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Lessons from Squanto

By MN Gordon Standing In Your Way Governments across the planet will go to any length to meddle in the lives and private affairs of their citizens. This is what our experiences and observations have shown. What gives? For one, politicians have an aversion to freedom and liberty. They want to control your behavior, choices, […]

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Border dispute temporarily halts Canadian miner’s operations in Burkina Faso

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Vancouver-based Indigo Exploration Inc. (TSXV: IXI) (FSE: INE) sent out a media statement saying that the Minister of Mines of Burkina Faso, Idani Oumarou, temporarily suspended access to the company’s Hantoukoura permit located close to the Niger border, approximately 300 kilometres east of Ouagadougou. According to the press release,

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New plant in the UK aims to transform biomass into ‘coal’

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Scientists and industry in the United Kingdom are joining forces to build a commercial scale facility capable of transforming biomass into next-generation solid fuels with coal-like properties. This would be the first complex of its type in the country. HTC or Hydrothermal Carbonisation is the name of the technology

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Mexico says no link between killings and dispute at Canada’s Torex mine

By analyst By Cecilia Jamasmie Mexican authorities have ruled out any link between a double murder near a gold mine owned by Canada’s Torex Gold Resources (TSX:TXG) and a labour dispute at the operation, located in violent Guerrero state. The official statement (in Spanish) backs the company’s account, in which it said the two killed

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Colombian First Nations rally against mining in the world’s highest mountain/coastal system

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Hundreds of Colombian First Nations marched today in Valledupar, capital of the northern Cesar department, to demand government action against mining development on the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the highest mountain/coastal system in the world. Talking to the local media, the leader of the Arhuaco tribe, Saúl Mindiola,

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Marmota to process ore at its neighbour’s mine

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud South Australian exploration company Marmota Limited (ASX:MEU) announced that it has executed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with WPG Resources (ASX:WPG) to process ore from its Aurora Tank gold project at WPG’s Challenger processing plant, given that both sites are located close to each other. The MoU is another

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