Around the North

Establishing a new central warehouse located in New Liskeard has given Temiskaming Industrial Minign Equipment Limited (TIME) reason to celebrate, with an open house scheduled for May 21.

Having received a technical report for the McGarry site, 40 kilometres east of Kirkland Lake, Armistice officials have announced their intention to move the gold project towards production.

Residents, industry and government representatives had the opportunity to hear about BacTech Mining Corporation's proposed plans for a bioleach plant in the Cobalt at a town-hall meeting held at the Haileybury School of Mines.

Much of Northern Ontario's political leadership will be on hand at the Holiday Inn in Sudbury from May 6 - 8 for a joint summit between the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

Sudbury secondary schools are competing on May 7 to see who has the best design for head frames used in local mines in the Popsicle Stick Head Frame Competition. The competition is at Cambrian College’s eDome and runs from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

A made-in-Timmins solution for reducing the financial burden carried by hauling firms has been adopted by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce at its annual general meeting, which ran May 1-3.

A pair of awards have highlighted the long-time efforts of two employees with the Ontario Geological Survey (OGS).

The Matawa First Nations are speaking out against the recently proposed legislation to modernize Ontario's Mining Act, berating it as failing to take sufficient input from their people into account during the consultation process.

Ontario businesses and government must find new ways to work together to properly capitalize on growing world demand for environmental services, products and technology, according to a recently released study.

Ongoing drilling at the Hardrock Project in Geraldton, Northwestern Ontario continues to return high-grade gold mineralization in the Tenacity Zone, announced Premier Gold Mines Limited (TSX:PG).