The New Prosperity battle begins again
WILLIAMS LAKE, BC — Two very different scenes played out on opposite sides of the building hosting the public hearing on the proposed New Prosperity mine in the hours before the hearing got started.
Aboriginal Matters
Letter to the editor: Land title issue overblown
Your recent articles on the New Prosperity project contain some significant errors concerning aboriginal rights and title and their potential effect on the federal review panel process.
Editorial: Prosperity’s temerity
I visited Taseko Mines’ Gibraltar mine north of Williams Lake, B.C., in 2008. The company bought the shuttered operation in 1998 and restarted it in 2004. Four expansions later, Gibraltar now employs 700 people, churns out 90 million lb….
Editorial: Dousing the Ring of Fire
One of the surprises of the year that in some ways isn’t such a big shocker is Cliffs Natural Resources’ announcement this past week that it is suspending work at its $3.3-billion Black Thor chromite project in northern…
How will juniors handle Ontario’s new permitting regime?
New rules designed to lessen conflict between the mining sector and aboriginal communities in Ontario kicked in on April 1, but neither cash-poor juniors nor the province’s First Nations seem ready for them.
Rubicon cheers Ontario decision
Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-X) is applauding the Ontario Court of Appeal’s move to reverse a lower court’s 2011 decision in the Keewatin case that said the provincial government could not approve resource development in the…
Avanti encounters Nisga’a opposition at Kitsault
VANCOUVER — Just two weeks after announcing a permit milestone at its Kitsault molybdenum project, 140 km northeast of Prince Rupert, B.C., Vancouver-based junior Avanti Mining (AVT-V) has run into opposition from the Nisga’a Nation.
Editorial: The PDAC-saw
The first week of March was dominated by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s mega-convention in Toronto, with 30,147 investors, analysts, mining executives, geologists, government officials, students and international…
A giant stirs in Bougainville
PANGUNA, BOUGAINVILLE — After more than 20 years in limbo, the small Papua New Guinea island of Bougainville is closer than ever to reopening the infamous Panguna mine.
Commentary: BC a model for attracting investment and building partnerships
It is with some nostalgia that we look back at 2012, a year of pride and celebration for the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC). We wrapped up a year of special initiatives to mark our association’s 100th…
Double Trouble for Taseko
VANCOUVER — So far, the holiday season has not been very merry for Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X), which is facing a potential strike at its operating mine and a new setback in the seemingly endless effort to permit its new mine.
Editorial: Atleo keeps his crown
Every once in a while, by a cosmic long shot, the meek really do inherit the Earth. What’s unsaid is that they’re never so meek again once they’ve taken the reins of power.Amid increasing calls for his ouster, Shawn Atleo…