Mining

Zoë Yujnovich, president and CEO of the Iron Ore Company of Canada is the new chair of the Mining Association of Canada (MAC). In a June 19 release, the association announced Yujnovich is the first female chair in its 78-year history.

Augustine Ventures announced June 21 that it has entered into a financing arrangement with IBK Capital to raise up to $600,000 in financing for its Wawa Gold project.

North American Palladium announced June 19 that it has closed the first $10-million tranche of a private placement of flow-through shares for exploration work at its Lac des Iles mine near Thunder Bay .

Wesdome Gold Mines announced that it's fast tracking upgrades to its milling facility near Wawa. Kappes, Cassiday & Associates, global milling experts from Reno, NV. are the consultants.

Prophecy Platinum has completed a $5.9-million equity financing deal, part of which will go towards studies at the company’s Shakespeare PGM-nickel-copper property located west of Sudbury.

Results from drilling at Probe Mines’ Borden Gold project near Chapleau have been released and show potential for an underground operation.

While Cliffs Natural Resources has suspended work on its Black Thor environmental assessment (EA), its Ring of Fire neighbour, Noront Resources, announced its “good to go” on its Eagle's Nest Project and intends to submit its EA to the government thi

Cliffs Natural Resources announced this week it is suspending environmental assessment (EA) activities at its Black Thor chromite project in the James Bay lowlands.

Sudbury health and safety activist Homer Seguin has died at the age of 79.

Achieving economic self-sufficiency is the driving force behind an entrepreneurial-minded First Nation corporation in northwestern Ontario.