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Sudbury mining camp remains active with explorers
Magna Mining, the redevelopers of a decommissioned INCO property near Whitefish, reported some high-grade nickel hits last week from its first drilling program at the former Crean Hill Mine.
Palladium hunter secures funds to advance Thunder Bay mine project
Clean Air Metals secures financing for exploration and pre-feasibility study at Thunder Bay North Project
Teck sells closed Quintette coal mine for $120 million
The Quintette steelmaking coal mine has been on care and maintenance since 2000.
New Member Announcement: Story Environmental and Geomatics
MineConnect would like to introduce its NEWEST corporate member… Story Environmental and Geomatics!
Member Spotlight – City Welding Sudbury Ltd.
MineConnect congratulates the Brouillette family for providing 50 years of specialized services and products to the northern Ontario mining community.
Season’s Greetings!
Season's Greetings from all of us at MineConnect!
Geraldton open-pit construction reaches the half-way mark
Greenstone Gold Mines making progress cleaning up old mine site to make way for a new one
Koba acquires two lithium pegmatite projects in Canada
Koba Resources has announced that it has acquired two additional high-quality lithium pegmatite projects acquired in world-class lithium districts in Quebec and Ontario, Canada.
Junior miner invites partner for Temiskaming cobalt project
Brixton Metals hits high-grade cobalt at former Langis silver mine
New Member Announcement: Battery Battery
MineConnect would like to introduce its NEWEST corporate member… Battery Battery! Battery Battery is a Battery Specialist located in North Bay and Timmins with deliveries to Sudbury and all points in between. Specializing in all types of vehicle and equipment batteries, they carry Interstate, Optima, Odyssey, Trojan, Full River, Yuasa,...
Save the date: MineConnect AGM
Join us February 9th for the 2023 MineConnect AGM!
Gates, Bezos-backed KoBold Metals to build copper-cobalt mine in Zambia
KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, has committed $150 million to developing the Mingomba copper-cobalt mine in Zambia, said to be the world’s highest-grade undeveloped large deposit of the orange metal.
Ontario Critical Minerals Innovation Fund Application Deadline
Applications to the Critical Minerals Innovation Fund are now being accepted on Transfer Payment Ontario until Friday, January 27th at 11:59 p.m. ET.
A Message from CEMI/MICA: Vale In-The-Hole (ITH) Hole Cleaning Request for solutions
CEMI/MICA have launched an In-The-Hole (ITH) Plugged Holes Cleaning request for solutions on behalf of MICA member, Vale. The request is open until January 16, 2023 11:59 pm EST They are reaching out to our network of innovators to identify potential solutions for this request.
Pakistan top court ratifies Barrick’s Reko Diq project settlement
The $7bn project is claimed to host one of the world’s largest undeveloped open-pit copper-gold porphyry deposits.
Vale to break out base metals business, sell stake in 2023
The Rio de Janeiro-based firm will separate the base metal assets from its iron ore operations and unveil a strategic partner in the first half of next year, Chief Executive Officer Eduardo Bartolomeo and Chief Financial Officer Gustavo Pimenta said in an interview. An initial public offering is off the...
Ottawa’s critical mineral strategy calls for faster project approvals
New federal strategy calls for 'one project, one assessment'
Canada unveils new critical minerals strategy eyeing ‘generational opportunity’
Nearly $4 billion in federal funding for the new Critical Minerals Strategy was announced today in both Vancouver and Sudbury. MPs Viviane Lapointe and Marc Serré made the announcement locally in conjunction with Sudbury Mayor Paul Lefebvre and members of City Council. Sudbury is well positioned for this opportunity.
Recap of MineConnect’s Successful Visit to Timmins
Catch up on all the news from our recent visit to Timmins!
Local mining company expanding operations to West Ferris
The purchase of land from the City of North Bay paves the way for the ongoing growth of Nordic Minesteel through the construction of its new production and office facility
Government of Canada approves the Marathon Palladium project
Seven Indigenous groups participated in the environmental assessment process.
Ontario launches a critical minerals innovation fund to try and boost the economy
The fund will support Ontario-based innovation that will help build the supply chain for clean technologies, including electric vehicles, by connecting mineral resources in the north with the manufacturing might of the south.
Equinox Gold sells massive stake in Solaris Resources
Equinox is developing its 60%-owned Greenstone project in Ontario and in a recent corporate presentation noted that it is on track to start production there with its first gold pour in the first half of 2024.
It is in the budget: new measures for mining companies and a new super flow-through financing tax credit for investors
As part of the government’s push for economic growth in industries in which critical minerals play an essential role, the federal budget proposes to provide up to $3.8 billion in support over eight years to implement Canada’s first critical minerals strategy, and introduces a new “super flow-through” 30% critical mineral...
Canada’s largest gold mine, an open pit in northern Ont., looks to expand underground
In one of the company’s first public addresses since merging with Kirkland Lake Gold in February, Andre Leite, Agnico Eagle’s Ontario vice-president, said he sees growth potential in northeastern Ontario.
