JV article: How FM defuses one of mining’s most missed risks
As one of the world’s largest commercial and industrial property insurers, FM offers a market specialty in safeguarding large mining businesses by bringing core technical…
Canada
Two of BC’s biggest gold projects face off in court
Tudor Gold (TSXV: TUD) is taking Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) and British Columbia’s Chief Gold Commissioner (CGC) to court over contested tunnels at…
Collective encounters high-grade gold in Colombia
Canadian explorer Collective Mining (TSX, NYSE: CNL) expanded the mineralized area at Colombia’s Guayabales project as it released assay results from six new drill holes….
Feds back AI core scan in NWT for green metals
The Canadian federal and Northwest Territories governments are backing a new AI-powered drill core scanning pilot aimed at opening up critical mineral exploration across the…
Barrick hit again as Mali helicopters take $117M in gold
Mali’s military government has seized over $117 million worth of gold from Barrick’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) Loulo-Gounkoto mine, days after junta leader Colonel Assimi…
Global mining deaths rise for second straight year
Fatalities in the global mining industry rose for a second consecutive year in 2024, the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) said in its…
Spotlight: Mining and Exploration in BC, Prairie Provinces and the Far North – Part 2
Canada is among the world’s best mining jurisdictions and has a rich endowment of minerals from coast to coast to coast. Here’s a look at…
Decarbonization out of sync with diesel dependence
In Canada’s Far North, where the effects of climate change are readily apparent, decarbonization goals are stunted by a lack of infrastructure and diesel dependence. …
Private miners overlook disclosure: legal experts
Many private Canadian mining companies may be unaware that they are subject to the same technical disclosure rules as public issuers and that they could…
Exploration at risk in Manitoba’s second fire emergency
Wildfires pushed Manitoba to declare its second state of emergency in six weeks, sidelining exploration activities for at least two companies. Several communities had already…
Osisko opens door to enlarging Gaspé copper deposit
Osisko Metals (TSX: OM) hinted it may enlarge the deposit at its flagship Gaspé polymetallic project in Quebec after reporting drill results as high as…
Editorial: Nato and Trump to the REE rescue
Today’s huge Pentagon deal for MP Materials, the sole producer of rare earth elements (REEs) in the United States, continues the ratcheting up of developments…