Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
Troilus Mining Project Assessment
901-1550 Estimauville Avenue
Quebec City, Quebec G1J 0C1
Phone: 418-254-2435
Subject: Comments on the impact assessment of Troilus Gold's Troilus gold and copper mining project in Eeyou Istchee in Northern Quebec
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
Assessment of the Mont Sorcier Mining Project
901-1550 Estimauville Avenue
Quebec City, Quebec G1J 0C1
Telephone: 418-254-2435
Subject: Comments on the draft individualized guidelines for the impact assessment and the draft public participation plan for Voyager Metals’ Mont Sorcier mining project in Eeyou Istchee in Northern Quebec
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
A Delegation of Xinka Women will visit Eastern Canada in September 2025 #PuebloXinkaDijoNo
After nearly seven years in a court-ordered consultation process, the Xinka Indigenous People of Guatemala have denied consent for the restart of Canadian Pan American Silver’s Escobal mine in southern Guatemala. The Xinka are now calling for its permanent closure. The company and Canadian authorities must respect their decision in accord with their rights to self-determination.
If memory serves us correctly, May 7 of this year was the last time we sent a letter to Mr. Greg Smith, then CEO of Canadian company Equinox Gold, which went unanswered, like many other letters and official communications we have sent him. These letters serve as proof not only of his discourtesy, but also of contempt, racism, and discrimination towards us, attitudes that were “inherited” by their two main operators at the Los Filos mine: the company's vice president in Mexico, Armando Fausto Ortega, and their social responsibility manager, Hugo Vergara.
Joint blog by MiningWatch Canada and Earthworks.
People living near the world's sixth-largest gold mine are taking legal action to protect their communities, ecosystems, and their rights.
Local communities and civil society organizations have filed two constitutional protection actions (amparos) calling for an immediate halt to Barrick Mining Corporation's recent efforts to begin construction of their massive new dam that would hold mine waste, including tailings and waste rock.
Environmental defenders in Southern Ecuador filed an injunction (medida cautelar) against Canadian-owned Loma Larga project and announced several actions protesting the arbitrary decision of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (“MAATE”) to grant an environmental licence for exploitation to Dundee Precious Metals.
As the Chairman of the Porgera Landowners Association (PLA), I am compelled to respond to the recent statement by Prime Minister James Marape on the achievements of New Porgera Limited (NPL) in the first quarter of 2025.
Duhamel, July 8, 2025 — After six years of criticizing the La Loutre mining project for its incompatibility with the environmental, economic, and tourist resources of the Outaouais region, the Regroupement de protection des Lacs de la Petite-Nation (RPLPN) is launching a grassroots civic engagement campaign ahead of the local referendums regarding the mine's social acceptance, which will be held simultaneously on August 31 in the municipalities of Duhamel, Lac des Plages, Lac Simon, Chénéville, and Saint-Émile de Suffolk.
Quito-Ottawa: Yesterday, July 2, 2025, 283 Ecuadorian, Canadian, and international organizations, unions, and coalitions sent a letter expressing deep concern about the systematic criminalization of 29 human rights and land defenders in Bolivar province in Ecuador, due to their legitimate and peaceful opposition to the Canadian owned Curipamba-El Domo mining project.