Friends of MiningWatch Quebec drags First Nation back to Court over landmark mining decision 04.12.2024
News Release Environment and community groups applaud BC Supreme Court ruling to reform province’s mineral staking regime 28.09.2023
Friends of MiningWatch Illegal Mining Claims Discovered Inside Protected Area of Nopiming Provincial Park, Manitoba 12.09.2023
MiningWatch in the News B.C. miners push province to aggressively support critical mineral exploration 13.08.2023
News Release Intervenors join Gitxaała in court to argue against BC’s mineral claim regime 11.04.2023
MiningWatch in the News B.C. law reform group applies to be intervener in First Nation’s petition against mining claims 16.12.2022
MiningWatch in the News Why doesn’t B.C. have mining regulations that Brazil, Ecuador and China already have? 05.10.2022
News Release Report Highlights 8 Recent Cases: B.C. Fails to Meet Indigenous Consent Standard for Mining 06.12.2021
News Release First Nation’s Legal Action Challenges B.C.’s Colonial Mining Law – Groups Urge Reform 26.10.2021
News Release New Poll Shows Strong Support to Reform Mining, Create New Protected Areas in B.C. 21.10.2020
News Release From Bad to Worse on Mining: Groups Urge B.C. Government to Reform Outdated Laws 04.07.2019
News Release New Expert Report Finds Canada Carbon Project Uneconomic, $96 Million Damage Claim Against Municipality Unfounded – Complaint Filed with B.C. Securities Commission 22.05.2019
Blog Guatemalan Communities Denounce Tahoe Resources for Trying to Provoke Conflict During Suspension of Escobal Mine 22.02.2018
News Release B.C. Rejects Ajax Mine – Groups Urge Governments to Learn Lessons and Change Laws 15.12.2017
Friends of MiningWatch Algonquin Nation Takes Mining Fight to Company's AGM: “No Means Never” 01.06.2017
Friends of MiningWatch First Nations Women Stake Mining Claim on Minister Bill Bennett’s Property 24.01.2017
News Release US Securities and Exchange Commission asked to investigate Tahoe Resources’ failure to disclose secret lawsuits 11.08.2016
Blog In Wake of Guatemala Corruption Scandals, Tahoe Resources’ Escobal Licence Faces Legal Challenge 14.07.2015
Friends of MiningWatch Indigenous Peoples File for Injunctions Against Mining Concessions in Mexico 14.04.2015
News Release Canadian Mining Watchdog Warns Arizonans of HudBay Minerals’ Poor Track Record on Pollution and Human Rights 10.07.2014
Friends of MiningWatch Provincial Candidates Support Goal of Full Protection for Wolf Lake Old Growth Forest 10.06.2014
Friends of MiningWatch Human Rights and Environmental Organizations Denounce De Facto State of Emergency in Intag, Ecuador 10.06.2014
Friends of MiningWatch Premier Gold Proposes Mine with Significant Environmental Damage, Minimal Environmental or First Nations Scrutiny 30.05.2014
News Release Wolf Lake Coalition to Press Provincial Candidates’ and Leaders’ Commitment to Protecting World’s Largest Old Growth Red Pine Forest 28.05.2014
Friends of MiningWatch Supreme Court Hears Grassy Narrows' Legal Case for Treaty Rights and Against Clearcut Logging 15.05.2014
Friends of MiningWatch Ejido Carrizallillo Announces Agreement with Goldcorp, Ending 33-Day Strike 03.05.2014
News Release Mexican Landowners Demand Respect from Goldcorp as Blockade at ‘Los Filos’ Mine Enters Fifth Week 30.04.2014
Friends of MiningWatch Five Major Mining Challenges for Quebec's New Government to Address 11.04.2014
Blog Ejido Carrizalillo Denounces Insults and Rejects Goldcorp’s Austerity Offer for New Lease at Los Filos 11.04.2014
Blog URGENT ACTION: Call on Goldcorp to Negotiate in Good Faith with the Ejido Carrizalillo or to Initiate Mine Closure Plan 07.04.2014
Blog Sixteen Canadian and US organizations send letter of solidarity to Ejido Carrizalillo, Guerrero, Mexico 05.04.2014
Friends of MiningWatch Community to File Suit for Restoration of Lands as Goldcorp Refuses Dignified Terms at Los Filos Mine 04.04.2014
News Release Film Premiere: "Honour Your Word" Documents Years of Struggle by Barriere Lake Algonquin to Protect their Land and Culture 10.02.2014
News Release White River First Nation Says Yukon’s Response to Ross River Dena “Free Entry” Court Decision Inadequate 07.01.2014
News Release Yukon Government Finally Listens - Terminates Tarsis Resources' Class 3 Mining Licence Application 16.10.2013
Blog The Bell Tolls for Free Entry in Canada: Legal Victory for Yukon First Nation Will Have Implications Across the Country 27.09.2013
News Release Imperial Metals Operating Without Consent: First Nations Oppose Mining on Indigenous Lands 29.05.2013
Friends of MiningWatch Algonquins of Barriere Lake Affirm Opposition to Copper One’s Rivière Doré Project and All Claim Staking and Mineral Exploration in their Territory 13.03.2013
Blog Neskonlith Opposition, A Reasonable Response to Imperial Metals' Ruddock Creek Project 22.02.2013
News Release BC’s Mining Sector Needs More Than Slaps on the Back and Market Hype – NGOs Release Mining Reform Top 40 31.01.2013
Friends of MiningWatch Taku River Tlingit Joint Clan Forum Rejects Proposed Tulsequah Chief Project 28.11.2012
Guest Publication No Means No: The Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug and the Fight for Resource Sovereignty 26.11.2012
News Release Peel Mining Claims Worth Little: MiningWatch Canada Report for Yukon Conservation Society 19.11.2012
Blog Is This What Responsible Resource Development Looks Like? Some thoughts on PM Harper's northern tour 24.08.2012
Blog #MiningBalanceFail: Ontario Mining Leases vs. Largest Remaining Old Growth Red Pine Forest 16.07.2012
News Release First Nation and Conservation Groups Seek Investigation of Exploration Company God’s Lake Resources by Securities Regulator 20.03.2012
Blog Indigenous Rights and Mining: Submissions to the UN Committe on Elimination of Racial Discrimination 23.02.2012
News Release Wahgoshig First Nation (Ontario) Wins Injunction Against Solid Gold Resources' Exploration 04.01.2012
News Release Decision Pending in Wahgoshig First Nation's Injunction Motion against Solid Gold Resources Corp. 22.12.2011
Guest Publication Decolonizing Environmental Management: A Case Study of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug 02.12.2011
Blog Civil Society Organizations Call On Canadian Mining Companies To Respect the Right to Consent in Colombia 15.11.2011
News Release Northern Ontario First Nation Calls On McGuinty to Stop Mining Activity on Sacred Burial Sites 27.09.2011
Blog Ontario Ministry of Mines' Problematic Approach to Environmental Assessment of Mining Projects 07.06.2011
Blog Outdated Mining Act Leads to Multiple Conflicts Over Exploration and Mine Development in Quebec 06.06.2011
News Release Barriere Lake Algonquin affirm opposition to mine during Montreal company meeting: threat of mining on their land exposes failure of Quebec’s Mining Act 20.05.2011
News Release Constance Lake First Nation Seeks Urgent Court Injunction To Stop Drilling by Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. 28.04.2011
News Release Terra Firma Withdraws from Restigouche: An Important Win for Baie des Chaleurs Uranium Opposition 20.04.2011
News Release Algonquins Are More Than Stakeholders: Wolf Lake and Eagle Village Demand Review Process to Examine Concerns About Proposed Open Pit Rare Earth Project 10.03.2011
News Release Government & Industry Steam Ahead on Ring of Fire Developments, First Nations Left Waiting on the Platform 13.01.2011
News Release Federal Panel on Proposed Prosperity Gold-Copper Mine Finds Project Would Have Significant Negative Environmental Effects and Be a Significant Loss to First Nations 02.07.2010
News Release A “Free for All” As Mining Claims More Than Double In Carbon-rich Ecosystem - Public Interest Groups Call For Land Withdrawals To Ease Pressure 14.12.2009
News Release What’s Missing in Mining Act Changes? The Right to Say NO. Proposed Amendments Do Little To Prevent Conflicts 25.05.2009
News Release Fulfilling the Premier’s Vision to Modernize and Reform the Ontario Mining Act 05.09.2008
Publication Boreal Forest’s Wildlife and Communities Threatened by Impacts from Exploration, Mining – Revised 'Boreal Below' Report 12.05.2008
News Release Groups call for comprehensive reform of Ontario’s outdated mining laws: Courts being used to punish people who peacefully oppose mining projects 17.03.2008
Blog MPP Randy Hillier and MP Scott Reid Letter of Support for Ardoch Algonquins and Bob Lovelace 23.02.2008
Friends of MiningWatch Lack of Respect, Indifference Mark Ontario's Treatment of First Nations' Concerns 22.02.2008
Friends of MiningWatch Algonquin Leader Faces Jail Time While Ontario Government Ignores the Law 20.02.2008
News Release Aboriginal Leaders Face Jail Time in Spreading Disputes over First Nations Rights and Mining Claims - Consultation and Conservation Demands Conflict with Outdated Mining Law across Canada's Boreal Forest 28.01.2008
Blog End Mining’s Privileged Access to Land! Communities Across Canada Outraged by Free Entry System 21.01.2008
News Release Algonquins Demanding Moratorium on Uranium Exploration on Traditional Territory 31.08.2007
Blog Landlords and Political Traps: how mineral exploration companies seek access to First Nations territory 01.11.2006
News Release First Nations Speak at Kemess North Hearings Under Protest: Call on Governments to Protect Environment and Act Honourably 30.10.2006
News Release Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation Says Ontario Mining Act Unconstitutional 26.05.2006
News Release First Nations Declare a Moratorium on Mining Exploration and Forestry in the Far North: No Means No 27.10.2005
Blog Undermining Our Future: How Mining’s Privileged Access to Land Harms People and the Environment 29.01.2004