2021-11-14 Noront Resources is a large Canadian mining company that owns most of the mining rights in an area of Boreal peatlands called the “Ring of Fire.” Encourage them to do thorough impact analyses, work closely with Indigenous communities, and only consider sites with minimal environmental disruption and the consent of the local communities.
Read More2017-6-5 1.0 Mining the Boreal 1 1.0 Mining the Boreal 1.1 An Introduction to Canada’s Boreal as a Mining Region Canada’s boreal is an immense northern forest “draped like a green scarf across the shoulders of North America”.1 It comprises 77% of Canada’s forest land and over 90% of the country’s remaining large intact forest lands, stretching
Read More2020-6-11 Boreal is a mineral exploration company engaged in discovery of silver, zinc, copper, gold, and nickel deposits in historical mining project areas spanning Sweden and Norway. Boliden is a Swedish mineral production company with a diversified spectrum of operations, including active mines in six mining areas in Europe and five smelting and ...
Read More2020-6-11 Boreal said Burfjord contained more than 30 former mines and prospects, historically mined at 3-5% copper cut-off grades, and the company had pointed to
Read More2021-11-19 A new NRDC analysis of Canadian logging companies supplying boreal pulp to the U.S. marketplace is showing just how toilet paper-thin Procter Gamble’s (PG) latest claims of sustainability are.
Read More2020-12-2 TGCTours is the online home of competitive video game golf for PC, XB1, and PS4 users around the globe.
Read More2021-10-27 A map of the boreal zone in North America was recently created by Canadian Forest Service researchers using the most current information available, consistent criteria and well-defined terms. This map, and its related statistics, is the first update of the boreal zone in nearly 40 years. The map gives scientists, governments and others a common ...
Read More2021-11-21 Mining Insider, Mines, Saskatchewan IsoEnergy continues to intersect strong pitchblende uranium mineralization at Hurricane Discovery. The Hurricane zone is a new discovery of high-grade uranium on the Company's 100% owned Larocque East Property in
Read More2021-11-2 Ionic Rare Earths (ASX:IXR, or “IonicRE”) aims to create rare opportunities for investors by operating a low capital operation with a high-margin product. The company’s Makuutu project has a ...
Read MoreThe Borealis gold project is an open-pit heap leach mine located near Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nevada, US. The mine is located 26km from Hawthorne in the Walker Lane Mineral Belt and 19km from the California border. The mine was owned and operated
Read More2021-11-14 Noront Resources is a large Canadian mining company that owns most of the mining rights in an area of Boreal peatlands called the “Ring of Fire.” Encourage them to do thorough impact analyses, work closely with Indigenous communities, and only consider sites with minimal environmental disruption and the consent of the local communities.
Read More2020-10-16 Boreal Metals Corp. (“BMC” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Patricio Varas has joined the Board. Mr. Varas brings a breath of experience exploring and managing projects from concept inception, through discovery, leading to mining feasibilities and mine development. As a hands-on executive and director he
Read More2020-6-11 Boreal said Burfjord contained more than 30 former mines and prospects, historically mined at 3-5% copper cut-off grades, and the company had pointed to
Read More2008-12-5 Two respected mining industry watchdogs – Northwatch and MiningWatch Canada – say they published The Boreal Below (an all-new and expanded version of a widely circulated 2001 report) in response to growing demand from communities across Canada for information and analysis to help understand the impacts of mining on their lives and ...
Read More2021-11-22 More than 66% of the 140,000-km2 (34 million-acre) region has been leased to companies for extraction. However, oil sands extraction is far from the only threat to the boreal forest when it comes to oil and gas. More than 155,000 active gas
Read More2021-10-27 A map of the boreal zone in North America was recently created by Canadian Forest Service researchers using the most current information available, consistent criteria and well-defined terms. This map, and its related statistics, is the first update of the boreal zone in nearly 40 years. The map gives scientists, governments and others a common ...
Read More2021-11-21 Mining Insider, Mines, Saskatchewan IsoEnergy continues to intersect strong pitchblende uranium mineralization at Hurricane Discovery. The Hurricane zone is a new discovery of high-grade uranium on the Company's 100% owned Larocque East Property in
Read More2020-5-26 The Toronto-based gold miner, whose high-grade mines in Canada and Australia produced 974,615 oz. of the precious metal last year, is investing $1 million in a non-brokered private placement for up to 1.25 million units of Melkior at 80¢ per unit, giving it
Read MoreIn the mid-1920s, discovery of copper and gold deposits in Northwestern Quebec resulted in an epic mining rush. Prospectors, followed by thousands of men and women, gathered there to work and live. Two neighbouring mushroom towns with many fundamental
Read More2020-10-16 Boreal Metals Corp. (“BMC” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Patricio Varas has joined the Board. Mr. Varas brings a breath of experience exploring and managing projects from concept inception, through discovery, leading to mining feasibilities and mine development. As a hands-on executive and director he
Read More2021-11-22 More than 66% of the 140,000-km2 (34 million-acre) region has been leased to companies for extraction. However, oil sands extraction is far from the only threat to the boreal forest when it comes to oil and gas. More than 155,000 active gas
Read MoreIn the mid-1920s, discovery of copper and gold deposits in Northwestern Quebec resulted in an epic mining rush. Prospectors, followed by thousands of men and women, gathered there to work and live. Two neighbouring mushroom towns with many fundamental
Read More2020-6-11 Boreal said Burfjord contained more than 30 former mines and prospects, historically mined at 3-5% copper cut-off grades, and the company had pointed to
Read More2008-12-5 Two respected mining industry watchdogs – Northwatch and MiningWatch Canada – say they published The Boreal Below (an all-new and expanded version of a widely circulated 2001 report) in response to growing demand from communities across Canada for information and analysis to help understand the impacts of mining on their lives and ...
Read More2020-5-26 The Toronto-based gold miner, whose high-grade mines in Canada and Australia produced 974,615 oz. of the precious metal last year, is investing $1 million in a non-brokered private placement for up to 1.25 million units of Melkior at 80¢ per unit, giving it
Read More2020-2-13 The companies’ proposals have kicked off a fierce debate over whether the mining economy and the outdoors economy — two identities of the region — can coexist. The effects of copper-nickel mining on the surrounding environment are untested in Minnesota. In the western U.S. this kind of mining has resulted in severe water pollution.
Read More2020-10-16 Boreal Metals Corporation (“Boreal” or the “Company”) (TSXV:BMX) is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Söderqvist as an independent, non-executive director effective January 1, 2019. Mr. Söderqvist is a mining professional with over 40 years’ of experience in the mining industry and is currently Senior Vice President of the
Read More2019-6-4 Mapping the predicted and potential impacts of metal mining and its mitigation measures in Arctic and boreal regions using environmental and social impact assessments: a systematic map protocol
Read More2019-12-16 December 16, 2019. News. Francis Dupont. December 16, 2019. News. Social license to operate will once again remain the biggest risk for mining companies in 2020, according to Ernst Young’s Top 10 Business Risks and Opportunities report for 2020. This makes social license to operate (SLO) the No. 1 risk for the second year in a row.
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