Mining

Transition Metals and its subsidiary, Sudbury Platinum Corp. (SPC), have found new highly conductive drill-ready targets at their Aer-Kidd nickel-copper-PGM project in Sudbury.

Gowest Gold signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Swiss-based United Commodities AG (UC) in moving toward an agreement that will see future concentrate from Gowest’s Bradshaw gold deposit processed at UC’s facility in North Cobalt.

The construction of an open-pit base metals mine near the shores of Lake Superior could be three years away at the earliest, said the Montana mining company that is developing it.

Brigus Gold Corp. reported annual production of 98,710 ounces of gold from its Black Fox mine in Timmins, including fourth quarter production of 21,916 ounces of gold.

The Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) received $15 million in federal funding for its Ultra Deep Mining Network, announced Greg Rickford, Minister of State for Science and Technology.

Detour Gold ’s Detour Lake Mine, located north of Cochrane, fell short of its 2013 operation targets.

Vancouver-based New Gold released its feasibility study for its Rainy River gold project near Fort Frances in northwestern Ontario. The company is projecting 325,000 ounces of annual gold production during the first nine years of operation.

Northern College ’s Apprenticeship, Community and Corporate Training (ACCT) division has partnered with the Hamlet of Arviat, Nunavut, to develop and deliver a welding trade readiness program in Arviat.

A Sudbury -based junior mining company isn't ruling out a settlement agreement with the province to relinquish its claims on its dormant gold properties in northwestern Ontario after a dispute with a First Nation community.

One of the discoverers of the Elliot Lake uranium deposits was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, Jan. 17 in Toronto. Consulting geologist David S.