Phasing out coal power plants in Atlantic Canada by 2030
The federal government’s ambitious plans to cut carbon emissions across Canada are well known. The latest undertaking is to phase out coal-fired […]
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SafeSight 5G rescue platform concept wins mining innovation award
SafeSight Exploration, based in northern Ontario, has won the Mining Technology Innovation Challenge sponsored by Rogers Communication, Dell, Norcat and the Centre […]
Sumitomo pledges $1 million to MineHub to digitize the concentrates market
Sumitomo Corp. has pledged $1 million to MineHub Technologies (TSXV:MHUB; OTC:MHUBF) to accelerate the digitization of the concentrates market. The funds will […]
Lundin backs Filo del Sol project in Argentina by joining $100M placement
Filo Mining (TSX: FIL; NASDAQ: FIL; OTC:FLMMF) is making a non-brokered private placement of approximately 4.7 million common shares at a price […]
Osisko Development expands portfolio with acquisition of Trixie gold mine in Utah
The recent discovery of an ultra-high grade structure positions Trixie as one of the highest grade gold mines in the world, Osisko says.
Who was Skookum Jim?
Among the thousands of people who searched for gold amid the rivers and creeks of the Klondike in the late 1890s, Skookum […]
Unearthing Black history in the mining industry in Canada
In recent years, Black history in Canada has received growing attention, as topics such as slavery, civil rights struggles, the origins of […]
Canada’s first mining scandal
Most mining industry insiders remember the Bre-X scandal of 1997 as Canada’s, and possibly the world’s, worst case of stock and mining […]
History of mining: Mining the Americas in deep time
If you ask the average person in the street when they think the history of mining begins in the Americas, they might […]