Mining

Ring of Fire junior miner, KWG Resources, is launching a social media campaign to promote its proposed Ring of Fire Bill to Ontario election candidates and voters. The campaign was launched June 1 and will run until the June 12 election day.

Assay results from its 2014 exploration drilling program are encouraging, says Detour Gold .

Superior Copper Corp. is undertaking a 25,000-metre drill program at its property near Sault Ste. Marie. The drilling will start on June 15.

SGX Resources has completed an agreement giving it a 100 per cent interest in Timmins-area property. According to a news release, the agreement, between SGX and Shoreacres Exploration Ltd., dates from May, 2010.

Nordex Explosives of Kirkland Lake continues to make progress with its Western Canada with its expansion plans.

Temex Resources Corp. is describing results from a recent drill program on its Whitney gold project in Timmins as “exceptional.” Highlights include a hole showing 49.53 grams per tonne (g/t) of gold over 6 metres, and 48.09 g/t of gold over 4.

Former Liberty Mines president-CEO Chris Stewart has been appointed Kirkland Lake Gold’s vice-president of operations. In a May 27 release, Stewart is credited with the successful turnaround strategy implemented at Liberty, now Northern Sun Corp.

If Cliffs Natural Resources has any interest in shedding its Ontario chromite properties in the Ring of Fire, Alan Coutts said Noront Resources is, potentially, a willing buyer.

KWG Resources wants to inject the Ring of Fire into Monday’s provincial leaders’ Northern debate by placing an ad in one of Canada’s largest newspapers.

International Montoro Resources has started communication with a trio of Aboriginal stakeholders before going ahead with mineral exploration on its Pecors property near Elliot Lake.