WHITEHORSE - The Federal government has taken control of cleaning up a lead and zinc mine in Yukon, 20 years after the former operators declared bankruptcy and abandoned the site. Yukon's abandoned mines director, Stephen Mead, says Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada officially took the
The company said in a press release on Wednesday (May 2) that building a refinery would make Gamsberg a "fully integrated zinc production site, with the mine, concentrator and smelter-refinery complex at single location, making it the first integrated zinc manufacturing facility in South Africa." Zinc has
The mine restart is well advanced, with first production expected in 2018's third quarter, at an initial capacity of 8 million tonnes per annum. Once in production this rate will be ramped up over a 15 month period, to 15Mtpa. In its time the Century zinc mine in Queensland's Lower Gulf of Carpentaria was one
Trevali Mining Corp. [TV-TSX, Lima; TREVF-OTCQX, 4T1-FSE] said Tuesday May 1 its majority-owned Rosh Pinah Zinc Corp. (Proprietary) Ltd. (RPZC) in Namibia will, subject to receipt of Companies Registration Office and Registrar approval, undertake a partial share buyback of issued RPZC shares
Jim Walchuck, President and CEO of Zinc One commented, "The current drill program at the Mina Chica zone continues to expand the deposit, and will potentially have a positive impact on the resource estimate at the Bongar?? Zinc Mine Project expected to be released in Q3 2018. Needless to say, the drill
Rising fears about trade protectionism have taken the shine off most base metals but zinc's bearish outlook has more to do with new supply; and lots of it. The metal, mainly used to galvanize steel, has more than doubled since hitting multi-year lows in January 2016 after the shutdown of major mines
Mineral exploration can involve a fair amount of science that helps geologists guess where precious metals might be buried. But at the end of the day, it also involves poking a lot of holes in the ground, at great expense, hoping to hit a deposit of gold or zinc or copper. Thanks to the work of scientists at the
Cochrane says the zinc market has a history of price spikes, and miners have progressively carved out a larger share of zinc revenues, compared with smelters. Cochrane's data shows that the average price spike lasted about 2.5 years, but had been getting longer in recent periods. Meanwhile, miners are
Donald R. Taylor, chief operating officer of Arizona Mining (TSX:AZ), received an award from the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada this year for the 2014 discovery of the Arizona-based Taylor lead-zinc-silver deposit. Taylor took some time to chat with the Investing News Network during the
Trevali produced nearly 80 million lb of payable zinc at its Caribou underground zinc mine in Canada's New Brunswick province in 2017, more than double the mine's 2016 output of 36.7 million lb. Caribou's lead and silver production also doubled in 2017 to nearly 31 million lb and 890,000 oz, respectively
VANCOUVER, March 13, 2018 /CNW/ - Blue Moon Zinc Corp. (TSXV: MOON; US OTC: BMOOF) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that Peter A. Ball has joined the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Ball brings over 25 years of extensive experience and leadership as a mining professional. He is currently an
Nevada Zinc drilled the first core hole at the Lone Mountain zinc project since the 1940s, reported Mining Journal. The highlight was a 16.62m interval averaging 12.79 percent Zn and 8.84 percent Pb (21.63 percent Zn+Pb) within an overall intercept of 91.5m at 7.67 percent Zn and 1.93 percent Pb (9.58
"Being a primary zinc producer, the company shows heightened sensitivity to zinc prices versus its peers." 3. Trevali has free cash flow, which it can use to repay debt and fund exploration, resource expansion and acquisitions. This cash flow comes from the newly acquired mines and from an elevated zinc
The Indicated Mineral Resources for El Domo total 8.8 million tonnes grading 1.62% copper, 0.27% lead, 2.42% zinc, 2.34 g/t gold, and 48 g/t silver. The Inferred Mineral Resources for El Domo total 2.6 million tonnes grading 1.29% copper, 0.14% lead, 1.51% zinc, 1.09 g/t gold, and 29 g/t silver (see January 31, 2018 news
The mining project with PRC involvement closest to production is the world's northernmost: the Citronen Fjord iron and zinc mine at 83 degrees north latitude. Ironbark, its Australian owner, intends to work with state-owned China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group (?,-?> 1/2 aeoe????????,??>+?>?) to finance and build the
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MGX Minerals Inc. ("MGX" or the "Company") (CSE:XMG) (FKT:1MG) (OTCQB:MGXMF) is pleased to announce it has commenced optimization of charging and oxygen fuel generation functions for its zinc air fuel cell battery as part of the mass
A zinc explorer has commenced drilling at its flagship drilling project in Ireland, home to some of the world's largest zinc deposits. Group Eleven Resources, through a joint venture partnership with Connemara Mining, has announced that drilling has commenced at the company's zinc project in Ireland while
Industry officials are also watching to see what impact the new mining code will have on the supply of cobalt. That's because the DRC currently accounts for about 54% of the world's cobalt production. Any increase in the cost of doing business in the DRC may only serve to further tighten the supply of cobalt
Connemara Mining PLC (LON:CON) is pleased that joint venture partner Group Eleven Resources Corp (CVE:ZNG) is to restart drilling at a key asset, the Stonepark Zinc project in Limerick, Ireland, in the next few weeks. Group Eleven has a 76.56% interest, while Connemara has 23.44%. The former aims