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British Columbia

UBC and industry partnership spurs metallurgical sector development in BC Interior

UBC Associate Professor Lukas Bichler (second from left) discusses how to extract minerals from mining byproducts with his students. — Photo courtesy

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British Columbia

Celebrate BC Mining Week with Family Fun Day at Britannia Mine Museum

Family Fun Day at Britannia Mine Museum. — Photo courtesy britanniaminemuseum.ca Britannia Beach, BC – As part of BC Mining Week, the Britannia Mi

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British Columbia

$94M profit declared by Teck Resources, sees change in direction in steelmaking coal and zinc prices

One of Teck Resources' new LNG conversion coal haul trucks being tested in the Elk Valley. — Photo courtesy Teck Vancouver, BC – Teck Resources Limit

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Company Profiles

Nevsun Resources and Reservoir Minerals combine—consolidate Timok Copper Project ownership

Nevsun Resources Ltd. and Reservoir Minerals Inc. have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine their respective compa

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British Columbia

Green Mountain Jade is shining the spotlight on Canadian-produced jade

British Columbia is the largest producer and exporter of nephrite jade in the world. — Photo courtesy Green Mountain Jade As the jade mining season i

Mason Buettner •
Mines

Fortune Minerals announces permitting underway for NWT public highway to Whati

Whati is 50 km south of Fortune's proposed NICO gold-cobalt-bismuth-copper development that has already received its environmental assessment approval

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British Columbia

Tree-top sampling program may help uncover new mineral deposits in B.C.

Helicopter-supported treetop sampling is an effective way of quickly acquiring samples over large inaccessible areas of British Columbia. — Photo cour

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British Columbia

Imperial recalls over half of their laid off employees—44 of 85 called back

Some of the employees at Huckleberry Mine that were laid off due to weak copper prices have now been recalled back to work. — Photo courtesy Vancou

Keith Powell •
British Columbia

Geoscience BC releases first data reports on groundwater aquifers in the Peace Region

Geoscience BC today released the first two data reports on groundwater resources in the Peace Region of British Columbia, which will significantly imp

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Global

Cameco commences drilling at CanAlaska’s West McArthur Project

CanAlaska Uranium is pleased to announce that the first drill program has commenced on the West McArthur Project under the agreement with Cameco Corpo

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Global

Albert Lamarre—geologist, author and all-around adventurer

Lamarre is beside a mucking machine, an underground mining vehicle for hauling ore, at the entrance to the Thompson Creek molybdenum mine near Challis

Jessica Kirby •
Company Profiles

Is the mining “Bear” market on the run?

Prolonged rally or market blip, the mining and resource sectors will be watching closely in future weeks and months to see if the bear market is abati

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British Columbia

Horse Creek silica mine near Golden on the drawing board

Photo of one of Hi-Test Sand's sand quarries. — Photo courtesy Hi-Test Sand Inc. If plans go right the Golden area may soon be home to a new year-ro

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Global

Federal Budget invests in mining essentials

Pierre Gratton, MAC’s President and CEO. — Photo courtesy Mining and Energy/Robert Hawkins The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) welcomes the new Li

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Global

Lucara Diamond makes history with 1,100+ carat gem-quality diamond discovery in Botswana

Lucara Diamond's Karowe diamond mine — Photo courtesy Lucara Diamond Canadian diamond company Lucara Diamond Corp. recently made diamond history when

Jessica Kirby •
British Columbia

Gold panning is still alive and well on the Wild Horse River near Fort Steele, B.C.

Lathem whirls the pan in water to remove the larger stones, leaving only a sandy sludge. — Nowell Berg photo Twenty years ago Stephen Lathem had a va

Nowell Berg •
Exploration

NexGen Energy calls uranium drilling results, “simply stunning”

Aerial view of the Rook 1 camp in northern Saskatchewan. — Photo courtesy NexGen Energy Vancouver-based NexGen Energy Ltd. has announced further res

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Company Profiles

Saskatchewan tops for mining investment in Canada

Results of the Fraser Institute’s 2015 annual survey of mining and exploration companies have been released. — Photo courtesy The Fraser Institute T

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Mines

Karnalyte Resources Inc. announces agreement in principle for $700m US financing for potash mine

One of Karnalyte's summer drilling projects. — Photo courtesy Karnalyte Resources CALGARY, March 14, 2016 /CNW/ - Karnalyte Resources Inc. ("Karnalyt

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Company Profiles

First Quantum Minerals announces the sale of its Kevitsa Mine for US$712 million to Boliden

First Quantum Minerals Ltd., based in Vancouver, B.C., has entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement with Boliden AB to sell its Kevitsa Mine in Finl

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British Columbia

Land claims largest deterrent to mining investment in B.C.

Uncertainty over disputed land claims is a hinderance to new mining development in B.C. — Photo courtesy Fraser Institute website VANCOUVER, B.C./ Tr

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British Columbia

BC Minister of Mines introduces new regulatory compliance, penalities and enforcement tools

These changes to the Mines Act will bring it in line with other provincial natural resource legislation, all of which include administrative monetary

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British Columbia

Mining still strong

Pierre Gratton, president and CEO of the Mining Association of Canada, spoke at the chamber of commerce luncheon in Cranbrook, B.C., on March 1. — Ma

Marie Milner •
Exploration

The Rare Earths Market: Thriving, but Threatened by Illegal Mining and Production in China

Professor Dudley J. Kingsnorth (pictured) to kick off the 5th Annual Cleantech & Technology Metals Summit on May 10-11th in Toronto, Canada. — Photo c

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