Ottawa’s $500M Red Chris bet tests BC grid
Ottawa’s $500-million (US$352 million) contribution to Newmont’s (NYSE, ASX: NEM; TSX: NGT) proposed Red Chris Block Cave has turned British Columbia’s northern power shortage into a live test of Canada’s…
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PDAC: Canada will be G20’s quickest on mining permits, Hodgson vows
Canada will lead Group of 20 nations with the fastest permits as the government’s Major Projects Office (MPO) advances projects to production within two years, Energy and Natural Resources Minister…
How Lassonde, MAC, Selby assess Canada’s permitting and Carney’s Major Projects Office
If Canadians were unfamiliar with the Ring of Fire before Game One of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers, they were well-versed by…
B.C. OKs Mt Polley copper-gold pit expansion
British Columbia has approved Imperial Metals’ (TSX: III) plan to deepen and extend the Springer pit at the Mount Polley copper-gold mine, adding about eight more years. The decision comes…
Three BC miners rescued after 60 hours
Three workers who were trapped at Newmont’s (NYSE, ASX: NEM; TSX: NGT) Red Chris mine in northwest British Columbia, have been safely rescued after more than 60 hours underground. Kevin…
Newmont races to reach trapped Red Chris workers
Newmont (NYSE, ASX: NEM; TSX: NGT) is working to restore communications with three workers trapped underground at its Red Chris mine in northwest British Columbia after contact with them was…
3 workers trapped in Newmont’s Red Chris mine
Three workers are still trapped underground following accidents at Newmont’s (NYSE, ASX: NEM; TSX: NGT) Red Chris mine in northwestern British Columbia, a company spokesperson said. Newmont has suspended operations….
New Imperial Metals drill results reveal significant mineralization at Mount Polley
Imperial Metals (TSX: III) reported drill results as high as 33.7 metres grading 0.79% copper and 2.02 grams gold per tonne at the Mount Polley mine in south-central British Columbia….
Blue Moon acquires two brownfield copper projects in Norway for US$67M
Blue Moon Metals (TSXV: MOON) (OTCQB: BMOOF) says it’s buying two former copper-producing assets in Norway to diversify from its zinc project in California while emphasizing near-term output. The Vancouver-based…
New Gold halts New Afton mine on tailings safety woes
Shares in New Gold (TSX: NGD; NYSE: NGD) fell more than 11% in Toronto on Thursday after it halted underground mining activities at its New Afton gold-copper mine in Kamloops,…
JV Article: Brixton Metals gains traction with BHP strategic investment
It took more than a decade quietly assembling a contiguous claim block about the size of half a million football fields in northwestern British Columbia, but the effort seems to…
Analysis: No reduction in tailings dam failures over the past two decades
A newly released assessment of global tailings management facilities (TMFs) data paints a jarring picture showing that relative to global mine production, there has been no improvement in the rate…