BC Mining
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Vancouver Island’s Myra Falls Mine not ‘financially viable,’ going into maintenanceThe Myra Falls Mine has operated about 90 kilometres southwest of Campbell River since 1965 and has undergone substantial modernizations since 2019.EconomyDec 18, 2023
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Agreement made between Tahltan Central Government and province for mineEnvironment Minister George Heyman says the nation and the province have built a strong partnership that supports economic certainty for projects.PerspectivesNov 2, 2023
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Planned B.C. gold mine near Quesnel passes environmental assessmentThe certificate comes with 22 conditions, including hiring ratios, a new drinking water supply for Wells and minimizing impacts to the Barkerville woodland caribou herd.EnvironmentOct 10, 2023
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‘Dishonest’: Gitxaała Nation in court over automatic online mineral rights registryAccording to the Mineral Tenure Act, mineral lands include all lands whose mineral rights are reserved to the government, including 'almost all privately-owned land.'EnvironmentApr 3, 2023
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First Nations angered by delays in joint probe of cross-border contamination from coal minesFirst 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.CanadaOct 21, 2022
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B.C. corporation’s manager, contractor convicted in deadly Burkina Faso mine floodThe Vancouver-based miner issued a statement Thursday thanking local communities and Perkoa employees who attended a Burkina Faso court to hear the verdicts Wednesday.CanadaSep 14, 2022
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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."PoliticsJun 21, 2022
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B.C.’s Trevali Mining recovers final two of eight workers killed in Burkina Faso mine floodThe 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.CanadaJun 20, 2022
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U.S. wants Canada to join probe of cross-border pollution from B.C. coal minesIn 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.EnvironmentJun 14, 2022
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B.C. recognizes Tahltan jurisdiction in land-management decisionsThe province said the agreement will advance reconciliation in the Eskay Creek Revitalization Project in northwestern B.C., which aims to reopen a gold and silver mine.EnvironmentJun 6, 2022
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