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Canadian juniors shifting focus to Africa, away from South America

Mar. 6, 2019, 2:33 PM / Frik Els

The State of Mining Finance 2019 report produced by the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) and junior financing tracker Oreninc, shows Toronto's stock exchanges managed to bump its share of global exploration capital up to 44%.However, the value of equity raised by juniors on the TSX and TSX-V decreased by 58% and 23% in 2018 respectively.There is also a change in the way explor...Read More

Avesoro releases New Liberty underground PFS

Mar. 6, 2019, 2:26 PM / Canadian Mining Journal Staff

Toronto-based Avesoro Resources has released the pre-feasibility study for its New Liberty gold mine. The open pit is the country's first and largest commercial gold mine. The new PFS examines development of an underground mine.According to the PFS, the life of the project will be extended seven years to 2029 based on current proven and probable reserves. The open pit reserves are 4.9 million to...Read More

Avesoro releases New Liberty underground PFS

Mar. 6, 2019, 2:26 PM / Canadian Mining Journal Staff

Toronto-based Avesoro Resources has released the pre-feasibility study for its New Liberty gold mine. The open pit is the country's first and largest commercial gold mine. The new PFS examines development of an underground mine.According to the PFS, the life of the project will be extended seven years to 2029 based on current proven and probable reserves. The open pit reserves are 4.9 million to...Read More

SGS launches FAST solutions for the mineral industry

Mar. 6, 2019, 2:18 PM / Canadian Mining Journal Staff

SGS Canada is launching a new service for the metals and mining industry - Field Analytical Services and Testing (FAST), in North America and Australia. FAST provides real-time data acquisition in the field by pairing portable instrumentation and machine learning. It will bring instrumentation into the field, provide data within 24 to 48 hours and, with the use of machine learning, enable real-ti...Read More

SGS launches FAST solutions for the mineral industry

Mar. 6, 2019, 2:18 PM / Canadian Mining Journal Staff

SGS Canada is launching a new service for the metals and mining industry - Field Analytical Services and Testing (FAST), in North America and Australia. FAST provides real-time data acquisition in the field by pairing portable instrumentation and machine learning. It will bring instrumentation into the field, provide data within 24 to 48 hours and, with the use of machine learning, enable real-ti...Read More

Goodman School of Mines expands into Latin America

Mar. 6, 2019, 2:07 PM / Canadian Mining Journal Staff

The Goodman School of Mines at Laurentian University and the Core Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding this week aiming to promote the school's education and research activities in Peru, Chile and Brazil.Osman Abou-RabiaThe Core Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to create new knowledge, discovery and innovation in Latin America."Countries like Peru need our strong...Read More

Zimbabwe to scrap platinum and diamond mine ownership rules

Mar. 6, 2019, 12:20 PM / Bloomberg News

Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said a rule requiring local investors to control platinum mines will be scrapped and foreigners will be allowed to own 100% in a bid to revive investment."We are removing that indigenization rule, which is discouraging foreign direct investment," Ncube said in an interview with Bloomberg Television in Washington. "We say Zimbabwe is open for business; you c...Read More

ArcelorMittal reaches railway deal, resumes output at Bosnia mine

Mar. 6, 2019, 11:38 AM / Reuters

ArcelorMittal has agreed to a provisional transportation deal with a Bosnian regional railway company, the steelmaker said on Wednesday, allowing production to resume at its iron ore mines in northwestern Bosnia.Production at the mine was halted after talks on the deal with the Zeljeznice RS railway company collapsed last week. Transportation of iron ore was also halted.ArcelorMittal, the world's...Read More

Siyata Mobile Demonstrating Uniden (R) UV350with AT&T Enhanced Push-to-Talk at IWCE 2019

March 06, 2019 11:36:46 / Staff reporter

Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM | OTCQX: SYATF) (the "Company" or "Siyata"), is pleased to announce the Company is demonstrating the Uniden (R) UV350 vehicle mounted cellular device integrated with AT&T Enhanced Push-to-Talk at the International Wireless Communication Expo (IWCE) in Las Vegas March 6-7 at the Uniden Cellular booth #648.Marc Seelenfreund CEO of Siyata Mobile...Read More

Ontario-Saskatchewan Joint Statement on Creating, Protecting Jobs in the Mining Industry

March6, 2019 11:00 A.M. / Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Greg Rickford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines for Ontario, and Bronwyn Eyre, Minister of Energy and Resources for Saskatchewan, released the following statement today regarding Bill C-69, legislation that threatens resource jobs across Canada:"The governments of Ontario and Saskatchewan held a roundtable discussion with industry leaders at the Prospectors and Developers Associa...Read More

Anglo American the pick of the majors in London ($) |

Wed Mar 06 09:50:40 2019 / Staff reporter

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Global Mineral Professionals Alliance launches tailings initiative

Mar. 6, 2019, 7:07 AM / MINING.com Staff

The Global Mineral Professionals Alliance (GMPA) announced the launch of the Global Action on Tailings initiative, aimed at dealing with the challenges around mine waste, particularly tailings.The GMPA is an organization comprised of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy; the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum; the Peruvian Institute of Mining Engineers; the Insti...Read More

Troubadour to acquire historic gold rush-era Zeballos mining camp

Mar. 6, 2019, 7:05 AM / MINING.com Staff

Troubadour Resources (TSXV: TR) announced that it signed a letter of intent with Surespan and its wholly-owned subsidiary Privateer Gold to obtain an option to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Privateer Gold.Privateer Gold is the owner of the Surespan gold property, which is made up of crown granted mineral claims and mineral tenures that cover approximately 13 square kilometres...Read More

FinCanna Receives US$3.9 million Repayment from Cultivation Technologies Inc.

March 06, 2019 04:29:20 / Staff reporter

Vancouver, British Columbia March 6, 2019 - FinCanna Capital Corp. ("FinCanna") (CSE: CALI) (OTCQB: FNNZF) a royalty company for the U.S. licensed medical cannabis industry announces that it has received US$3.9 million as partial repayment of an outstanding secured loan from Cultivation Technologies Inc. ("CTI"). These funds were generated from the sale of CTI's Coachella property as initially ann...Read More

Gold Mine: March 2019: A-1 Guaranteed Heating and Air Conditioning considers whole home

Wed Mar 06 04:20:33 2019 / Staff reporter

VALLEJO - Richard and Krissy Hiteshew opened the doors to their own business 23 years ago on Valentine's Day.The idea to run his own business came to Richard Hiteshew after working for a company that didn't really fit with what he wanted for his life."My daughter had a birthday aRead full newsRead More

$DLR - Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR) Management Presents at Raymond James 40th Annual Institutional Investors Co...

Wed Mar 06 01:14:05 2019 / Staff reporter

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Mexican president cancels gold mine

Wed Mar 06 01:01:35 2019 / Staff reporter

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he's cancelling a gold mining project in Baja California Sur state over concerns about water supplies.Read full newsRead More

Newmont Mining rejects hostile takeover bid from Canada's Barrick Gold

Wed Mar 06 01:01:34 2019 / Staff reporter

The board of US mining company Newmont on Monday unanimously rejected a hostile takeover bid from Canadian rival Barrick Gold, saying its own merger with Goldcorp was a better option.Toronto-based Barrick announced the takeover offer last week, proposing a share swap that would have combined the worldRead full newsRead More

Kazatomprom uranium sales jump 65%

Mar. 6, 2019, 12:48 AM / Reuters

Kazakh uranium miner Kazatomprom expects further revenue growth this year on higher prices, it said on Wednesday after posting a 112 percent jump in 2018 adjusted net profit on higher sales volumes and prices.London-listed Kazatomprom's net income adjusted for one-off transactions stood at 66.8 billion tenge (about $177 million), it said in a statement.The world's biggest uranium miner said it exp...Read More

$GE - General Electric's (GE) CEO Larry Culp on J.P. Morgan Aviation, Transportation and Industrials Conference - T...

Wed Mar 06 00:39:10 2019 / Staff reporter

"$GE - General Electric's (GE) CEO Larry Culp on J.P. Morgan Aviation, Transportation and Industrials Conference - Transcript https://t.co/v6NxwfepcD"Read full newsRead More

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