Resolute’s costs rise, output falls in Mali, Senegal
West Africa-focused gold producer Resolute Mining (ASX: RSG) forecasts reduced production and higher costs this year as its Mako mine in Senegal nears depletion and tax changes in Mali drive up…
Regulatory Issues
Gemfields halts emerald sales over Zambia export tax
Coloured precious stones miner Gemfields (LSE: GEM; JSE: GML) has paused the sale of emeralds from its Kagem mine in Zambia, but says the government could soon reverse a 15%…
Chile orders Lundin mine near sinkhole shut for good
Chile’s environmental authority SMA ordered on Thursday the “total and definitive” closure of Lundin Mining’s (TSX: LUN) Alcaparrosa mine after an almost three-year probe into a massive sinkhole near the operation. The…
Ontario OKs $90M to upgrade Ring of Fire region
Queen’s Park and Aroland First Nation have signed a multi-million-dollar agreement to plan a transmission line in the remote Ring of Fire area in the province’s north. The deal also…
Proposed BC rules threaten exploration: prospectors
Mining prospectors and policy specialists are warning that a new mineral claims consultation framework due to be adopted this spring by British Columbia could end up hurting exploration in the…
London Symposium JV Video: Dundee Sustainable Technologies sees cyanide-free future
Dundee Sustainable Technologies (TSX: DST) is confident its cyanide-free processing technique can match cyanidation for metals recovery rates, vice-president Brent Johnson says in a new video. As many jurisdictions move…
Canadian mining optimistic in face of Trump tariff threat
Canada is on edge, but the mining industry appears quietly confident it will emerge largely unscathed from U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to put 25% tariffs on all goods from…
Canadian mining code being updated
Canadian securities regulators are aiming to publish proposed revisions to the country’s NI 43-101 mining industry reporting standards in February, a senior geologist with the process says. The industry is…
London Symposium JV Video: Ontario Mines Minister touts critmins, faster permitting
Ontario’s Minister of Mines, George Pirie, says the province has updated its mining rules to speed up permits and attract investment in critical minerals. The provincial government passed the Building…
AME Roundup: BC’s Eby proposes 3-pronged approach to ‘bizarre’ U.S. tariffs threat
British Columbia Premier David Eby on Thursday outlined a three-part plan to counter proposed United States tariffs on Canadian imports during remarks at a Vancouver conference. Eby says the province…
Former Shell, Anglo leaders back new body to ease resource conflict
Resource Resolutions (RR), a new venture aimed at reducing growing societal and geopolitical divisions around natural resources, has announced a global advisory council comprised of eminent figures from industry, international diplomacy…
Lithium Argentina investors OK Canada exit
Lithium Argentina (TSX: LAAC) shareholders have approved the company’s plan to redomicile to Switzerland from Canada, seeking to retain a Chinese investor in the face of Ottawa’s concerns over resource ownership….