BC Mining

• Mining industry takes issue with B.C. government extending pause on new mineral claims

  The government says it needs more time to complete land-use planning and determine where future mining and conservation can occur.

  Politics

  Jun 4
  
• Vancouver Island’s Myra Falls Mine not ‘financially viable,’ going into maintenance

  The Myra Falls Mine has operated about 90 kilometres southwest of Campbell River since 1965 and has undergone substantial modernizations since 2019. 

  Economy

  Dec 18, 2023
  
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• Agreement made between Tahltan Central Government and province for mine

  Environment Minister George Heyman says the nation and the province have built a strong partnership that supports economic certainty for projects.

  Perspectives

  Nov 2, 2023
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• Planned B.C. gold mine near Quesnel passes environmental assessment

  The certificate comes with 22 conditions, including hiring ratios, a new drinking water supply for Wells and minimizing impacts to the Barkerville woodland caribou herd.

  Environment

  Oct 10, 2023
• ‘Dishonest’: Gitxaała Nation in court over automatic online mineral rights registry

  According to the Mineral Tenure Act, mineral lands include all lands whose mineral rights are reserved to the government, including 'almost all privately-owned land.'

  Environment

  Apr 3, 2023
• First Nations angered by delays in joint probe of cross-border contamination from coal mines

  First Nations and environmentalists say they are angry the federal and B.C. governments continue to stonewall U.S. requests for a joint investigation of contamination from mining.

  Canada

  Oct 21, 2022
• B.C. corporation’s manager, contractor convicted in deadly Burkina Faso mine flood

  The Vancouver-based miner issued a statement Thursday thanking local communities and Perkoa employees who attended a Burkina Faso court to hear the verdicts Wednesday.

  Canada

  Sep 14, 2022
• Auditor general says B.C. Mines Ministry has improved oversight ‘with minor exceptions’

  Michael Pickup told a news conference Tuesday that his office found the Mines Ministry has improved its "oversight activities, with minor exceptions."

  Politics

  Jun 21, 2022
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• B.C.’s Trevali Mining recovers final two of eight workers killed in Burkina Faso mine flood

  The catastrophe is under investigation by Trevali and Burkina Faso. The West African nation has also imposed temporary travel restrictions on some of Trevali’s foreign employees.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2022
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• U.S. wants Canada to join probe of cross-border pollution from B.C. coal mines

  In a statement, the U.S. State Department said the president supports a joint investigation of selenium coming from Teck Resource's Elk Valley coal mines.

  Environment

  Jun 14, 2022