Mining

Aecon Group is teaming up with the Matawa First Nations to start training programs to prepare for development in the Ring of Fire.

Temex Resources Corp. has found additional high-grade gold intersections at vertical depths of less than 70 metres from surface on the Upper Hallnor area of the Whitney Project in Timmins .

Solid Gold Resources Corp. has suspended its shares from trading on the TSX Venture Exchange for failure to have at least three directors pursuant to exchange requirements.

Cliffs Natural Resources announced July 9 that Joseph Carrabba plans to retire as company president-CEO at year's end. James Kirsch, the lead director on the Cliffs' board, steps in as elected to immediately replace Carrabba as board chairman.

Bill Thornton has been selected as the new Assistant Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines' Northern Development Division. That position will be based in Sault Ste. Marie .

Rainy River Resources and the Metis Nation of Ontario (MNO) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) surrounding the development of the junior gold miner's Rainy River Gold Project.

Armistice Resources Corp has begun shipping gold-bearing ore from its McGarry Gold Mine for processing by QMX Gold Corp. in Val-d'Or Twp., Que.

Despite a temporary suspension of milling operations earlier this year, Brigus Gold is on track to meet its original guidance.

Detour Gold continues to advance the ramp-up of its Detour Lake Mine and remains on schedule to declare commercial production in the third quarter of 2013. “The company has made steady progress in the ramp-up of the mine in the second quarter.

Kirkland Lake Gold’s 2013 fiscal year was a challenging one, according to its chairman Harry Dobson.