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Preliminary study points to potential restart of graphite mine
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (512+ words) The economics look positive to revive a former graphite open-pit mine outside Burk's Falls in the Almaguin Highlands. Toronto's Global Battery Materials (GBM) released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) this week for its Kearney Graphite Project in central Ontario, projecting…...
Australian miners jockey over ownership of White River gold mine
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (370+ words) There's a bidding war among rival Australian mining companies for Vault Minerals, owners of the Sugar Zone mine north of White River. After a planned merger announced in May between Vault and Regis Resources in an all-stock deal worth A…...
Vault Minerals celebrated Canada Day with a blast at White River mine
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (334+ words) Vault Minerals marked Canada Day with its own kind of fireworks at its Sugar Zone mine, north of White River. Almost three years after underground operations were halted, Vault achieved a key milestone at Sugar Zone with the first development…...
'Monumental day' for First Mining Gold's mine project after eight-year federal review
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (363+ words) First Mining Gold has crossed the finish line with the federal environmental assessment (EA) of its Springpole'mine project in northwestern Ontario. Federal Environment Minister Julie Aviva Dabrusin signed off on Springpole'after an Impact Assessment Agency of Canada's ruling that the…...
Sudbury copper-zinc project receives provincial innovation funds
1+ week, 2+ day ago (412+ words) A Thunder Bay exploration outfit searching for copper and zinc in the Sudbury basin has snagged $700, 000 in provincial funding to advance a potential new source of essential minerals. Errington Metals'announced June 29 that funding from the Critical Minerals Innovation Fund (CMIF)…...
Former NHLer Jeremy Roenick becomes a player for Hearst graphite mine developer
1+ week, 6+ day ago (535+ words) Former NHL forward Jeremy Roenick is playing a prominent role in helping a Guelph clean-tech company open some doors in the U. S. to secure customers for Northern Ontario-mined graphite. Zentek, the owners of a highly-pure graphite deposit, outside Hearst, said it's…...
Expansion of Greenstone mine work camp has opposition
1+ week, 5+ day ago (363+ words) A Greenstone mine operator wants to extend the life of its work camp and add 120 beds, but not everyone thinks the idea is golden. Several Greenstone residents voiced opposition Wednesday evening to Greenstone Gold Mines" application for a zoning bylaw…...
Cambrian College R&D converting mine loader to electric with new federal funding
1+ week, 6+ day ago (448+ words) The federal government has provided just over $1 million to support an applied research project at Cambrian College involving converting diesel underground mining vehicles to electric. Sudbury MP Viviane Lapointe announced an investment of $1, 004, 096 for Cambrian College through Natural Resources Canada's…...
Northwestern Ontario First Nations grant conditional approval to advance mine project
3+ week, 1+ day ago (618+ words) Two northwestern Ontario First Nations have given conditional approval to advance a massive open-pit gold and silver mine and also reached an infrastructure agreement for a permanent road into the area. Cat Lake and Lac Seul announced June 16 they will…...
Vault Minerals files for key permit to restart White River mine
3+ week, 2+ day ago (500+ words) Vault Minerals has filed an amendment to its closure plan for the idled Sugar Zone mine as part of the permitting process to restart the White River-area underground mine. In a June 6 news release, the Australian company is planning to…...