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2 weeks ago | 
magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson
Welcome back to your weekly mining news recap, where we catch you up on some of the news you may have missed. This week’s headlines include Defense Metals filing a prefeasibility study for its Wicheeda rare earth project in B.C., U.S. President Trump moving to revive American coal production and Barrick Gold eyeing a name change amid copper refocus. Wesdome Gold Mines plans to acquire junior exploration company Angus Gold for a deal valued at $40 million.
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2 weeks ago | 
magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson
Winsome Resources announced a strategic partnership with carbon removal registry Isometric on Jan. 28, to advance its carbon sequestration strategy for the Renard site in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay region of Quebec. This initiative will also support the development of Winsome’s nearby flagship Adina lithium project, as the company has the exclusive option to acquire the Renard diamond mine—which was idled in 2023—and repurpose its infrastructure to process ore from the Adina project.
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2 weeks ago | 
magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson
In response to U.S. President Donald Trump's recent tariffs, China imposed export restrictions on rare earth elements (REEs) on April 4, impacting all countries. This move has left U.S.-based manufacturers racing to secure fresh supplies of REEs, which are in high demand for defence, electric vehicles, energy and electronics sectors.
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2 weeks ago | 
magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson
Wesdome Gold Mines shared on April 7 that it plans to acquire junior exploration company Angus Gold in a cash-and-share transaction valued at around $40 million. The deal would expand Wesdome’s land position at its Eagle River operation, located 50 kilometres west of Wawa, Ontario, by consolidating two adjacent properties, including Angus Gold’s Golden Sky exploration project, into a roughly 400-square-kilometre land package within the Mishibishu Lake greenstone belt.
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2 weeks ago | 
magazine.cim.org | Ailbhe Goodbody |Ashley Fish-Robertson
On Feb. 20, the Boston, U.S.-based biotechnology company Allonnia announced that it had recently completed a demonstration of its recyclable biosolution at SGS’s metallurgical lab in Lakefield, Ontario, that it said validated the solution’s efficacy in a continuous process.
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2 weeks ago | 
magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson |Cecilia Keating
Elemissionrecently introduced its ECORE Gen3 laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy drill core scanner, which it stated is its fastest and most precise mineralogical analysis tool to date. With a 50 per cent faster processing speed than the company’s model, users can receive results within minutes. The tool requires no sample preparation and it is designed to be easy to operate with minimal staffing.
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2 weeks ago | 
magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson
Welcome back to your weekly mining news recap, where we catch you up on some of the news you may have missed. This week’s headlines include Canada’s mining sector largely untouched by latest U.S. tariffs, a new record high for gold, and a big drilling program at Musselwhite mine. Canada’s The Metals Company (TMC) is seeking U.S. government approval to bypass the United Nations’ International Seabed Authority (ISA) to begin deep-sea mining in the international waters of the Pacific Ocean.
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3 weeks ago | 
magazine.cim.org | Ashley Fish-Robertson
Vancouver-headquartered The Metals Company (TMC), which is focused on deep-sea minerals exploration, is seeking approval from the U.S. government to extract critical minerals from the ocean floor in international waters managed by the United Nations’ (UN) International Seabed Authority (ISA). This move could enable TMC to bypass the ISA, which has yet to grant exploitation permits due to the absence of a deep-sea mining code.
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3 weeks ago | 
magazine.cim.org | Alice Martin |Ashley Fish-Robertson
A growing demand for copper worldwide is fuelling companies like pH7 Technologies to find ways to extract copper and other critical minerals from low-grade ore, tailings and mine waste. The Vancouver-based company is currently developing a process that uses heap leaching to recover copper from sulfide ores, like chalcopyrite, whereas traditional heap leaching is usually confined to oxide ores.
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3 weeks ago | 
magazine.cim.org | Silvia Pikal |Ashley Fish-Robertson
Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s minister of energy and natural resources, announced on Feb. 6 at a press conference at McGill University in Montreal that the federal government would invest up to $43.5 million in conditionally approved funding for critical minerals infrastructure and research in Quebec. He also announced the establishment of a collaboration table between the federal government and the province that would support the development of critical minerals projects.
