Sherritt lays off 280 as Cuba restart stalls
Sherritt International (TSX: S) will temporarily lay off almost half its Canadian workforce to conserve cash while it seeks further United States approvals and financing…
Canada
Ottawa extends mining tax credits to 2032
Canada plans to extend two mineral exploration tax credits by five years and add antimony to the more generous incentive as Ottawa seeks to turn…
YMP funds $250,000 to mining students
Andrea Ferriss is studying for a BSc (Hons) Geology at the University of Alberta to champion sustainable resource development as a priority for the industry. …
Canada advances plan to freeze Giant mine’s toxic waste
Canada’s $4.4-billion plan to cope with a poisonous legacy at a former gold mine in the Northwest Territories risks complicating local efforts to find a…
AME JV video: Skeena targets Eskay Creek restart
Skeena Resources (TSX: SKE) is targeting initial production of 450,000 oz. of gold-equivalent metal at its Eskay Creek property in northwestern British Columbia’s Golden Triangle…
VRIC JV video: Goliath Resources says Golddigger project has tier one potential
Goliath Resources’ (TSX: GOT) flagship gold project in British Columbia has the potential to yield a substantial deposit, founder and CEO Roger Rosmus says in…
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….
Canada Nickel mulls using Glencore’s processing facility in Ontario
Canada Nickel Company (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) has inked a deal with Glencore (LSE: GLEN) to explore the potential use of the miner and commodities…
GFG Resources to drill high-grade gold targets at Pen
GFG Resources (TSXV: GFG; US-OTC: GFGSF) has begun this year’s second-phase, 8,500-metre drill program at the 475-sq.-km Pen project, 40 km west of the Timmins…
MAC says fed review of Teck’s Castle project ‘political in nature’
Canada’s national association for miners, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC), is weighing in on the federal government’s decision to review Teck Resources’ (TSX: TECK.B;…
Dominion Diamond unveils plan to avoid bankruptcy
Canada’s Dominion Diamond Mines has unveiled a transaction that would allow it to exit court protection from creditors and access short-term operating funds, which would…
Iamgold drills high-grade gold at Rouyn in Quebec
Iamgold (TSX IMG; NYSE: IAG) reported high-grade assay results from a drilling program on the Rouyn gold project in Quebec, 4 km south of Rouyn-Noranda…