Petra Diamonds delays sale amid US tariffs uncertainty
Africa-focused Petra Diamonds (LSE: PDL) has postponed a scheduled sale of about 200,000 carats of diamonds from its Cullinan mine in South Africa, citing uncertainty…
Regulatory Issues
Trump executive order seeks to revive coal
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at boosting the country’s sagging coal industry by removing regulatory limits on mining and declaring…
Mining dominates Poilievre’s speedy permits list
Mining investments make up nearly all the resource projects Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre would approve within a year if elected Canadian Prime Minister this month….
Ontario’s $11B in tariff aid defers mining tax
Ontario plans to provide about $11 billion in relief to workers and businesses to help weather the impact of U.S. tariffs. The support package includes deferring…
Sheinbaum quickens mining permits even as Mexico faces $1.5B in claims
Mexico’s image as a tough place for mining may show little sign of abating under the Claudia Sheinbaum administration as it increases taxes and faces…
New Gold buys rest of New Afton mine for $300M
Canada’s New Gold (TSX: NGD; NYSE-A: NGD) has agreed to acquire the remaining 19.9% free cash flow interest in the New Afton copper-gold mine from the…
PDAC video: Kazakhstan keen to draw Canadian miners
Kazakhstan is counting on its estimated US$40 trillion mineral wealth to spark a mining boom, Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) governor Renat Bekturov says. To…
Wesdome to acquire Angus Gold in $28M deal
The transaction quadruples Wesdome’s land position at the Eagle River gold operation in Ontario.
Is this when Chile’s lithium wager pays off?
Two years after President Gabriel Boric pushed to develop Chile’s lithium potential, the initiative could soon start to bear fruit. The government is expected to…
PDAC JV video: PDAC pushes for permanent industry tax incentive amid uncertainty
Canada needs an exploration credit ingrained in the tax code, Raymond Goldie, past president of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, says in a…
PDAC JV video: SAP and Syntax tackle funding constraints for juniors
A partnership by software companies Syntax and SAP is seeking to help miners shift from manual processes to real-time financial reporting and automated cost tracking….
PDAC JV video: Onyen platform streamlines compliance reporting, CEO says
Under new reporting standards that took effect in January, companies are now required to confirm their sustainability and risk data. Lenders want written proof of…