Category: US & Canada

Americas Gold and Silver poured the first gold at its Relief Canyon open-pit, heap-leach gold project in northwest Nevada in mid-February. Relief Canyon is a previously producing property, and the current project benefits from...

Excelsior Mining reported in early February that, following the first month of mining operations, it has collected a significant amount of data that will support optimization programs that are currently being implemented at its...

Aquila Resources Inc. announced that the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) approved amendments to Aquila’s Nonferrous Metallic Mineral Mining Permit and its Michigan Air Use Permit to Install for...

Taseko Mines has reported the results of recently updated technical work on its Yellowhead copper project in southeast British Columbia. Included are a 22% increase in recoverable copper reserves and significantly improved...

Atacama Resources International Inc. acquired the Tannahill Gold Property located 35 kilometers northeast of the prolific Kirkland Lake Gold Camp in northeastern Ontario. The multiyear deal will provide Atacama with a 100%...

Paramount Gold Nevada Corp. has received the permit to appropriate water from the Oregon Water Resources Department for its proposed Grassy Mountain gold mine and processing facilities in eastern Oregon. This is the first Oregon...

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued a proposed rule to modernize its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations, which were issued more than four decades ago. If finalized, the proposed rule...

Poly Met Mining Inc. will file a petition for review to the Minnesota Supreme Court seeking to overturn a state Court of Appeals decision handed down January 13 remanding the company’s Permit to Mine and dam safety permits to...

TMAC Resources has initiated a strategic process to explore, review and evaluate a broad range of potential alternatives that include a potential sale or merger, a joint venture of the Hope Bay mine in Nunavut, Canada,...

South32 Ltd. has exercised its option to acquire a 50% interest in a joint-venture company with Trilogy Metals to develop the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects (UKMP) in the Ambler mining district of northwest Alaska. The projects...

On Monday, January 6, by a vote of 86 to 78, union members of the United Steel Workers (USW) Local Union No. 5114 accepted an agreement between USW and Hecla Mining Co. at its Lucky Friday silver mine in the Coeur d’Alene Mining...

Rise Gold Corp. has submitted an application to Nevada county, California, for a “Use Permit” to allow the reopening of the historic Idaho-Maryland gold mine. The mine is located in the Sierra Nevada mountains of northeast...