Why artisanal miners need a digital investment market
A group of financial and industry backers for artisanal mining (ASM) plans to set up a digital marketplace where this vast informal sector can find support and funding online. ASM…
Regulatory Issues
London Symposium JV Video: Renewed industry push sees Ontario mines power up
Ontario is modernizing its Mining Act to meet business needs, mines minister George Pirie said at a recent London conference. This year, Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) began the $3…
YMP Scholarship: Mining industry must narrow talent gap by spotlighting roles in green transition
The following essay was chosen as the winner of The Northern Miner’s 2024 Young Mining Professionals Scholarship. Mining is perhaps more crucial today than at any other point in human…
Canada approves Paladin Energy’s $1.1B takeover of Fission Uranium
The Canadian government has approved Paladin Energy’s (ASX: PDN; US-OTC: PALAF) $1.1 billion all-share takeover of Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) under Ottawa’s Investment Canada Act (ICA). The clearance…
BC mining groups reject permitting delays, economic benefits study
Two British Columbia mining groups slammed a report on mine development delays as “flawed” but noted it shows the need for overhauling the province’s permitting process. The study, “Does regulation…
Arcadium Lithium investors sue it for negligence over US$6.7B Rio Tinto takeover
Arcadium Lithium (NYSE: ALTM; ASX: LTM) is facing legal challenges after shareholders filed lawsuits alleging misrepresentation and negligence linked to Rio Tinto’s (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) US$6.7-billion takeover. Philadelphia-based Arcadium…
Skeena’s Eskay Creek bulk sample permit unlocks US$200M in gold project funding
Skeena Resources (TSX: SKE; NYSE: SKE) can proceed with a 10,000-tonne bulk sample and infrastructure construction at its Eskay Creek gold project in northwestern British Columbia under a new permit that…
Brazilian authorities shut Jaguar mine after tailings slide
Local labour officials shut Jaguar Mining‘s (TSX: JAG) Turmalina gold mine in Brazil due to safety risks stemming from a recent tailings pile collapse. The mine—part of Jaguar’s MTL complex…
London Symposium Video: ESG needs realistic overhaul, O’Toole says
American voter backlash against environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles threatens Canada’s mining industry and its role in the continent’s emerging clean energy supply chain, the former head of the…
Miners navigate high risks, ransoms in West Africa
Mali’s military government is trying to arrest the CEO of the world’s second-largest gold company while the junta in Niger has tightened its stranglehold on a French state-owned uranium mine….
Court approves $105M borrowing to fund Yukon Eagle mine cleanup
A court has raised PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) borrowing limit to $105 million to fund the cleanup of Victoria Gold’s Eagle mine in Yukon as costs are said to range from $100…
Americans fund Fireweed’s NWT tungsten project
Fireweed Metals (TSXV: FWZ; US-OTC: FWEDF) on Friday secured millions in U.S. and Canadian critical minerals project funding. The U.S. Department of Defense invested about US$15.8 million (about $22.5 million)…