Yukon’s assessment process: A guide for miners
Picture this: a small exploration company is planning to extend an access road near Mayo in the Yukon. It’s a relatively minor addition, just a few kilometres of gravel to…
Indigenous Affairs
Brazil Potash taps private equity for $200M
Brazil Potash (NYSE: GRO), aiming to build the largest fertilizer mine in the Amazon rainforest, says it has a preliminary agreement with a private equity firm to fund the project’s electricity needs. …
Podcast: D.C.’s shifting tone, ft Carolyn Loder on Indigenous, women’s issues
This week’s episode features Carolyn Loder, the first woman in over a century to be inducted into the Colorado-based National Mining Hall of Fame. She also serves on the boards…
Infographic: Mining and exploration in Greenland
Greenland has made headlines in the last six months amid United States President Donald Trump’s heightened interest in the Danish territory. His focus on Greenland has drawn added attention to…
Indigenous-owned Minto doubles copper-gold
Venerable Ventures’ (TSXV: VLV.H) new resource for the old Minto mine in the Yukon has more than doubled contained copper and gold over the 2005 estimate as the owners create…
Industry flags BC’s Tŝilhqot’in Nation land use plan
British Columbia has laid out a plan to discuss consent with the Tŝilhqot’in Nation for future mining projects in the Teẑtan area of the province’s interior, but the Vancouver-based industry…
Korite acquisition in Alberta creates largest mine-to-market ammolite producer
When Buffalo Rock Mining acquired Calgary-headquartered Korite, North America’s largest producer of ammolite, it flew right under the mining industry’s radar, even as the company’s creations were featured in the…
Two Ring of Fire First Nations oppose Ontario law
Two northern Ontario First Nations who have infrastructure agreements with the province related to the Ring of Fire have come out against the government’s new law that seeks to ease…
Bolivian court pauses Chinese, Russian lithium deals
Bolivia’s plans to emerge as a major lithium producer have hit an impasse after a local court ordered the suspension of two major extraction deals signed last year valued at…
Ontario First Nations slam mining-focused Bill 5
Environmental groups and some First Nations oppose Ontario’s Bill 5 to boost mining despite changes by Premier Doug Ford who calls it an opportunity of a lifetime. The proposed law,…
‘One project, one review:’ BC’s Minister Brar fast-tracks mine permits, IP protection
Six months into the job, British Columbia’s Critical Minerals Minister Jagrup Brar says major mine permitting timelines have narrowed by over a third, as new mining rules are set to…
Opinion: The Global Hunger Games of commodities
This article caught my attention last week: ‘Trump to approve land swap for Rio Tinto copper mine opposed by Native Americans.’ The brief: The Trump administration has said it would…