Commentary: The Tsilhqot’in decision – a view from Quebec
On June 26, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada recognized for the first time a First Nation’s aboriginal title over an area outside a reserve in Tsilhqot’in Nation vs. British Columbia.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
U.S. markets fall sharply, July 28-Aug. 1
Argentina’s second debt default in 13 years — combined with more fighting in the Ukraine and Gaza, and uncertainty over Federal Reserve policy — pushed U.S. equity markets into negative territory. The S&P 500 suffered its…
San Gold to merge with Kerr Mines
Winnipeg-based junior miner San Gold (TSX: SGR; US-OTC: SGRCF) is merging with Toronto-based explorer and developer Kerr Mines (TSX: KER; US-OTC: AISDC). San Gold intends to use the skills it honed turning around its Rice Lake gold mine complex…
TSX declines, July 28-Aug.1
Canada’s main stock index tumbled during the trading week, posting its biggest drop since early May.
Rambler has big plans for Atlantic Canada
Since the start of commercial production in November 2012 at its first mine — the Ming copper–gold mine in Baie Verte, N.L. — Rambler Metals & Mining (TSXV: RAB; LSE: RMM) has generated $31 million in operating…
Complete tailings dam failure at Imperial’s Mount Polley
Shares of Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) dropped 40% after a dam for the tailings pond at its Mount Polley gold–copper mine in B.C.’s Cariboo region failed, spilling millions of cubic metres of waste water and suspended…
LIM remains in limbo
Not much has happened at Labrador Iron Mines (TSX: LIM; US-OTC: LBRMF) since the company announced in June that it would suspend operations at its direct-shipping iron ore Schefferville projects in the Labrador Trough region, partly due to…
Asanko approves gold mine construction in Ghana
Asanko Gold’s directors (TSX: AKG; NYSE: AKG) have given management the green light to build the first phase of the Asanko gold mine in Ghana for US$295 million, and the company expects to break ground within a month.
Trevali to restart Caribou mine
VANCOUVER — With $51 million in new debt funding on hand, Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) is finding that it’s a good time to rehabilitate an underground zinc mine in New Brunswick.
Wolfden strives for discoveries in historic Bathurst camp
VANCOUVER — Base metals explorer Wolfden Resources (TSXV: WLF) may hold a sizable land package in the historically productive Bathurst mining camp, but according to CEO George Topping the company is all about new discoveries.
BC gov’t approves Seabridge’s KSM project
Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) has received a provincial environmental approval for its KSM gold–copper project in northwestern B.C., putting it closer to “becoming a reality,” the company’s vice-president of…
Minco plans Maritime manganese mine
VANCOUVER — Dublin-registered Minco PLC (LSE: MIO) is planning to produce high-grade manganese from its Woodstock project in New Brunswick for 25% below the industry’s average cost, and supply the North American and European steel…