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Municipalities conference returns to live format in May
Northern delegates to gather in North Bay for Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities event The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) has released a preliminary agenda for its 2022 conference. Scheduled to take place May 9-11 at the Best Western hotel in North Bay, this year’s conference will return to an in-person...
MineConnect offering Sponsorship Opportunities for Dynamic Earth Event on March 31st
MineConnect has developed a new Sponsorship and Advertising document outlining the many opportunities our members can take advantage of. We still have a couple sponsorship spots available for next weeks Northern Ontario Roadshow & Hall of Fame event at Dynamic Earth. This is a great opportunity to showcase your company...
MineConnect hosts LIVE Sudbury Event at Dynamic Earth on March 31st
Join the MineConnect team as we share details on upcoming MineConnect activities and celebrate our most recent inductee into the MineConnect Hall of Fame! Be sure to join us (and bring a friend) for this first time in a long-time opportunity to reconnect with industry colleagues and peers. Get your...
Canadian Exploration Snapshot: Seven juniors exploring the country
Canada is among the world’s premier jurisdictions for mineral exploration and mining and has become a go-to destination for the industry. Below, we present seven companies with exciting projects to watch. Arianne Phosphate Arianne Phosphate (TSXV: DAN; US-OTC: DRRSF) is focused on its shovel-ready Lac à Paul phosphate project north of...
Workplace Safety North will hold virtual event on April 27
‘Adapting to change’ the focus of mining health and safety conference Workplace Safety North (WSN) will host its annual mining health and safety conference in a virtual format on April 27. This year’s theme is “Unearthing the Way Forward” and the event is free to attend. Areas of focus include...
Sudbury innovation centre nets $418,500 from FedNor
Sudbury innovation centre NORCAT is receiving $418,500 from FedNor to continue running its Innovation Acceleration Program for another three years. The program provides eligible businesses with non-repayable grants of up to $10,000 toward innovation-related product development that will make their businesses more productive and competitive. Applicable activities include software and application development,...
Alamos Gold permitted to expand Dubreuilville-area mine
High-grade ore body pushes third wave of expansion at Island Gold Toronto’s Alamos Gold said it landed a key permit to push ahead with another phase of underground mine expansion at its prolific Island Gold Mine outside Dubreuiville. The mining company said its closure plan amendment for Island Gold has been filed...
Canada’s scrambling to fill a massive global fertilizer deficit
Nutrien Ltd. is increasing output of key crop nutrients in the face of a global shortage. But there’s only so much even the world’s largest fertilizer company can do. The Canadian company said Wednesday it would boost potash production by about 1 million metric tons in 2022 to a total of 15 million tons,...
Ontario government wants to be a world leader in critical minerals production
Provincial releases critical minerals strategy, funds early-stage exploration program and mining innovation A little more than a year after asserting that Ontario should be a world leader in the emerging net-zero economy, the provincial government released its five-year road map with its much-touted Critical Mineral Strategy. Premier Doug Ford delivered...
Northern Ontario Mining Showcase back to being a meet-and-greet live affair
Regional pavilion expected to showcase 110 mining supply exhibitors at global trade event A year after experimenting in the virtual world of networking, the largest pavilion at the world’s biggest mining show is back to being a face-to-face event. The Northern Ontario Mining Showcase is back at full strength at the Prospectors...
Turquoise Hill shareholders could score big with Rio’s bid
Shareholders in Canadian miner Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX, NYSE: TRQ), the majority owner of the vast Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia, are poised to cash in on Rio Tinto’s $2.7bn offer to buy the remaining 49% of the company it doesn’t already own, analysts say. While the non-binding buyout proposal is considered...
Canadian firm aims to double potash output in project near Brazil indigenous lands
A Canadian-owned company has proposed doubling planned output of potash from a deposit in Brazil’s Amazon to reduce the agricultural powerhouse’s dependence on fertilizer imports disrupted by the Ukraine war. Brazil Potash Corp said on Tuesday that its executives met with Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias in Ottawa and...
Noront shareholders approve sale to Wyloo Metals
$616.9-million Ring of Fire deal could be finalized on April 7 A major milestone has been reached on the path of potential mining development in the Ring of Fire. Noront Resources shareholders overwhelming approved the sale of the Toronto junior miner’s mineral assets in the Far North to Wyloo Metals...
Soaring gold prices drive exploration in Timmins-Matheson mining camp
Junior miners are growing gold ounces on the path to mine production Gold prices hovering in the US$1,920-per-ounce range is providing fuel for the exploration activity occurring east of Timmins where new players have taken root and an existing miner is evaluating expansion opportunities. The untapped gold potential in the Matheson area attracted Mayfair...
Callinex announces additional Pine Bay exploration targets
Callinex Mines Inc. has announced additional 2022 exploration targets at the company’s 100% owned Pine Bay Project, located 16 km away from processing facilities in the Flin Flon Mining District of Manitoba. The company has identified a number of high priority targets from vectoring completed during the 2021 exploration campaign along the...
Webequie First Nation digs in against rebooting Ottawa’s Ring of Fire Regional Assessment
The closest community to the Ring of Fire mineral belt is pushing back against a campaign to reboot Ottawa’s Regional Assessment process. “Webequie First Nation does not think there is a need for an Indigenous-led Regional Assessment,” said the leadership of the Ojibway community, situated more than 100 kilometres west of...
MAG Silver acquires Gatling Exploration in all-share deal
MAG Silver Corp. (TSX: MAG) announced on Friday the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Canadian junior miner Gatling Exploration Inc. (TSXV: GTR) in an all-share transaction. Gatling shareholders would receive approximately 0.017 of an MAG common share of for each Gatling share held, thus valuing Gatling at approximately C$0.40...
New Member Announcement: Sault Ste. Marie Airport Development Corporation
MineConnect is proud to announce that we have a NEW associate member… Sault Ste. Marie Airport Development Corporation! Situated on the original meeting grounds of the Batchewana and Anishinabek people in the heart of the Great Lakes, the Sault Ste. Marie Airport is located on 1,800 acres of land south-west...
Sanctioned Russian nickel could slow global EV adoption – report
Sanctioning Russian nickel will slow the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and hinder the decarbonization of Western economies, according to a new report from GlobalData. The result – such actions will simply mean Western countries will be more reliant on Russian oil and gas for longer,” the analysts argue. According...
Argonaut Gold selects new president to tackle Dubreuilville mine project
Larry Radford brings 35 years of operations knowledge to Toronto mining company Toronto’s Argonaut Gold has selected Larry Radford is its new president and CEO of Argonaut Gold, effective March 21. He succeeds company founder Pete Dougherty who left the company just before last Christmas. It’ll be Radford’s job to get the Magino...
Ask the Expert: The Saskatchewan Potash Industry – Get your piece of the action!
MineConnect hosts their next Ask The Expert Webinar Session on March 24th! Saskatchewan is the number one producer of potash in the world, followed by Russia and Belarus. Potash prices are soaring to record levels and Canadian operations are running “flat out”. May opportunities exist in both underground operations and...
GM ramps up EV push with plans to make battery materials in Canada
General Motors Co and South Korea’s POSCO Chemical will build a $400 million facility to produce battery materials in Canada as the carmaker ramps up plans to produce mainly electric vehicles (EVs) in the future, the companies said on Monday. The plant will produce cathode active material (CAM) for vehicle batteries in...
Construction set to begin at Temiskaming cobalt, nickel refinery
Approval of closure plan greenlights Electra Battery Material to build solvent extraction plant this spring New construction to expand a Temiskaming cobalt and nickel refinery begins this spring. Electra Battery Materials announced March 7 that the pouring of concrete will begin with a few weeks for a solvent extraction plant at...
Purchase your BDT Supporters Special ticket before Friday
Purchase your BDT Supporters Special ticket before Friday! This is a special ticket only made available to previous BDT supporters for a limited time! Not only will you have access to the March 22 BDT kick off, BUT you’ll also gain access to the BDT Insider Platform for six months...
New gold finder to dig into the Dryden area
Sudbury’s Manitou Gold is selling its northwestern Ontario gold exploration properties in the Dryden area to Dryden Gold Corp., a privately-owned company. The option agreement involves the Kenwest and Gaffney properties, which are being sold for $7 million. Manitou receives four million shares of Dryden Gold and retains a 1 per cent...
