Palliser pressures Rio Tinto to drop dual listing
Activist investor Palliser Capital is urging the chair of Rio Tinto (NYSE, ASX, LSE: RIO), the world’s second largest miner, to abandon its primary London listing and unify its corporate…
Regulatory Issues
Video: Certainty lacks in BC permitting process, mining association exec says
Mining Association of British Columbia president Michael Goehring says red tape chokes a generational opportunity in the province’s critical minerals boom. Speeding up mine approvals is key to unlocking $36…
Rio Tinto creates lithium unit after completing $6.7B Arcadium deal
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE, NYSE: RIO) has officially completed its $6.7-billion (C$9.57-billion) acquisition of Arcadium Lithium (ASX: LTM; NYSE: ALTM), which will become Rio Tinto Lithium. The newly formed unit…
Interview: Wilkinson mulls more tax credits for juniors
Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources says he’s open to discussing ways to boost funding in junior mining stocks and that he’s concerned infrastructure financing will disappear under potential…
PDAC: Wilkinson presses critical minerals case; auto sector exempted from tariffs for a month
Canada’s energy and natural resources minister said the Trump administration must realize it could soon face taxed critical mineral exports from its northern neighbour in response to tariffs that began…
Canada shoots back with tariffs on US
Canada has retaliated with $30 billion worth of duties against the United States after it imposed sweeping 25% tariffs on the vast majority of Canadian goods and 10% on energy…
JV Video: AME searches for new president amid fast-changing BC regulatory landscape
The Association for Mineral Exploration is vital in British Columbia’s mineral exploration scene. It advocates on behalf of about 5,000 members for changes in laws, such as updating the Mineral…
Video: China fuels EV battery boom as per-unit capacity nears peak, Adamas says
Electric vehicle battery capacity could hit a record one terawatt-hour this year, according to Frik Els, a battery metals expert at Adamas Intelligence. Analysts expect China to use 60% of…
Flow-through shares surge despite capital gains
Concerns surrounding the capital gains tax increase haven’t stopped Toronto markets from issuing the highest number of flow-through shares (FTS) in five years, according to new data. There were 2.9…
PDAC: Ontario’s Ford backs miners, bashes tariffs
Ontario Premier Doug Ford repeated funding pledges for mining, scolded the federal government for time-consuming environmental OKs and vowed to fight potential U.S. tariffs on Tuesday dollar for dollar and…
PDAC: Canada extends mineral tax credit
Canada’s federal government will extend a tax credit on mineral exploration by two years to boost investment in junior mining companies, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told a…
‘Capital markets are collapsing,’ PDAC’s Killeen says
Jeff Killeen, PDAC’s director of policy and programs, sat down with The Northern Miner podcast host Adrian Pocobelli ahead of the 93rd edition of the Prospectors & Developers Association of…