Ottawa to back Indigenous groups buying project equity
The federal government is to start an Indigenous loan guarantee program in this year’s budget due April 16, according to a senior official at the Natural Resources Ministry. The program…
Indigenous Affairs
Why Ontario can’t afford to ignore juniors in the next budget
Without a doubt, one of the most important challenges facing the next generation is global warming and the need to decarbonize the transportation sector. This can only happen with the sustainable…
Miners praise Ecuador’s new president as he battles narco-gangs to bolster jobs
Ecuador’s new President Daniel Noboa was elected last October with a seemingly impossible task. He had just 18 months before the next vote to beat back the country’s spiralling gang…
BMC’s project in Yukon can proceed after talks help address Indigenous doubts, governments say
A government body’s decision re-opens a path to permitting for BMC Minerals’ Kudz Ze Kayah (KZK) zinc-lead-copper project in the Yukon, following consultations between governments and Indigenous authorities. The…
PDAC 2024: Burzynski on Windfall’s excess; Wabun, O3, Lundin, McConnell also awarded
John Burzynski, Osisko Mining’s (TSX: OSK) chairman and CEO, recalls how exploration drilling at the Windfall gold project in Quebec set a few records and ruined an entire generation of…
PDAC 2024: First Nations manage tricky work of Indigenous consultation on Ring of Fire road
Consultations continue with northern Ontario First Nations who are opposed to mining activity in the remote Ring of Fire region. The Marten Falls and Webequie First Nations are the only…
BC does about-face on proposed Land Act changes
British Columbia announced on Wednesday it will not proceed with proposed amendments to the Land Act that observers say would have granted Indigenous groups more power over mining leases issued…
Video: Tahltan Nation offers heavy equipment training in mobile simulators
The Tahltan Nation is rolling out schooling for licences in hauling trucks, bulldozers and loaders, a vice president of the Indigenous group’s development company says in a new video. A…
BC’s Nisga’a plan to launch public royalty co
The Nisga’a Nation in northwest B.C. is forming Canada’s largest Indigenous-majority owned public royalty company, demonstrating the increasing power of First Nations in resource development. A new agreement announced Thursday…
BC Land Act changes could grant Indigenous control over mining leases
British Columbia’s Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship is contemplating changes to the way land use decisions are made in the province — and it could have a big…
Chiefs of Ontario ask for year-long pause on claims staking
The Chiefs of Ontario are urging the province to call a 365-day moratorium on the Mining Lands Administration System (MLAS), beginning on Jan. 24. The move follows an exponential rise…
BC court ruling on consultation and claim-staking ‘only decision’ possible, says Indigenous adviser
In the wake of a landmark court case that will force a revamp of British Columbia’s claim-staking regime, the mining industry and Indigenous groups say a fair accommodation of both…