Dia Bras latest to grapple with opposition in Peru
The road to Dia Bras Exploration’s (DLB-V) Yauricocha mine in Peru’s Yauyos province is now open after a blockade was cleared.
Aboriginal Matters
Commentary: Traversing the Far North’s legal landscape
Mining companies investing for the first time in Canada’s Far North may find the experience unlike any other. This holds true not only for foreign corporations, but also for companies familiar with mining in Southern Canada.
Bear Creek presses on in Peru
Several months have passed since Bear Creek Mining (BCM-V) made headlines for all the wrong reasons, losing its Santa Ana silver project in Peru following extended and sometimes violent protests.
Letter to the editor: New Prosperity plan is environmentally sound: Taseko CEO
I read the editorial submission of Chief Marilyn Baptiste, of the Xeni Gwet’in band of the Tsilhqot’in National Government (TNG), on The Northern Miner’s website on Nov. 2. It purported to list eight reasons why Taseko Mines’s resubmitted…
Commentary: Eight reasons why Taseko’s New Prosperity will fail
Investors hoping to cash in on Taseko Mines’ second bid to develop the Prosperity copper-gold mine (“New Prosperity”) should think back a year. At that time, despite assurances from the company and its president that the original Prosperity…
Commentary: HR challenges in Canadian mineral exploration
The federal government-funded Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) and the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) have released a report that analyzes the labour market for mineral exploration in Canada and the human…
Commentary: Resource development and Indigenous peoples: Finding the path to co-operation
The following is the edited text of a speech given by the Assembly of First Nations’ National Chief Shawn Atleo in early September, at a joint luncheon in Toronto between the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Indigenous Bar Association. For…
Commentary: Resource Development and Indigenous Peoples – Finding the path to co-operation
The following is an edited portion of a speech given in Toronto in early September by Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo at a joint luncheon of the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Indigenous Bar Association. For the full…
Commentary: The Keewatin decision, a sea change in provincial control of natural resources?
An Ontario Superior Court, in Keewatin v. Ontario, has cast doubt on the validity of provincial forestry licenses in the Treaty 3 area of northwestern Ontario, which includes the Red Lake gold camp. Mining could also be at risk of litigation in…
Commentary: The Keewatin decision – A sea change in provincial control of natural resources?
An Ontario Superior Court, in Keewatin v. Ontario, has cast doubt on the validity of provincial forestry licenses in the Treaty 3 area of northwestern Ontario, which includes the Red Lake gold camp. Mining could also be at risk of litigation in…
Feds accept Taseko’s New Prosperity for review
Vancouver – The Federal Government has agreed to take a second look at Taseko Mines’ (TKO-T) gold-copper Prosperity project in central British Columbia, breathing new optimism into the beleaguered project.
Commentary: Goldcorp-Cree agreement sets a precedent
For the first time since the Agreement Respecting a New Relationship Between the Cree Nation and the Government of Quebec (the Peace of the Braves) was signed in 2002, a major collaboration agreement was concluded in February 2011 between a…