Mining

A Toronto-based exploration company has extracted an 800-tonne mini-bulk sample from its 100-per-cent owned diamond property in northeastern Ontario. Sudbury Contact Mines Ltd.

Platinum hunters Pacific North West Capital Corp. and Anglo American Platinum Corp. have approved a winter exploration program for their Agnew Lake joint venture near Sudbury.

Organizers of a November trade mission to South America intend to build a “trade bridge” between the mining sectors of Northern Ontario and Chile.

Goldcorp Inc., Placer Dome and Laurentian University’s Mining Innovation, Rehabilitation and Applied Research Corporation (MIRARCO) are teaming up to establish the world’s first virtual reality laboratory (VRL) in an active mining camp.

Goldeye Explorations Ltd.

Stocks of Rubicon Minerals Corporation began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) on Sept. 17. As a result of this graduation to Canada’s senior stock exchange, the company will delist from the TSX Venture Exchange.

By ANDREW WAREING Mining service and supply companies outside of Sudbury are taking a serious look at the benefits of banding together.

Unionized Inco Ltd. workers in Sudbury ratified a new three-year deal Aug. 28, voting 62 per cent in favour of ending a three-month strike. Voter turnout with Steelworkers Local 6500 was 77 per cent in Sudbury where 3,316 employees are members.

The future looks sparkling for Wawa.

The discovery of emeralds near Dryden should jump-start exploration in northwestern Ontario, says a provincial geologist.