Aboriginal Issues
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LITHIUM: Galaxy, Cree sign pre-development deal
ONTARIO – Australia miner Galaxy Resources and the Cree Nation of Eastmain have entered into a pre-development agreement for the James Bay lithium mine 100 km east of the community of Eastmain. The PDA commits the company to notify the…
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GOLD: Open dialogue established between miner and BC First Nation around Rock & Roll property
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Etruscus Resources and the Tahltan Central Government (TCG) signed this week a communications agreement regarding the Rock and Roll property, which is located in the Golden Triangle and within Tahltan territory. The 5,309-hectare property, which has been…
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AME Roundup: Regional Mining Alliance cements new partnership in BC’s Golden Triangle
VANCOUVER — A new partnership between First Nations, exploration companies and the B.C. government named the British Columbia Regional Mining Alliance (BCRMA) is working well to advance mineral exploration and mining in northwestern British Columbia. That was the message behind…
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Making Inroads on the Ring of Fire?
Road to rich resources will pave way for development
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Wabun chiefs at the forefront of resource revenue sharing in Ontario
Provincial government’s first resource revenue sharing agreement
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ZINC-LEAD: NorZinc signs land use agreement with Dene
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Vancouver-based NorZinc has signed a traditional land use agreement with the Nah?a Dehé Dene Band in Nahanni Butte. The agreement covers the construction and operation of an all season road connecting the Prairie Creek zinc-lead-silver mine and…
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SOCIAL LICENCE: CIPS proposes co-operation with Star-Orion development
SASKATCHEWAN – The Coalition of Indigenous Peoples of Saskatchewan (CIPS) has proposed a protocol of understanding and co-operation covering the Star-Orion South diamond project. The property is located 60 km east of Prince Albert and is 100% owned by Star…
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GOLD-SILVER: Benchmark extends Phoenix zone in BC’s Golden Triangle
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Benchmark Metals has expanded the Phoenix zone at its Lawyers gold-silver project in the province’s Golden Triangle after intersecting gold and silver mineralization in step out drilling grading as high as 11 g/t gold and 819 g/t silver…
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COPPER-GOLD: Havilah inks agreement for Australia’s largest undeveloped open pit copper-gold deposit
AUSTRALIA – After five years of negotiations, Havilah Resources has signed a Native Title Mining Agreement for its Kalkaroo copper-cobalt-gold project, northeast of Adelaide in South Australia. Kalkaroo is believed to be the largest undeveloped open pit copper-gold deposit in…
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GOLD-COPPER: Pebble mine scores small win in land deal with landowners
ALASKA – Shares in Canadian miner Northern Dynasty Minerals were up Wednesday following an agreement announced late Tuesday [Nov. 20] between its subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) and the Alaska Peninsula Corp. (APC) that lets the company use defined portions of lands…
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IRON ORE: Supreme Court to hear appeal in Innu-Rio dispute
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a jurisdictional appeal in the years-long effort by the Innu to sue Rio Tinto over its Iron Ore Company of Canada operations. The appeal was launched by the government…
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ALUMINUM: Rio Tinto, First Nations launch tunnel boring machine
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Rio Tinto Aluminium, the Cheslatta Carrier and the Haisla First Nations launched the tl’ughus tunnel boring machine, a key milestone toward completing the Kemano second tunnel project. The 1,300-tonne machine will bore a 7.6-km tunnel as part…
