Mining

A Vancouver junior miner that’s digging for high-grade silver near Temiskaming Shores is working with a First Nation band to explore around a former underground mine.

Ministry of Labour inspectors conducted a safety blitz last fall at mine and exploration sites to check up on adherence to safety training programs. Of 78 field visits at 67 mining workplaces between Oct. 1 and Nov.

An inquest has been called in the 2011 death of a worker at the Hoyle Pond Mine in Timmins. Dr.

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The first production blast at Harte Gold’s Sugar Zone project is set for June 30. The Toronto miner announced in a May 12 release it is making the transitioning from mining development ore to production ore at its gold deposit near White River.

The opening day of the Sudbury Protocol Conference got off to a shaky start with plenty of unanswered questions thrust upon the organizers.

A new Laurentian University industrial research chair position in bio-mining, bio-remediation and science communication has the potential to kickstart a new industry in Sudbury that could create hundreds, or even thousands of jobs, said the director

Rockex Mining said it’s sealed the deal with a venture capital firm to advance its Lake St. Joseph iron ore and milling project, near Sioux Lookout.

Kapuskasing Gold has inked a memorandum of understanding with Flying Post and Mattagami First Nations on its recently acquired West Keefer property, near Timmins.

De Beers Victor diamond mine was presented with the John T. Ryan Award for 2015 at the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) Awards Gala in Vancouver, May 2.