(Ottawa and Toronto) MiningWatch Canada, Common Frontiers, the United Steelworkers (USW), and Council of Canadians welcome news of an RCMP raid on the Calgary office of Blackfire Exploration, the privately-held company whose barite mine in Chiapas, Mexico has been in the news since the November 2009

Communiqué: The Mexican Network of Communities Affected by Mining - Chiapas chapter released a statement following revelations that the RCMP raided Blackfire Exploration's Calgary-based offices on July 20, 2011.

News release: The Tsilhqot’in National Government today called on the Federal government to halt the continuous drain on everyone’s time and resources and to reject Taseko Mines Limited’s rebid for the 'Prosperity' copper-gold mine project.

News release from Algonquin First Nations of Eagle Village and Wolf Lake: Last week, the Algonquin First Nations of Eagle Village and Wolf Lake sent a letter to Premier Charest indicating their rejection of the current Quebec Mining Act and Bill 14, a bill that proposes to modify the Act.

MiningWatch Canada was pleased to learn of the Superior Court of Quebec's recent rejection of a suit filed against Ugo Lapointe of the Coalition Québec meilleure mine.

For a relatively small project, Castle Resources' proposed Elmtree gold mine is raising a lot of concerns amongst the citizens of north-eastern New Brunswick.

News release: Despite acknowledging that project does not have a social licence to proceed and identifying a long list inadequacies in the environmental assessment, the panel makes a finding that the project is unlikely to have significant environmental effects and recommends approval of the project, albeit with a host of unenforceable conditions.

News release: MiningWatch Canada was alarmed to learn today that Cap-Ex Ventures Ltd. (Cap-Ex), a Vancouver-based junior, has proceeded with exploration activities in direct violation of agreements made with the Innu of Uashat mak Mani-Utenam (ITUM) who have made considerable efforts to engage with the company and reach an agreement for exploration to proceed on their traditional territory.

An audit of the BC Environmental Assessment Office (BC EAO) raises explosive evidence of the length to which the BC government went to help Taseko Mines Ltd.

Faced with ongoing pressures from the mining sector KI have developed a Water Declaration and Consultation Protocols.