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Unlikely miner becomes unexpected TV star

Ken Foy, one of the stars in Yukon Gold — Adam Blasberg/Yukon Gold, Paperny Entertainment photo Ken Foy is living proof that one seemingly insignific

Kevin Miller •
Alberta

Suncor’s Millenium Mine uncovered one of Alberta’s most important dinosaur discoveries

The oldest dinosaur found to date in Alberta is this 110-million-year-old armoured dinosaur discovered in 2011 during routine mining operations at Sun

Jessica Kirby •
Mines

Game-changing new technology for mines

MineSense technology is installed in this 65 cubic yard Bucyrus wire rope shovel. — Photo courtesy of Andrew Bamber Vancouver, B.C.-based MineSense

Jessica Kirby •
Mines

GE tests battery-powered loader dumpers at Canadian gold mine

A new Fairchild Load Dump at work in Iamgold’s mining operation in southwestern Quebec. The machine uses batteries only, not diesel. — Photo courtesy

Jessica Kirby •
British Columbia

Time to be proactive

1 of 2Michael Urbani is one of two lawyers from Stikeman Elliott's Vancouver office who made a presentation at the Minerals North 2014 mining conferen

Tim Gardner •
Mines

Access to Ontario’s Ring of Fire a complex issue

1 of 2Noront Resources has a 70-person capacity camp in Ontario's Ring of Fire, where the company holds nickel, copper and chromite resources. — Phot

Jessica Kirby •
Mines

Good timing for zinc

1 of 5This photo shows Canadian Zinc's Prairie Creek Mine site in the Northwest Territories; the airstrip is seen on the left. — Photo courtesy Canadi

Jessica Kirby •
British Columbia

Jim O’Rourke: Mine developer extraordinaire

Jim O'Rourke, president and CEO of Copper Mountain Mining. — Photo courtesy Copper Mountain Mining Jim O'Rourke, president and CEO of Copper Mountai

Peter Caulfield •
First Nations

Steering Baffinland’s Mary River Project

1 of 2A Baffinland polar bear monitor talks with Tom Paddon (R), CEO and president of Baffinland Iron Mines, at Steensby in July 2012. — Photo by Marc

Jessica Kirby •
Mines

Diavik Diamond Mine powers up with wind

1 of 6Diavik's four-turbine wind farm is designed to supply ten per cent of the mine's power needs, saving 3.8 million litres of fuel worth $5 million

Jessica Kirby •
Mines

Keeping it clean with magnetic filtration

1 of 2OEI high flow kidney loop filtration system. — Photo courtesy of One Eye Industries2 of 2Trapped particles ranging in size down to below 1 micr

Jessica Kirby •
Global

Starting the conversation about disclosure

Catherine Wade, securities and mergers and acquisitions partner with Dentons Vancouver. — Photo courtesy Dentons Vancouver The Canadian mining indu

Jessica Kirby •
British Columbia

Minerals North 2014

Brian Frenkel is the chairp of Minerals North 2014, the annual northern British Columbia mining conference that's being held this year in Vanderhoof f

Tim Gardner •
Mines

Ore production begins at Cigar Lake

1 of 3Cameco developed a jet boring method because the deposit's grade and depth made it inaccessible by traditional means. — Photo courtesy of Cameco

Jessica Kirby •
British Columbia

CIM 2014 convention in Vancouver May 11 to 14

1 of 2Interaction of delegates and participants in the CIM convention of 2013. — Photo courtesy CIM2 of 2CIM 2013 convention. — Photo courtesy CIM Th

Jessica Kirby •
British Columbia

BC mining property faces possible rebirth

1 of 5If AuRico Gold Inc.’s Kemess Underground Project in north central British Columbia does receive environmental approval, the company can use exis

Tim Gardner •
British Columbia

A new book provides guidance on how to engage with First Nations

Peter Ogryzlo, former mine geologist with Huckleberry Mines Ltd., in discussion with student from the School of Exploration & Mining. — Photo courtesy

Peter Caulfield •
Exploration

Majors lead investment

1 of 4Canada’s largest diamond mine, Ekati, is seeking approval to increase mine life by 10 to 20 years. — Photo courtesy of Dominion Diamonds2 of 4Mi

Jessica Kirby •
Exploration

Yukon site could be the world’s largest undeveloped zinc deposit

1 of 7Core library on Don Camp. — Photo courtesy of Selwyn Chihong Mining, Ltd. 2 of 7The office complex on Don Camp in the winter. Don Camp is one of

Jessica Kirby •
Manitoba

New mining advisory council in Manitoba to benefit First Nations communities

1 of 1Chief Ron Evans is co-chair of the new Mining Advisory Council. — Photo courtesy of Norway House Cree Nation It's the first of its kind in Mani

Karen Kornelsen •
British Columbia

Mine investment firm bullish on BC

1 of 2Tony Jensen, president and chief executive officer of international mining investment firm Royal Gold, Inc. — Photo courtesy of Royal Gold, Inc.

Tim Gardner •
Alberta

Suncor and partners set to develop Fort Hills

Two workers at the Fort Hills construction site. — Photo courtesy of Suncor Fort Hills’ best estimate contingent resources of 3.3 billion barrels of

Jessica Kirby •
British Columbia

Executive confident about gold mine’s development

1 of 4The president and chief executive officer of Pretium Resources Inc., Robert Quartermain, believes his company's proposed high-grade gold Bruceja

Tim Gardner •
British Columbia

Gold mine places BC project on hold

1 of 4A worker conducts water sampling at New Gold Inc.'s Rainy River goldproject, 50 kilometres northwest of Fort Frances, Ontario. — Photo courtes

Tim Gardner •