Ontario OKs $90M to upgrade Ring of Fire region
Queen’s Park and Aroland First Nation have signed a multi-million-dollar agreement to plan a transmission line in the remote Ring of Fire area in the province’s north. The deal also…
Canada
YMP awards $225,000 in mining student scholarships
The 2024 Young Mining Professionals Scholarship Fund has awarded a total of $225,000 to students pursuing mining-related programs at post-secondary institutions across Canada. “This year, a record 30 mining companies…
London Symposium JV Video: Forum eyes Tier-1 status for Nunavut’s Aberdeen property
Forum Energy Minerals (TSX: FMC) is drilling its Aberdeen project in Nunavut’s Thelon Basin with the goal of achieving a significant uranium deposit, director Janet Meiklejohn says in a new…
Uranium price falls as DeepSeek disrupts tech
Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek is making a splash in the tech world with downloads surpassing ChatGPT’s, pushing major tech stocks down, while prices of uranium – which could help…
Proposed BC rules threaten exploration: prospectors
Mining prospectors and policy specialists are warning that a new mineral claims consultation framework due to be adopted this spring by British Columbia could end up hurting exploration in the…
Podcast: ‘Capital marketplace in Canada is collapsing’—PDAC policy director Jeff Killeen
This week’s podcast features Jeff Killeen, Director of Policy & Programs at PDAC, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli. They dive into the upcoming PDAC conference in Toronto and explore…
London Symposium JV Video: Renforth updates resource beside Canadian Malartic
Renforth Resources (CSE: RFR; US-OTC: RFHRF) plans to update the resource on its Parbec gold deposit in Quebec this quarter, CEO Nicole Brewster says in a new video. Parbec is beside…
London Symposium JV Video: Majors committed to Golden Triangle, Scottie CEO says
Mining company interest in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle has arguably never been stronger, Scottie Resources (TSX: SCOT) CEO Bradley Rourke says in a new video. Majors such as Newmont (TSX:…
Montero Mining settles with Tanzania for US$27M
Montero Mining and Exploration (TSXV: MON) has agreed to settle its dispute with Tanzania over the Wigu Hill rare earth element project for US$27 million, to be paid in three…
Discovery Silver to buy Newmont’s Porcupine mine for US$425M
Newmont (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NGT) agreed to sell its Porcupine property in Ontario to Discovery Silver (TSX: DSV) for up to US$425 million in a deal poised to elevate the…
Cameco resumes production at Inkai JV in Kazakhstan
Inkai LLP had to temporarily suspend its production activity since 1 January due to absence of required approvals.
Lundins, Juárez named this year’s Young Mining Professionals
The winners of the Young Mining Professionals’ (YMP) Peter Munk and Eira Thomas Awards for 2025 are brothers Jack and Adam Lundin of Lundin Mining (TSX: LUN), and Guatemalan ESG…