Despite widespread opposition to mining in Ecuador, government officials and Canadian Ambassador Sylvie Bédard rubbed shoulders with industry representatives during "Ecuador Day" at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada's (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto yesterday. Promoting faster environmental permitting and a rushed Indigenous consultation process, both the Canadian and Ecuadorian governments are pushing an agenda of massive mineral extraction in the South American country.

Accelerating mine development could be a pressing issue for the country's left-leaning Liberal Party government as it looks to support the energy transition, said Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources.

Wilkinson's call to action at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada conference in Toronto on mine timelines is a rare example of a top Liberal official calling for the need to fast-track more Canadian mining projects, after the government has made critical minerals a priority in recent years.

The mining industry is using the energy transition to paint its extractive activities "green," claiming to be the sustainable providers of metals and minerals required for energy transition technologies. But we know that mining is a significant cause of the climate crisis, not the solution. Here's a primer to cut through the industry spin.

Toronto-headquartered Barrick Gold Corp. is once again facing accusations that its high-altitude Veladero mine in Argentina is releasing toxins into the local water supply — after similar incidents years ago spurred the country to pass legislation and forced the mine to temporarily close.

Located in the Argentinian Andes, Veladero is operated by Barrick but it is jointly owned on a 50-50 basis with China’s Shandong Gold. The mine has faced criticism related to toxic spills in water dating back to at least 2015.

TORONTO/TKARONTO -- Representatives from communities impacted by mining projects in Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Nunavut, the Philippines, and the “Ring of Fire” region in Northern Ontario joined local activists to protest the opening of the world's largest mining convention. 

Statement from the Assembly 'No to the Esquel Mine' as Argentine officials meet with mining industry representatives during PDAC 2022: The December 2021 protests are still fresh, when the “Chubutazo” groundswell stopped the Arcioni government in its attempt to impose industrial mining in the province of Chubut. Nevertheless, this week the government of Alberto Fernández is promoting the Navidad and the Cordón Esquel projects at the Prospector’s and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) 2022 mining summit. 

Every year at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s (PDAC) Mining Convention in Canada, the usurpers of our territory speak about the "Warintza model" — bringing their paid Shuar personnel to speak wonders of a project that our people and our legitimate community leaders reject.

(Ottawa) On June 2, Yultrina Pieter and fifty-five other women of Bawone and Binebas villages on the small island of Sangihe¹ won a legal victory in their struggle to protect their island homes from a proposed Canadian-owned open-pit gold mine.

The world is changing and all governments must fight the climate crisis and ensure economic development benefits everyone, including Indigenous Peoples, Canada's prime minister said Monday as Chile pushes ahead with reforms to its mining sector.

"You cannot grow a strong, resilient economy in the 21st century unless you are also protecting the environment, unless everyone has a chance to participate, unless you are including people who have been excluded," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said as he appeared alongside Chilean President Gabriel Boric during his visit to Ottawa.