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The Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories has ruled that Canadian Zinc Corp. can reopen a winter road to its Prairie Creek mine without a new environmental review process, saying the road was already in operation well before new environmental rules were instituted in 1984. The territory's high court made its ruling May 6, overturning a decision by the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board. The board had said at least a preliminary screening was needed, and perhaps an environmental assessment and environmental impact...
Owners of the Union Bay platinum project near Ketchikan, Alaska, have approved a budget of $1.1 million for exploration this year, the companies said May 16. Freegold Ventures Ltd., Pacific North West Capital Corp. and Lonmin PLC are backing the Union Bay enterprise. An extensive 2004 field program financed by Lonmin confirmed platinum concentrations of 1 to 14 grams per tonne. The 2004 work included nearly 6,000 feet of diamond core drilling in 10 holes, along with airborne magnetic and multi-frequency electromagnetic...
Natural Resources Canada has completed C$7 million in renovations to its experimental mill in Ottawa, adding flexibility, back-up systems and energy efficiency to the facility, according to the department. The facility has been redesigned for use as a pilot-scale wet lab for industrial-scale research on mineral processing and environmental issues such as effluent treatment, mine reclamation, waste management, and ecological toxicology. Among the ongoing projects are studies of effluent toxicity and passive effluent treatment...
It's still a few years off, but if NovaGold Resources Inc. turns the Ambler prospect into an operating mine, it could open up a mineral belt with a total of $12 billion in reserves - at 1982 prices. That $12 billion figure comes from a 1982 state report listing 10 major volcano-derived deposits in northwestern Alaska, from the operating Red Dog Mine all the way to the border of Gates of the Arctic National Park. Perhaps the biggest and richest concentration is the Arctic deposit 150 miles east of Kotzebue near the villages...
