TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special/Staff) – Ninety exhibitors will be under the Northern Ontario banner at next month’s mammoth mining conference.The Northern Ontario Mining Showcase will make its fourth annual appearance at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada conference March 5 through 8.In 2016, it was credited with
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP — The Temiskaming Municipal Association (TMA) is expressing its concern regarding the fact that Northern Ontario still is not included in the proposed amendment to the Ontario Aggregate Resources Act, which will become the Ontario Aggregate Resources and Mining Modernization Act.The current
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT/COLEMAN TOWNSHIP — Agnico Eagle has been carrying out some environmental due diligence activities in the Cobalt Mining Camp area over the past couple of weeks and the work is now nearing completion.A community information meeting is being planned for early December to provide
COBALT (Staff) – The annual Mining Competition in Cobalt once again struck it rich with participants and bystanders.The event took place Saturday, July 30, as part of the Civic Holiday weekend activities in town.Mining Committee chair Rochelle Schwartz noted in an email to The Speaker that the
HARRIS TOWNSHIP (Staff/Special) — Brixton Metals Corporation of Vancouver and Timiskaming First Nation (TFN) have signed an exploration agreement regarding the Langis Silver Mine (Casey Mine, located in Harris Township).The two parties are also negotiating an economic benefits agreement, should an economic mineral deposit be found. The agreement
DISTRICT (Staff/Special) — If you were a miner in Northern Ontario, employed underground prior to 1980, and you have developed Parkinson’s disease or other ailments related to prolonged exposure to aluminum dust, you are not alone.There is a group called McIntyre Powder Project headed by Janice Martell
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff/Special) – The city’s leading role in a Northern Ontario showcase at an international mining conference has caught the eye of Canadian marketers.The showcase, held at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada conference in Toronto in 2015, was an Economic Developers Association of Canada (EDAC)
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT — The Cobalt Mining Camp is a complex interconnection of mines, stakeholders and history.One of the main owners of mining properties in the Mining Camp is Agnico Eagle.A latecomer to the game in the Mining Camp, Agnico Eagle got its start as
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – Giving Northern Ontario’s businesses a global platform is the reason behind the region’s presence at a mammoth mining show.An expanded Northern Ontario Mining Showcase will return to the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in 2016.Temiskaming Shores will
Diane Johnston Speaker Reporter COBALT – Weekend conditions in Cobalt included falling rain and flying rock.“This is just like underground. You get wet,” said Kirkland Lake Gold employee Brent Fillion.The Haileybury man was among the drillers and muckers working for fun and cash prizes in the
