Russian mercenary Wagner theatens to control Barrick’s Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine in Mali, reports say
According to The Globe and Mail, there are reports suggesting that the regime may be aiming to expropriate the mining complex.
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Orla Mining threatens arbitration in Panama
Canada’s Orla Mining (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) may take Panama to an arbitration court following the government’s rejection of a permit extension for the three mining concessions in the Cerro…
Ontario program funds Aussie lithium explorer Pioneer
The Ontario government is helping fund Australia-listed Pioneer Lithium (ASX: PLN) for its Root Lake project in the province’s northwest. The Ontario Junior Exploration Program, which pays up to half…
First Quantum warns of dangers of long-term concentrate storage at Cobre Panama
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) subsidiary in Panama is warning of the dangers posed by the long-term storage of copper concentrate at the disputed Cobre Panamá mine. According to the…
Proponents see northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire opposition melting like ice roads
Construction timelines remain fuzzy but proponents are still optimistic two and half years into studying roads to serve the Ring of Fire critical minerals region in northern Ontario. Three all-season…
Ottawa to back Indigenous groups buying project equity
The federal government is to start an Indigenous loan guarantee program in this year’s budget due April 16, according to a senior official at the Natural Resources Ministry. The program…
Canada extends exploration tax credit
The federal government is extending its 15% mineral exploration tax credit for investors in flow-through shares for another year. The extension, expected to provide $65 million in support for exploration,…
Ontario budget bolsters critical minerals funding
Ontario’s new budget expands the critical minerals innovation fund by $15 million as the province prepares to enact streamlined mining permit approvals next week. The critical minerals innovation fund aims…
Video: New Ontario rules due April 1, Pirie says
Mine approval times are to be shortened without changing environmental standards in new Ontario regulations to be delivered next week, provincial Mines Minister George Pirie says in a new video….
Freeport, Barrick, Newmont among winners in nearly US$500M for clean energy
The Biden administration is granting almost half a billion dollars to clean energy projects run by Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX), the Nevada Gold Mines partnership of Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD)…
Why Ontario can’t afford to ignore juniors in the next budget
Without a doubt, one of the most important challenges facing the next generation is global warming and the need to decarbonize the transportation sector. This can only happen with the sustainable…
Miners praise Ecuador’s new president as he battles narco-gangs to bolster jobs
Ecuador’s new President Daniel Noboa was elected last October with a seemingly impossible task. He had just 18 months before the next vote to beat back the country’s spiralling gang…