Trilogy’s copper-zinc Arctic project joins FAST-41
Trilogy Metals (NYSE-A, TSX: TMQ) says its primary project in northwestern Alaska’s Ambler Mining District is entering the FAST-41 initiative, a milestone in the advancement of one of the world’s…
Regulatory Issues
Sigma Lithium fights Brazil ruling after shares slide
Sigma Lithium (Nasdaq: SGML) is appealing a Brazilian court ruling tied to allegations involving waste disposal at its Grota do Cirilo lithium operation after the developments helped wipe 15% off…
Elemental Royalty to buy Vizsla Royalties for $327M
Elemental Royalty (TSX: ELE; Nasdaq: ELE) is acquiring Vizsla Royalties (TSX-V: VROY; US-OTC: VROY) in a $327-million (US$239-million) deal, offering a 31% premium as the company continues consolidating the royalty…
Government funding now a plus not a burden, miners say
In the West’s efforts to catch up with China’s lead in critical minerals development, more companies are warming to government financing than in previous years when governments were regarded as…
Ioneer, Lithium Americas defend Nevada projects as Amnesty flags Indigenous consent gap
Amnesty International is accusing lithium projects in Nevada of advancing without Indigenous consent, highlighting a gap between U.S. permitting law and international human-rights standards as development accelerates in the state’s…
CIM Connect Video: Botswana bourse pitches post-diamond push
Botswana is pitching Canadian miners on its stock exchange as a way to fund copper and battery metals projects while the country tries to diversify beyond diamonds, Botswana Stock Exchange…
Codelco faces questions over 20,000-tonne output gap
Chilean state-run copper miner Codelco may have overstated its December output by about 20,000 tonnes after including material that did not qualify as finished product, according to a preliminary internal…
CIM Connect Video: Quebec miners press to cut permit delays, association says
Quebec must speed permits, cut overlap between federal and provincial reviews and rebuild public trust if it wants to keep mining investment flowing, Quebec Mining Association president and CEO Emmanuelle…
Fortescue to pay A$150M for Aboriginal site damage
Fortescue (ASX: FMG), one of the world’s biggest iron ore miners, must pay more than A$150 million (US$108 million) to an Australian Aboriginal group after a court found the company…
Sponsored: Q&A With SRK – Christina James on water, risk and regulation
The Northern Miner’s video host Devan Murugan spoke with Christina James, president of SRK Canada and principal water resources engineer, at SRK’s Toronto office about water balances, regulation, independence and how the…
Cornish Metals secures $210M to revive UK tin mine
Cornish Metals (AIM: TIN) has secured a $210 million bond financing that moves the company closer to restarting the historic South Crofty tin mine in southwestern England after decades of…
BHP loses bid to appeal Brazil dam disaster ruling
BHP (ASX: BHP) cannot appeal a U.K. court ruling that found the world’s largest miner liable for Brazil’s deadliest environmental disaster, tightening pressure ahead of a damages trial tied to…