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PDAC 2019: Ontario Mines Minister Rickford pledges to cut red tape; slams fed Bill C-69
The Ontario government has put together a new mining taskforce to help it overhaul the Mining Act. Whereas the previous Liberal government also passed legislation to modernize the mining act, Greg Rickford, Mines Minister in the new Progressive Conservative government,…
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Part II of our electric mines series: Goldcorp’s vision for Borden
Brent Bergeron discusses the genesis of Borden, the world’s first all-electric mine
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Eira Thomas takes the reins at Lucara
Lightning has struck more than once so far in Eira Thomas’s career of more than 25 years. The geologist famously spotted a nearly 2-carat diamond in drill core – an incredibly rare occurrence – during exploration at Lac de Gras…
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Roundup 2018: AME’s Thome on BC’s mineral politics
VANCOUVER — The Association for Mineral Exploration’s (AME) Roundup conference in Vancouver serves as a bellwether for the mining industry as the first major technical event of the new year. The most recent iteration featured the typical discussions on metal prices and…
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Exclusive interview: Pretium’s Ovsenek responds to Brucejack ramp-up criticisms
On Jan. 23, Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) provided an update on the ramp-up of its flagship Brucejack underground gold mine in northwestern B.C.’s Golden Triangle district. The company was criticized by BMO Capital Markets for providing “more questions than answers”…
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Changing mines: Ontario on the cusp of the future
Report on advances in Ontario’s mining industry from the OMA
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Q&A with Ontario’s Mines Minister Michael Gravelle
Minister talks Ring of Fire and Mining Act
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Q&A with CEMI’s Doug Morrison
Innovation is a hot topic, but how much progress has the mining industry made?
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Tom Kaplan and Ross Beaty on luck and conservation
At the recent Precious Metals Summit in Beaver Creek, Colorado, Robert Quartermain, the chairman and CEO of Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG), moderated a discussion with his long-time friends Tom Kaplan, chairman of the Electrum Group, a private precious metals company…
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New Argentine government a positive step, says Rob McEwen
After more than a decade of leftist government, voters in Argentina elected Mauricio Macri, a wealthy businessman and Buenos Aires mayor, as their new president on Nov. 22, 2015. The centre-right politician has promised more pro-business and free market policies…
