Aboriginal Issues
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COVID-19: Coronavirus impacts spread across mining sector
As the world seemingly moves into lockdown to halt the transmission of the novel COVID-19 virus, the uncertainty and restrictions on movement are taking a toll on markets and commodities. After initially benefiting from uncertainty around the virus and peaking…
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REGULATIONS: New B.C. Mines Minister updates on mining modernization
Newly appointed B.C. Mines Minister Bruce Ralston says all 25 of the province’s Mining Jobs Task Force recommendations, intended both to speed up the permitting process and to strengthen oversight of the mining industry, will be implemented by the end of…
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COBALT-GOLD: Fortune, Tlicho sign deal for NICO access road
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Fortune Minerals of London, Ont., had the Tlicho government have signed an agreement supporting the NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper project 160 km northwest of Yellowknife. The agreement details the conditions under which the mining company can build and operate…
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GOLD: Premier, Centerra, First Nations ink final agreement for Hardrock project
ONTARIO – Greenstone Gold Mines – a 50:50 joint venture of Toronto’s Centerra Gold and Premier Gold Mines based in Thunder Bay, Ont. – and Aroland First Nation, Animbiigoo Zaagi’igan Anishinaabek, and Ginoogaming First Nation have signed a long term…
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EQUIPMENT: MacLean, Nunavut Investments launch new partnership
COLLINGWOOD, Ont. – MacLean Engineering is proud to announce that it has partnered with the Rankin Inlet-based Nunavut Investments to create Nunavut MacLean Inc., an Inuit-owned business registered on NTI’s Inuit Firm Registry. This new business will provide a long…
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LAW: British Columbia Indigenous rights bill should not be a problem for miners says AME
VANCOUVER – The Association for Mineral Exploration or AME, a Vancouver-based industry group, issued a communiqué stating that the sector expects “minimal immediate change” following the introduction of the new B.C. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. Last…
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ZINC-LEAD: Osisko Metals signs agreements with Indigenous communities
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Montreal-based Osisko Metals has signed two separate co-operation agreements that cover its Pine Point zinc-lead project 65 km east of Hay River. The company, the Deninu Kue First Nation, and the Northwest Territory Metis Nation have agreed…
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Ontario to work with First Nations to unlock Ring of Fire
Ontario is one step closer to making the Ring of Fire a reality. Rick Gregford, Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, and Minister of Indigenous Affairs, announced in August that the province would work directly with First Nation communities…
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INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS: Help on way to Attawapiskat
ONTARIO – The Timmins Daily Press reported last week on the efforts of two businesses based in that town to fly supplies to the indigenous town of Attawapiskat on the shore of James Bay. The First Nation community has been…
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GOLD: Moneta, Washgoshig First Nation ink exploration pact
ONTARIO – Moneta Porcupine Mines and the Washgoshig First Nation have signed an exploration agreement to promote a co-operative and mutually respectful relationship that covers Moneta’s activities on its claims at the Golden Highway property. Any further claims that Moneta…
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GOLD: Pure Gold, First Nations sign agreement for Madsen mine
ONTARIO – Vancouver-based Pure Gold Mining and the First Nations of Wabakuskang and Lac Seul have inked a project agreement with respect to the Madsen Red Lake gold mine in Northern Ontario. The agreement establishes a long term, mutually beneficial…
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GOLD: Anaconda, Mi’kmaw chiefs sign MOU for Goldboro
NOVA SCOTIA – Toronto-based Anaconda Mining and the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs signed a memorandum of understanding for the Goldboro gold project 185 km northeast of Halifax. The MOU will govern the process by which the parties will…
