Mining

Vale Canada made a splash at the Prospectors and Developers Association annual conference in Toronto with news that a feasibility study of its Copper Cliffs Deep nickel project in Sudbury will be completed by year’s end.

Employees of 21 Northern Ontario companies have completed the Strategic Export Marketing Program , a component of the Mining Supply and Services Export Assistance Program .

Kerr Mines is aiming to raise $5 million in working capital through a non-brokered private placement.

Sudbury’s Penguin Automated Systems Inc. is getting $1 million in federal funding to develop a remote-controlled assessment and removal robotic system for use in underground mines.

A surface exploration drilling program has yielded a new discovery for Kirkland Lake Gold. The company reported Feb. 25 of a new high-grade zone near its Macassa Gold Mine in northeastern Ontario.

If all goes to plan, Noront Resources could begin work on its Eagle's Nest project in the Ring of Fire by 2017, said the Paul Parisotto, the company's chairman and director.

Temex Resources Corp. has filed NI 43-101 resource reports for its Juby gold and Whitney gold projects near Timmins . The Juby project, owned 100 per cent by Temex, is located near Shining Tree, south of Timmins, and covers 14,423 acres.

A group of Northern Ontario mining-related companies and organizations will be planting a big flag at one of the world’s largest mining shows next week.

Companies in Northern Ontario’s mining supply and service sector will be promoted in conjunction with the annual Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto next week.

The province has been silent on the future of a proposed $1.8-billion refinery in Capreol, that would have been tied to Cliffs Natural Resources' involvement in the Ring of Fire. Cliffs stopped work on its $3.