Mining

By IAN ROSS The shortage of experienced engineers is not just a Canadian problem, it's a worldwide problem. It's a job-rich but candidate deficient market for mining, electrical and mechanical engineers with heavy industry experience.

By HEIDI ULRICHSEN If there was one thing the 400 prospectors and geologists attending the Ontario Exploration and Geoscience Symposium seemed to agree upon, it was that 2007 was a banner year for mineral exploration.

By IAN ROSS To find gold beneath the glacial till of the rolling countryside near Lake of the Woods, Rainy River Resources resorted to diamond-hunting methods to map out one of the biggest gold-in-bedrock anomalies in Eastern Canada.

By NICK STEWART With every drill hole intersecting gold mineralization, Kodiak Exploration Ltd. has begun to realize the untapped potential in the Geraldton-Beardmore camp.

By NICK STEWART Despite being new to the junior exploration scene, Detour Gold Corporation has hit the ground running, anticipating a production decision on its property not two years after first putting a drill in the ground.

By IAN ROSS Marathon PGM Corp. is edging ever closer to building an open pit mine on the northeastern shore of Lake Superior. “We’ve really done a lot in short time and we’re pretty optimistic we can make this work, said CEO Phillip Walford.

By IAN ROSS Pele Mountain Resources is leading the charge behind a revival in the historic Elliot Lake uranium camp.

By IAN ROSS Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner says the Mining Act needs to be reformed.

By Kelly Louiseize It is pretty hard for government to expect mining companies to clean up after themselves when their own back yard is a little dirty.

By IAN ROSS Bob Ray’s first attempt to break into the Sudbury mining service market in the early 1990s was a tough slog.