First Nations group pulls support for Seabridge’s KSM
Citing the need for improved consultation, a First Nations group has pulled its support for Seabridge Gold‘s (TSX: SEA, NYSE: SA) KSM mine in northwestern British Columbia. The Hereditary Chiefs…
Regulatory Issues
Brazil’s top court breaks Indigenous mining deadlock
Brazil’s Supreme Court has upheld a ruling allowing Cinta Larga Indigenous communities to legally conduct mineral exploration in four territories under temporary safeguards while lawmakers develop long-delayed legislation that governs…
Colombia gold mine collapse kills 13 workers
At least 13 workers have been killed and another seven injured in a landslide at an open pit gold mine in southwestern Colombia — the latest in a series of…
Fortescue exec kept on job during sex-harassment probe
Fortescue (ASX: FMG) is keeping an unnamed senior executive at work while external lawyers investigate allegations of sexual harassment and bullying, energy chief Gus Pichot said Thursday. The Australian miner…
Ottawa scrutinizes China’s $175M Lithium Chile deal
Canadian junior Lithium Chile (TSX-V: LITH) and China Union Holdings (SZSE: 000036) face a potential national security review of their $175-million (C$243-million) Argentum Lithium transaction after Canadian officials raised concerns…
US opens vast Pacific seabed to mining
Washington is planning to auction off deep-sea mining leases near the Northern Mariana Islands later this year, advancing the Trump administration’s push to develop domestic sources of critical minerals from…
$10B Canada power deal seen boosting Labrador mining
Canada, Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador signed a $10 billion (US$7.2 billion) non-binding agreement to expand the Churchill Falls generating station, nearly tripling its current capacity, in what Ottawa is…
Equinox Gold gains key federal permit for South Railroad, kicks off early works
Equinox Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: EQX) is starting early works construction at its South Railroad project in Nevada after it completed an important stage of federal environmental permitting, putting it on…
American Rare Earths, Novex to boost US output
American Rare Earths (ASX: ARR) and metallurgy firm Novex plan to develop U.S. rare earth metal production using feedstock from the Halleck Creek project in Wyoming, said to be the…
Processing, not output, may decide metal shortages
Critical-mineral shortages through 2035 may depend as much on whether miners can reliably process and deliver usable material as on whether enough tonnes are mined, according to GEM Mining Consulting….
Savannah wins support for contentious Barroso
Savannah Resources (LSE: SAV) has secured fresh backing from local landowners in northern Portugal for the controversial Barroso lithium project, Europe’s largest, as the developer seeks to overcome years of…
Sweden OKs Boliden’s Laver copper concession
Sweden rejected appeals against Boliden’s (STO: BOL) mining concession for Laver, clearing a key hurdle for a copper project that could double the country’s output while leaving major environmental and…