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Teck Resources Releases Preliminary Guidance for Steelmaking Coal Volumes and Costs

April 4, 2017

Teck Resources Limited released its preliminary guidance for second quarter steelmaking coal volumes and costs, and an update to its guidance for the first quarter of 2017. Steelmaking coal sales volumes for the second quarter of 2017 are expected to

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First Cobalt to Acquire Historic Keeley-Frontier Silver-Cobalt Mine, Northern Ontario

April 4, 2017

First Cobalt Corp. has secured an option to acquire 100 percent of the historic Keeley-Frontier silver-cobalt mine in Northern Ontario, the largest past producer of cobalt in the Silver Center mining camp. HIGHLIGHTS • Keeley and Frontier mines produced over

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New Mine Safety Bills Fire Up Tensions in Coal Country

April 3, 2017

Two mining bills designed to eliminate safety checks for the coal industry have reignited smoldering tensions between miners and mine owners. In West Virginia, lawmakers advanced revisions to a controversial bill that originally would have eliminated state safety checks at

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Matamec Advances Its Kipawa Rare Earths Project, Canada

April 3, 2017

Matamec Explorations Inc. has advanced its flagship Kipawa project, a rare earths deposit enriched in heavies. Since 2015, Matamec has been focused on research to develop innovative methods to improve and optimize the mining and processing at Kipawa. “We have

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Firma’s Grace Point Mining and MX Gold Advance Magistral Project Towards Production, Mexico

April 3, 2017

Firma Holdings Corp.‘s subsidiary Gracepoint Mining Corp. and in partnership with MX Gold Corp., the Magistral Project Management Committee has hired a project manager, completed internal project assessments and formally engaged the mining construction firm “Componentes Mineros” for a turn-key

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Trump Signs Executive Order Rolling Back Measures to Boost Energy Production

April 3, 2017

President Trump moved Tuesday to unravel a host of energy regulations imposed by his predecessor, targeting in particular the Obama administration’s signature program that was intended to curb carbon emissions – but blasted by Republicans for hurting the already-struggling coal

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Victoria Gold Awards Engineering Phase for Eagle Project to JDS/Hatch Team, Canada

April 3, 2017

Victoria Gold Corp. has awarded engineering for its Eagle Project to JDS Energy & Mining in partnership with Hatch (JDS/Hatch). Victoria has been undertaking engineering activities on certain critical project elements, such as the heap leach pad, since delivery of

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Amec Foster Wheeler Signs MOU to Develop Muskowekwan Potash Project, Canada

April 3, 2017

Amec Foster Wheeler has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Muskowekwan Resources Ltd (MRL), a wholly-owned operating company of the Muskowekwan First Nations and Encanto Potash Corp. MRL and Encanto have a joint venture agreement to develop the Muskowekwan

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Goldcorp to Acquire Exeter Resource for CAD$247 Million

April 3, 2017

Exeter Resource Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement with Goldcorp Inc., whereby Goldcorp will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Exeter under a plan of arrangement for consideration of 0.12 of a Goldcorp share for each Exeter share,

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Comstock Mining Receives Nevada Site Certification for Its Silver Springs Property, Nevada

April 3, 2017

Comstock Mining Inc. has received the Nevada Certified Site accreditation from the Northern Nevada Development Authority (NNDA) on its strategically situated, 98-acre industrial property in Silver Springs, Nevada, in immediate proximity of the super-routed USA Parkway and Highway 50 intersection.

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