Poor Ore, Outdated Approvals: New Brunswick's Sisson Mine Draws Scrutiny on Major Projects List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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Corporate pressure mounts on Chileans opposing Canadian copper mine

Vancouver-based Los Andes Copper retaliates against local official and scientist challenging its proposed Vizcachitas project.

Vancouver-based Los Andes Copper, developer of the proposed Vizcachitas copper-molybdenum mine in Chile’s Valparaíso region, has launched an aggressive campaign targeting the municipality of Putaendo’s mayor, Mauricio Quiroz, and local biologist Arón Cádiz-Véliz. The company is pressing legal and media challenges against them for opposing the mine and leading scientific efforts to protect the area.

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Canadian Dimension
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