Southern Ecuador’s Cuenca bans large-scale mining

SocGen said this month it would cut 1,600 jobs to boost profits after poor performance last year and exit over-the-counter commodities trading.

The Vancouver-based miner said the Nechako Au-Ag-Zn-Pb-As dispersal train is similar in size and strength to known trains from some of Canada's largest gold deposits.

To complete the transaction, the company has to secure C$6 million in financing.

According to the Responsible Mining Foundation, most of the companies assessed show little or no evidence of efforts to strengthen the gender balance of their leadership and governance teams.

Mining has become the sixth most important sector when it comes to exports.

The document divides operations into six levels, from zero (entirely manual) to five (fully autonomous), and assists in the preparation of a business case for autonomous mining, depending on level and needs.

Benchmark believes the Lawyers Trend has potential for near 5 million gold equivalent ounces.

The chairman and CEO also participated in the company’s rights offering last month.

Dome West is a 56-hectare land holding that is adjacent to the former Paymaster Mine property and separated by some 800 metres from Goldcorp’s open-pit Dome Mine.