What happens when the tax gets axed?
Canada’s major political parties have all tabled plans to chop the carbon tax but there’s been little discussion on reforming the emissions levies applied to industry, which has fomented uncertainty…
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Policy paralysis leaves B.C. mining with $38B in limbo, EY report finds
British Columbia’s grassroots exploration sector faces a structural shift as flagship projects mature and early-stage exploration funding dries up, a new survey found. Exploration spending dropped 14% to $552 million…
Implats mulls shutting Ontario palladium mine
South African miner Impala Platinum (JSE: IMP; US-OTC: IMPUY) may close its Canadian palladium mine earlier than planned after prices for the metal used in gasoline vehicles have plummeted more than…
Avalon bumps Separation Rapids lithium resource by 28% in Ontario
Avalon Advanced Materials (TSX: AVL; US-OTC: AVLNF) has boosted measured and indicated tonnage at its Separation Rapids hard rock lithium project in northwestern Ontario by 28% over a resource from…
First Atlantic Nickel shares soar on discovery
First Atlantic Nickel (TSXV: FAN; OTCQB: FANCF) soared to its highest in over two years after a new high-grade discovery was made at the company’s district-scale project in central Newfoundland….
Sibanye dumps $490M lithium investment
South African precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE: SSW; NYSE: SBSW) has scrapped its planned investment in the Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada due in part to weak prices for…
Silver X Mining raises tonnage 18% at Peru property
Silver X Mining (TSXV: AGX; US-OTC: AGXPF) has raised the measured and indicated tonnage at its Nueva Recuperada Property in southwest Peru by 18% over a preliminary economic assessment from…
What a shock: the power cost of ore processing
When it comes to understanding processing costs, electric power is an item that can have a substantial impact on operating expenses. Costmine, a division of Mining Intelligence owned by Glacier…
Liberty Gold sets 2028 build clock for Black Pine under Idaho’s new SPEED Act
Liberty Gold (TSX: LGD) has sent in its draft mine plan to federal and state agencies, as it hopes to benefit from a recently updated permitting process under Idaho’s SPEED…
Fury Gold to buy Quebec Precious Metals
Fury Gold Mines (TSX, NYSE: FURY) has agreed to buy Quebec Precious Metals (TSXV: QPM, OTC-BB: CJCFF) for about $4.1 million to expand its exploration portfolio in the James Bay…
JV Q&A: How Dundee Sustainable Technologies eases adoption of green processes
Dundee Sustainable Technologies (CSE: DST) offers eco-friendly alternatives to traditional mining practices with its Chlorination Leach in a Vat Reactor (CLEVR) process and the GlassLock process which safely stabilizes arsenic from mining waste….
Allied Gold nets nearly $500M from UAE for Mali
Allied Gold (TSX: AAUC) (OTCQX: AAUCF) is creating a joint venture in Mali with a United Arab Emirates-based investment group that’s also covering the expansion of main mine Sadiola. Ambrosia…