Elections do have consequences, and in the Yukon Territory, the Liberal Party of Canada’s victory in the federal elections last October has brought on the federal government’s decision in April…
Canada’s left-leaning federal New Democratic Party has long been the home for unions representing Canada’s miners. But the embrace of deep-green environmentalism by half the delegates at the NDP’s national…
Well, it wasn’t quite what was billed in the Canadian federal election last October: the first budget tabled by Justin Trudeau’s new government goes easy on the promised infrastructure spending…
VANCOUVER — Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE; KGC) is preparing to contest a shutdown order issued by Chilean regulators at its Maricunga heap-leach operation, 120 km east of the city of…
Bob McLeod, the premier of the Northwest Territories, caught up with The Northern Miner at the recent Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto to talk about the…
A review for adequacy and quality of 34 development-stage National Instrument (NI) 43-101 studies on Sedar showed nearly half lacked engineering rigour, Tim Oliver, an environmental engineer and independent consultant,…
VANCOUVER — Twin disasters at two large mines in sub-Saharan Africa are a stark reminder that safety remains a top concern in mining. On Feb. 5 Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Mabuza…
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — Since his election to office last November, Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri has eliminated export duties of between 5% and 10% on precious and base metals and…
VANCOUVER — Gavin Dirom, president and CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC), told The Northern Miner during a phone interview that he was “surprised” and…
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — In the two months since taking the helm of Argentina, President Mauricio Macri has moved quickly to reverse the interventionist course that previous Argentine governments had…
Mineral exploration in Canada has attracted widespread interest over the past few decades and is today considered by most as a sector in its own right. This has been made…
VANCOUVER — Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-MKT: TGB) is in the midst of a proxy battle with upstart activist shareholder group Raging River Capital, which has led to a flurry of…
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