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Primero Mining Launches Challenge Against Mexican Gov’t Over Tax Demand for Its San Dimas Mine

June 8, 2016

A Canadian mining company’s NAFTA challenge against Mexico could throw a wrench into the “Three Amigos” summit on June 29, when the leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico will gather in Ottawa. Primero Mining Corp., which owns the

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Peabody Energy Sues Bowie Resources Over Failed Colorado and Mexico Mine Sale

June 8, 2016

The owner of two mines that were up for sale in northwest New Mexico is headed to court in search of a $20 million termination fee. An indirect subsidiary of St. Louis-based Peabody Energy Corp. filed an adversary proceeding Wednesday

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Arch Coal Lays Off 80 Miners at West Elk Coal Mine, Colorado

June 8, 2016

Arch Coal Inc., one of the biggest coal producers in the nation and the owner of Colorado’s biggest coal mine, the West Elk coal mine in Gunnison County, will lay off 80 people at the mine. The West Elk mine

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Crews Search for Miners in Friday’s Landslide at Green Brothers Gravel Pit, Mississippi

June 8, 2016

Rescue crews on Monday continued trying to reach two miners buried since Friday in the collapse of a gravel pit in Mississippi. In an update Monday afternoon on what it’s now calling a recovery effort, the U.S. Mine Safety and

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Alexandria Minerals Strengthens Relationship with Matchewan First Nation, Signs MOU, Ontario

June 7, 2016

Alexandria Minerals Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Matachewan First Nation (MFN) in relation to mineral claims Alexandria holds on its Wydee Property, located northwest of the Young-Davidson Gold Mine in Matachewan, Ontario. The MOU strengthens the

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Aurcana Initiates PEA on Shafter Silver Project, Texas

June 7, 2016

Aurcana Corporation has initiated a preliminary economic assessment on the company’s 100 percent owned Shafter Silver Project, in Presidio County, Texas. The PEA will provide a base-case assessment for the further development of the existing mineral resource and the recommencement

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Energy Department Selects Projects to Demonstrate Feasibility of Usable Water from CO2 Storage Sites

June 7, 2016

The Department of Energy has selected two projects that will test emerging enhanced water recovery (EWR) technologies for their potential to produce useable water from carbon dioxide (CO2) storage sites. The two projects were competitively selected from the five Brine

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Goldrich Mining Commences Mining at Its Chandalar Gold Mine, Alaska

June 7, 2016

Goldrich Mining Company has commenced mining at the Chandalar gold project in Alaska. Favorable spring weather conditions allowed Goldrich to begin processing stockpiled pay gravel approximately three weeks ahead of the normal mid-June start of the production season. Mining of

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Pure Energy Minerals Commences Next Stage of Permitting at CVS Lithium Brine Project, Nevada

June 6, 2016

Pure Energy Minerals Limited has engaged SRK Consulting to conduct environmental baseline monitoring at the company’s Clayton Valley South Lithium Brine Project (CVS Project) in Nevada. The immediate purpose of this work is to support the filing of anticipated regulatory

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Champion Iron Establishes Mine Plan to Bring Bloom Lake Mine Back Into Production, Quebec

June 6, 2016

Champion Iron Limited is positioning to be one of the lowest capital cost iron ore mines in the world. With planning underway at the recently acquired Bloom Lake Mine in Québec, Champion is optimistic that the mine’s new owner, Quebec

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