ALBERTA – Late last week the joint federal-provincial panel reviewing Teck Resources’ Frontier oilsands project sent its report to Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna. The report urges regulators to approve the $20.6-billion pr…
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NEWFOUNDLAND – Following its recent acquisition of the Four Corners project, Delrey Metals received this week authorization from the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources to establish up to 20 drill sites and four trenches on the pr…
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NEW BRUNSWICK – Vancouver-based Northcliff Resources says the final federal authorization has been received for the Scisson tungsten-molybdenum project 60 km northwest of Fredericton. Environmental approvals were given in 2015 and 2017 for the project….
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ONTARIO – Toronto-based Alamos Gold has received the amended permit for expansion of the Island Gold mine to 1,200 t/d from the provincial Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. The mine is located about 83 km northeast of Wawa.…
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ONTARIO – Greenstone Gold Mines’ Hardrock open pit gold project has passed an important regulatory phase. The environmental assessment (EA) was recently approved under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act. This is the third provincial mining EA app…
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SASKATCHEWAN – Vancouver-based NexGen Energy says the Rook I project description has been accepted by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment. That clears the way for the company to begin the environme…
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NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – The Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board has given Vancouver-based GoldMining Inc. the water licence and land use permits for its Yellowknife gold project north of the town of the same name. The permits refer specifically for&#…
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BRITISH COLUMBIA – The federal government has given the environmental okay to the Blackwater gold-silver project 150 km south of Vanderhoof, saying it doesn’t anticipate significant adverse effects. The project is 100% owned by New Gold of Toronto. The…
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NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – TerraX Minerals announced that the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board in Yellowknife, Canada, issued a land use permit that approves the company’s exploration plan on all the land holdings of its Yellowknife City gold propert…
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NUNAVUT – With the receipt of Type A water licences, Toronto-based TMAC Resources has completed the permitting of its Madrid (both north and south) and Boston gold deposits. The Minister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs approved the licences, …
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