to Mining Weekly Online on...

Lapa mine, Canada

An gold mine located in the Abitibi region of north-west Quebec, in Canada.

Simulated mine shaft rig for full-load testing

Precision engineering firm Horne is to build a R5-million, 30-m-high test rig to enable full-load testing of its Levelok chairing and E-brake emergency mineshaft braking systems.

First Nations ties should be grown from the inside out - Brodie-Brown

Northern Ontario’s junior exploration and mining sector is facing challenging times and not just because of the current market turbulence. New amendments to the province’s Mining Act introduced on a voluntary basis in November 2012 became...

Argex Titanium to establish R&D centre in Quebec

Near-term titanium dioxide (TiO2) producer Argex Titanium has decided to establish a comprehensive research and development (R&D) base at Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, near Montreal in Quebec, the site of its planned first industrial-sized TiO2...

Canada Lithium appoints new CFO, plant commissioning progressing

Toronto-listed Canada Lithium on Friday announced that VP for finance Halina McGregor has been appointed CFO to replace Germaine Coombs, who served as CFO during the company's transitional phase from exploration company to mine developer....