VANCOUVER — Mega miner Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LON: RIO) is staring down the barrel of a potentially costly legal battle with a pair of First Nation groups whose traditional Nitassinan territory covers a large part of northeastern Quebec…
Given the unchanged prospects at Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) suspended Pascua-Lama gold-silver project in Chile and Argentina, Silver Wheaton (TSX: SLW; NYSE: SLW) has again amended its silver-stream agreement on the asset.
VANCOUVER — The political landscape has shifted in a good way for junior Nevada Copper (TSX: NCU) at its Pumpkin Hollow iron oxide copper gold deposit 13 km southeast of the town of Yerington, Nev.
U.S. President Barack Obama’s call for a “new approach” in the U.S. government’s relationship with Cuba, including the establishment of diplomatic relations and an easing of economic and travel restrictions, has lifted…
Mining and mineral exploration are by nature businesses for optimists, but looking back over 2014, it’s hard not to conclude that difficulties and disasters tended to outweigh the brighter spots of achievement and growth. Here is our…
VANCOUVER — It’s been a long journey for Asian Mineral Resources (TSXV: ASN; US-OTC: AIERF) at its Ban Phuc nickel-sulphide project, 160 km west of Hanoi in Vietnam’s Son La province, but the company’s patience is about…
One of the more bizarre political initiatives initiated by gold bugs went down in flames on Nov. 30, with 77% of Swiss voters rejecting a plan to force the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to buy 55 million oz. gold to keep in reserve.
Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) has estimated cleanup costs related to the early August tailings dam failure at its Mount Polley mine at $67.4 million — less than many analysts had expected.
VANCOUVER — Nevsun Resources (TSX: NSU; NYSE-MKT: NSU) is facing a lawsuit in the B.C. Supreme Court alleging it was complicit in the use of forced labour by local contractors at its Bisha copper-gold operation in Eritrea in East Africa….
It will soon be mandatory for Canadian mining and oil and gas companies to report payments to foreign and domestic governments — including, eventually, First Nations governments in Canada.
On Oct. 23, 2014, the Government of Canada introduced its long-awaited legislation to mandate disclosure of public payments made by mining and oil & gas companies for the commercial development of oil, gas and minerals. The Extractive…
Uranium prices and uranium stocks spiked in early November after politicians in Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture, including governor Yuichiro Ito, approved two nuclear reactor restarts in the country.
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