Canada’s newest mine officially opens

Artemis Gold officially opened its Blackwater mine, Canada’s newest gold-silver mine, in central British Columbia on May 30 with members of the federal, local and Indigenous governments, industry associations, and other stakeholders in attendance.  “Today marks the official opening of Blackwater mine after an industry leading 22 months of construction and three months of commissioning, a phenomenal achievement in our…

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Supreme Court refusal moves Resolution project forward

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a Native American group’s case to block a land swap for the Resolution Copper project in Arizona, reported Reuters. The government is now free to start a process that would give Rio Tinto and BHP access to the land. The justices turned away the appeal by nonprofit Apache Stronghold, which argued that…

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