When geologist and writer Virginia Heffernan was looking for a topic for her first book, it didn’t take long for her to settle on Ontario’s Ring of Fire. Like many…
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 10, “From backrooms to bulldozers,” of Ring of Fire: High Stakes Mining in a Lowlands Wilderness. Read more about the book, written by…
Any public figure knows that they must brand themselves early — or risk being branded in an unflattering light that could well stick. Ask any of the victims of former…
Over the Good Friday-shortened Apr. 3-6 trading week, the S&P/TSX Composite Index inched up 96.8 points or 0.5% to 20,196.69. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index added 0.41 points or 0.4%…
It can be easy to take a partnership between Canada and the United States as a given,” U.S. President Joe Biden told the House of Commons on Mar. 24 on his…
As this year’s Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention returned to its March slot in Toronto, welcoming nearly 24,000 attendees, the buzz was undoubtedly around critical and battery metals. …
Shares in junior explorer ArcWest Exploration (TSXV: AWX) jumped more than 80% in morning trading in Toronto after it announced an earn-in deal with Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) on one of…
Canada is poised for a mining boom. But one thing is still missing: labour. For a decade in the early 2000s, I worked with several mining companies to staff up…
Multinational miner Vale (NYSE: VALE) and University of Toronto have launched what they describe as a first-of-its-kind partnership aimed at developing more sustainable mining solutions and the talent needed to…
This year’s Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention officially began on Sunday morning, following a year that has seen the mining sector attract a new level of attention from…
Alex Christopher was appointed president of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada in March 2021 for a two-year term. The geologist and senior vice-president, projects & technical services with…
The numbers are in for mine financings in 2022, and they are disappointing, if not surprising. According to just-released figures from the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, global financing…
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