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Yukon rush

Bill Sheriff, chairman of the Predator Mining Group, said the opportunities in the Yukon right now are unparalleled. — Photo courtesy Predator Mining

Cameco’s creative innovation

1 of 2Crews move the muck away underground at the Cigar Lake remediation project four months after the mine was pumped out. — photo courtesy Cameco2

Knight Piésold turns 90

Knight Piésold, whose Canadian offices are in Vancouver, B.C., and North Bay, Ontario, works on projects all over the world, including in Greenland. —

Investments aid coal shipping

Moving coal from trains to ships will be more efficient now, due to investments in new equipment by Neptune Bulk Terminals. — Jeffrey Cooper photo St

Decar project holds groundbreaking potential

Peter Bradshaw, First Point Minerals' president and CEO (L), and Trevor Rabb, project geologist, examine the discovery outcrop on the Baptiste target.

High hopes for isotopes

1 of 3Soil sampling is not new in exploration—but Uravan's technique of separating clays from soils was unorthodox and gave a more complete view of th

Ensuring the next generation

Students at Project Heavy Duty learned about operating large heavy-duty machinery. — Brian Conrad photo Travel to an existing large-scale mining outf

System tracking software

Mining and smelting operations use analysis and tracking tools from Design Maintenance Systems Inc. (DMSI) for simplifying and streamlining maintena

Getting the skills to succeed

As of summer 2011, O'Brien Training became an Industry Training Authority-designated school, and successful students will be Red Sealed. — photo court

Gear reducer

Moving bulk material on a mine site—or from the production point to the loading or processing area—is most efficient and reliable using conveyor sys

Diamond core drill bit

Canadian manufacturer Fordia has introduced the latest addition to its Hero series of matrices: the new Hero 11 diamond core bit. The Hero 11 has be

Driving innovation

Tents are set up at the base camp at Thor Lake in the Northwest Territories, as drilling, exploration and development continue in the search for rare

An honourable distinction

Staff at the Britannia Mine Museum worked diligently to redesign the facility—and it paid off at the CMA annual national conference in Ontario. — Phot

An ear to the ground

The Comox Joint Venture is in the process of determining the scope of work needed to gain environmental approval from provincial and federal governmen

Tailings ponds made better

Centrifuge technology is allowing Syncrude to reclaim its tailings ponds with greater success. — Photo courtesy Syncrude Canada Ltd. Syncrude began o

Reusing what is not renewable

Christa Ford, a senior chemist at Teck Trail Operations, stands beside e-waste that will be recycled. — photo courtesy Teck Trail Operations In 2007,

Second time’s the charm?

The Eholt area is just north of the old Phoenix Mine, near the city of Grand Forks. — image courtesy Jim Kermeen A mining company has begun explorati

Talk in a tech-savvy world

Mark Gelsomini is fully suited up and equipped—and ready to head down into an underground mine site. — photo courtesy Mark Gelsomini Mark Gelsomini

Jazzed about communication

'Lyn Anglin (L) finds herself fired up by the possibilities that mineral exploration provides to our lives. — photo courtesy 'Lyn Anglin When Geoscie

The Yukon’s most important joint venture

Shawn Ryan and his wife, Cathy Wood, are best friends and business partners in the biggest news story in Canadian exploration. — Photo courtesy Cathy

Sky’s the limit