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Dominion Diamond Corporation announces trial results, strategies and departure of CFO
Development opportunities, including the Sable and Jay projects at the Ekati Diamond Mine, will continue to be the focus for Dominion Diamon...
Exploration.
What we constantly see when interviewing individuals for stories in Canadian Mining & Energy is that the people in the exploration industry are an optimistic bunch. These passionate prospectors confess that this character trait is essential to the job—they must bash a lot of rocks before they hit pay dirt. But for them, it’s the thrill of discovery that drives them—and their excitement is contagious.
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Geoscience BC announces 2016 scholarship winners
Rachel Chouinard, MSc Student, University of British Columbia was one of the 2016 Scholarship winners. — Photo courtesy Geoscience BC Vancou...
British Columbia
MGX Minerals taking “significant step” in the transition from exploration to mining
MGX acquired, on a trial basis with an option to purchase, a full-scale pilot plant mill for its Driftwood project near Brisco, B.C. — Photo...
Exploration
Hecla to acquire Mines Management
The portal facilities at the entrance of the Montanore Mine, in northwest Montana. — Photo courtesy Montanore COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho--(BUSINES...
British Columbia
Margaux Resources announces 2016 drilling program at Jersey Emerald Tungsten-Zinc property
The Jersey Emerald property's first record of exploration dates back to 1895 when it was explored for gold. — Photo courtesy Margaux Resourc...
Exploration
Kennady Diamonds Completes 2016 Winter Drilling Program
The Kennady Diamonds work crew completes the 2016 winter drilling program — Photo courtesy of Kennady Diamonds TORONTO, May 31, 2016 /CNW/ -...
Exploration
Uranium explorer may have uncovered massive kimberlite field in the Athabasca Basin
Rough diamond — Photo courtesy of palisade-research Sometimes mineral discoveries are made by chance. Recall Robert Friedland’s Diamond Fiel...
British Columbia
Geoscience BC receives $5 million in new funding from BC government for earth science
Geoscience BC announced that it will launch its largest airborne magnetic survey to date this summer – the Search Phase II project in west-c...
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...
Exploration
SGS Geostat wins Integra Gold Corp’s Gold Rush Challenge
The members of the SGS Geostat award-winning team were (L to R): Marcel Costa, Dave Smercina, Amanda Landriault, Doug Hatfield, Guy Desharna...
Exploration
Major uranium discovery in Athabasca Basin catalyst for strong partnership
This was the end of the 2012 drilling season at the West McArthur site. — Photo courtesy CanAlaska Canada’s Athabasca basin, located in nort...
Exploration
Signs of diamonds detected in the western Athabasca Basin
CanAlaska's diamond claims are delineated in the western Athabasca Basin. — Photo courtesy Sean Bosman CanAlaska has detected what appear to...
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. —...
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 signifi...
British Columbia
Report says shrinking land base jeopardizes B.C. mineral exploration
Mineral explorers require access to land throughout BC in their pursuit of a mineable deposit; typically the impact on land is minimal. — Ma...
Exploration
Kennady Diamonds discovers third kimberlite at Faraday
Exploration drilling at the Kennady North project has resulted in the discovery of a third kimberlite body at the high-grade Faraday kimberl...
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 fur...
Education
Tesla co-founder and CTO JB Straubel to share his energy vision with innovators at Discovery 2016
Tesla Motors co-founder and CTO JB Straubel will appear as keynote speaker at Ontario Centres of Excellence's Discovery 2016 taking place Ma...
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,...
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....
Exploration
Thinking differently sets Secova Metals apart
An outcropping skarn, running approximately 1.5 kilometres through the centre of the Duvay Project, near Amos, Quebec. — Photo courtesy Seco...
British Columbia
Taseko files Supreme Court suit against Government Of Canada
Taseko Mines Limited has filed a civil claim in the BC Supreme Court, seeking damages in relation to the New Prosperity Project decision. —...
British Columbia
Airborne survey unlocks resource potential - West-Central British Columbia
The survey, conducted in the fall of 2015, was designed to identify mineral potential in this under-explored region and provide important in...
British Columbia
Widow of geologist Michael J. Fitzgerald wins litigation and clears her late husband’s name
Over the course of 16 years, court after court unequivocally cleared Mr. Fitzgerald of accusations that he acted improperly in staking minin...