Opened in the 1950s, the mine was abandoned in the 1980s when lithium sourcing shifted to more accessible deposits in South America. The lithium at Kings Mountain exists in granite-like pegmatite ...
In reality, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of abandoned mines in the Okanagan. It’s just that most, but not all, didn’t amount to much. “The Dankoe Mine between Keremeos and Osoyoos ran ...
Back then, the mine was a major employer and contributor to the local tax base. But since Groveland ceased operations in 1981, it has joined a long list of abandoned industrial sites that scar ...
The Yukon government says it’s investigating a suspected leak at an abandoned mine. It says contaminants were detected in water flowing through pipes beneath the Wolverine Mine's tailings facility.
More than a week ago Police Minister Senzo Mchunu deployed a task team headed by local government to shut down an illegal mining operation in the area. A crane at the site of an abandoned mine in ...
Police are processing 20 illegal miners who came out of the unused mine in North West on Wednesday, all foreign nationals. A total of 20 more illegal miners resurfaced from the abandoned ...