Beaver Creek, Yukon: White River First Nation (“WRFN”) is watching closely the developments with the disaster at the Victoria Gold Mine. WRFN stands in full support of Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nation, and all Yukoners in hoping for both the best possible resolution for this immediate crisis, and a path forward to ensure that this never happens again in the Yukon. 

On Monday, June 24, Solaris Resources Inc. is holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM). This year, Solaris will be focused on pitching shareholders on its expansion program drilling and recent financing.

Christopher Bonasia, The Energy Mix

The priority list for the critical minerals that Ottawa calls the “building blocks for the green and digital economy” is “effectively meaningless”, critics say, with broad, subjective criteria that lack sufficient focus on the energy transition.

Our annual report provides some key highlights from MiningWatch's work in 2023, with additional information about our financial position in 2023.

International Campaigns: Holding government and industry accountable for mining abuses abroad 

Internal gov't documents suggest move is to ensure investments in industry don’t wither

Julien Gignac, CBC News

The Yukon government may subsidize mining companies to help them reduce emissions, according to documents obtained through an access to information request.

Never before seen in Quebec: Funding for Lomiko Metals by the U.S. Department of Defense provokes consternation among local residents opposed to the La Loutre project. 

MiningWatch Canada is a signatory to the following letter sent to the Government of Canada on May 28, 2024 expressing concern over Canada's engagement at recent International Seabed Authority meetings where regulations to advance deep sea mining are being negotiated. Among other requests, the letter calls on Canada to attend upcoming ISA meetings in July with a renewed mandate that prioritizes good governance, Indigenous participation, and upholds commitments to ocean protection. 

Dear Honourable Ministers Joly, Wilkinson, Lebouthillier, and Guilbeault,

Aimee Gabay, Mongabay

Violent crackdowns by Ecuadorian security forces on antimining protesters there have highlighted the outsize role that Canadian mining companies play in human rights abuses in other countries, and the failure by the government in Ottawa to police their conduct.

The following statement was translated by Rights Action, who calls on organizations and people - particularly in Canada, Switzerland and the US that are home to the mining companies – to use the statements below (English below and Spanish version here) to initiate, or continue with your education and activism work to pressure your governments and your companies to comply with the just demands of the Maya Q’eqchi’ people.

In October and November 2023, Panamanians took to the streets in record numbers to denounce a mining contract between Canada’s First Quantum Minerals and the Government of Panama. For years, First Quantum has operated its massive open-pit copper mine in legal limbo, as its concession was declared unconstitutional in 2017.