Eldorado funds Brixton Metals’ BC gold quest
Mid-tier producer Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD) is pledging nearly $6.5 million to advance Brixton Metals‘ (TSXV: BBB; US-OTC: BBBXF) search for the source of river gold that once produced a…
Canada
Agnico expands First Nordic stake to 13%
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM), Canada’s largest miner by market value, is investing $8.2 million to advance First Nordic Metals‘s (TSX-V: FNM) Oijärvi gold project that Agnico used…
Video: LSE-listed uranium junior Power Metals lands in North America
Power Metals Resources (LSE: POW; US-OTC: POWMF) CEO Sean Wade says there are plenty of catalysts for the London-listed prospect generator which just listed on the OTC. The company, which…
CanAlaska posts uranium discovery in Saskatchewan
CanAlaska Uranium (TSXV: CVV; OTCQX: CVVUF) has announced a discovery at the Pike zone of its West McArthur joint venture project with Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) in Saskatchewan’s eastern Athabasca Basin….
Marimaca Copper gets $68M injection from South Africa’s Assore
Chile-focused Marimaca Copper (TSX: MARI) said on Tuesday that South Africa’s Assore Group, is investing $68 million in the company through its subsidiary Assore International Holdings. Marimaca, which owns the…
Canada, BC, invest $195M in critical minerals infrastructure
Highways in northwest British Columbia, a key mining area in the province, are getting a $195 million upgrade with funding facilities through the federal Critical Minerals Infrastructure fund. The federal…
Leaked document: Victoria Gold to move workers off-site amid Eagle cleanup
Victoria Gold (TSXV: VGCX) plans to temporarily relocate workers from its Eagle mine in Yukon as it continues cleanup after the heap leach pad accident on June 24, the company…
Ontario First Nation seeks mining claims ban for now, and more consultation
A northern Ontario First Nations community, which opposes development of the Ring of Fire area and has fought pulp and paper mercury poisoning for decades, is taking the province to…
Champion Iron halts Bloom Lake ops as forest fires close in
Champion Iron (TSX: CIA, ASX: CIA) has temporarily halted activities at its Bloom Lake mine in northern Quebec near the Labrador border, as forest fires draw nearer. The community of…
Seabed mining body meets amid rising pressure for code
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) kicked off on Monday a two-week meeting expected to be pivotal as the UN body works on the world’s initial regulations for the mining activity,…
Environment Canada lays charges against Teck Coal as Glencore sale closes
Environment Canada has laid five charges against Teck Coal Ltd. after the company was alleged to have dumped substances harmful to fish into waters near its Ek Valley operations in…
Exclusive: Victoria Gold worker caught in landslide claims company has history of unsafe practices
A heavy equipment operator who was caught in the heap leach pad accident at Victoria Gold’s (TSXV: VGCX) Eagle mine in Yukon says he fears the company may try to…