How the renewed push for critical minerals puts Canadian waters at risk
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Canada's National Observer
Event Report: Coalition Québec meilleure mine Conference 2025
Les 17 et 18 novembre 2025, la Coalition Québec meilleure mine a tenu son second congrès ayant pour thème « Politique des minéraux critiques et stratégiques : quelles voix/voies pour l’environnement et la population ».
Poor Ore, Outdated Approvals: New Brunswick's Sisson Mine Draws Scrutiny on Major Projects List
Joan Baxter, The Energy Mix
The long-stalled Sisson tungsten-molybdenum mine in central New Brunswick is back in the spotlight after Prime Minister Mark Carney added it to his second tranche of “nation-building” projects. Critics cite low-grade ore, Indigenous opposition, and U.S. Defense Department funding alongside C$8.2M from Canada, warning taxpayer dollars are fueling weapons, not the energy transition.
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The Energy Mix
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Neskantaga First Nation Launches Land-Based Action to Halt Unauthorized Mining Exploration
Chief and Council to Travel by Snowmobile to Deliver Cease and Desist to PTX Metals Inc.
Neskantaga First Nation, Treaty No. 9 Territory — This morning, Neskantaga First Nation will carry out a land-based action to defend its homelands by delivering a cease and desist letter directly to PTX Metals Inc. at the company’s winter exploration camp associated with its W2 Project near Springer Lake, approximately 40 kilometres from the community.
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Neskantaga First Nation
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Community Group Highlights Outstanding Approvals for Record Ridge Mine
Project faces several outstanding approvals as well as legal challenges. Local group is actively meeting with regulators.
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Save Record Ridge Action Committee (SRRAC)
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Mineral firms snap up exploration rights around Sisson project site
David Gordon Koch, NB Media Co-op
Mining watchdog renews warnings about environmental harms following 'speculative' acquisitions.
Resource companies have obtained exploration rights for land directly bordering the site of the Sisson project, a controversial proposed tungsten and molybdenum mine 60 kilometres northwest of Fredericton.
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NB Media Co-op
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Event Report | Iron Ore and Rare Earth Elements: Conference on Health and Social Acceptability for Residents of Sept-Îles and the Innu People
In response to an invitation from the Groupe Citoyens de Sept-Îles (Sept-Îles Citizens' Group), MiningWatch Canada and the Coalition Québec meilleure mine held an information evening on Tuesday, October 23, 2025, at the Shaputuan Museum in the Innu community of Uashat mak Mani-utenam on human health and social acceptability concerning critical minerals, particularly iron ore and rare earth elements.
Panama to channel $29M from First Quantum’s mine to public works
Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.com
The Panamanian government said on Wednesday the sale of more than 122,000 tonnes of copper concentrate stored at First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) idled Cobre Panama mine generated $29 million in royalties.
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Mining.com
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One year after reporting threats, the Santurbán Committee questions Aris Mining’s response and the Canadian government’s silence
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On International Human Rights Defenders Day, Colombian environmental defenders and international allies are questioning Canadian authorities’ ongoing silence as these defenders continue to face serious threats to their safety related to their activism against an Aris Mining Corporation project in Colombia.
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Letter to the President of Panama, Environment Minister, Commerce Minister and First Quantum CEO: Concerns with the Audit Process of the Cobre Panama Mine
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The following letter was sent to President of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, Minister of the Environment Juan Carlos Navarro, Minister of Commerce and Industries Julio Moltó, and First Quantum CEO, Tristan Pascall, by five international organizations, including MiningWatch Canada.
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