Commentary: Looking at 2020 and beyond for BC’s mineral industry
As the Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) gears up for the 37th annual Mineral Exploration Roundup conference from Jan. 20 to 23, 2020, it is time to take stock of…
Aboriginal Matters
Interview: Avoid becoming ‘roadkill’ on the road to resources, advises Bill Gallagher
Strategist, lawyer and author Bill Gallagher is an expert on Canada’s Indigenous People and their land rights, and how they relate to resource development in the country. Based in Waterloo,…
PDAC Interview: PM Justin Trudeau speaks on Canadian mining innovation, aboriginal engagement
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a visit to the annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) in Toronto on March 5, 2019, for a sit-in…
Commentary: Partnerships with First Nations key to Canada’s mining resurgence
If you are reading this on a cell phone or a computer, you have fueled the demand for the dozens of minerals that go into those devices. Copper, nickel, zinc,…
AME Roundup: Regional Mining Alliance cements new partnership in BC’s Golden Triangle
VANCOUVER — A new partnership between First Nations, exploration companies and the B.C. government named the British Columbia Regional Mining Alliance (BCRMA) is working well to advance mineral exploration and…
Editorial: New Ontario gov’t streamlines ministries, axes carbon tax
The swearing-in on June 29 of new Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his Progressive Conservative majority government promises somewhat more mining-friendly policies in the province that remains Canada’s mining powerhouse….
Ontario gov’t reaches resource revenue-sharing deal with First Nations
The Ontario government and several First Nations in the province have reached an agreement that will see the province share revenues from mining and forestry projects with local First Nations….
Letter to the editor: A better suggestion for parkland in northern Manitoba
The Manitoba Saskatchewan Prospectors and Developers Association (MSPDA) takes the strong view that while it agrees with Stephen Fletcher’s view that a creating a new national park on Manitoba’s Nickel…
Commentary: SCC decision on Peel watershed in Yukon another win for First Nations
First Nations have just won an important lawsuit at the Supreme Court of Canada on account that the Yukon government had tried to do an end-run on their land claim…
Helicopter attacked in mid-air at Tahoe’s Escobal
A helicopter carrying supplies to Tahoe Resources’ (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) silver mine in Guatemala was attacked by small-arms fire from the ground, and the pilot had to make an…
Feds, Yukon gov’t team to fund improved roads to mines
The Yukon mining community got some good news on Sept. 2 with the announcement by the federal and Yukon governments that they would jointly fund a $360-million program dubbed the…
Editorial: Ontario gov’t to fund road to Ring of Fire, nearby First Nations
It’s the first bit of genuinely good news about Ontario’s Ring of Fire mineral district in five years: the Ontario government has pledged “support” and provincial funding to build two…