North Arrow Updates Lac De Gras Diamond Project, NWT
October 03, 2013 North Arrow Minerals Inc. (TSXV-NAR) has been notified by Dominion Diamond Corporation that the 2013 field exploration program at the companies’ 125,000 hectare Lac de Gras Diamond Project is now…
Eagle’s Nest Project – Federal Funding Allocated to Support Aboriginal Participation in Environmental Assessment
October 3, 2013 – The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has allocated a total of $19,233 to one Aboriginal applicant to support their participation in consultation activities related to the environmental assessment…
Whabouchi Mining Project – Public Comments Invited
OTTAWA, October 3, 2013 – As part of the strengthened and modernized Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA2012) put in place to support the government’s Responsible Resource Development Initiative, the Canadian Environmental Assessment…
GTA Commences Airborne Geophysics on Auden Graphite Property
BURLINGTON, ONTARIO – Oct. 2, 2013 – GTA Resources and Mining Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GTA) announces that it has commenced an airborne EM (Electro-Magnetics) and Magnetics survey on the Auden Project located…
Stornoway Arranges $20M Bridge Facility For Renard Diamond Project
October 2, 2013 Stornoway Diamond Corporation (TSX-SWY) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an unsecured non-revolving bridge credit facility of up to $20 million with Ressources Québec, a…
Quebec’s Proposed Mining Act Must Catch Up to National and International Standards for Aboriginal Consultation, Accommodation, and Consent
(Ottawa, October 1, 2013) Today, First Nations from across Quebec are staking out positions on the Parti Quebecois’ proposed reforms to the Quebec Mining Act. Bill 43 is the third…
Giant Map Tour Shows Importance of Boreal Forest to Canadian Environment and Economy
October 2, 2013, OTTAWA – The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) Secretariat today launched its On the Move campaign with the unveiling of a giant, traveling map of the boreal…
Court rules Alberta improperly excluded Pembina Institute from oilsands regulatory process
Oct. 2, 2013 EDMONTON — Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench has quashed a government decision not to allow the Pembina Institute and the Fort McMurray Environmental Association to participate in the…
Mining royalties continue to provide benefits to Yukon
FOR RELEASE October 2, 2013 WHITEHORSE—Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources Scott Kent said today the latest figures on mining royalties show that the industry continues to provide economic benefit…
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales’s Seeing is Believing Tour of Twelve Canadian Business Leaders to Visit SKETCH Working Arts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 1st, 2013 Toronto– The Prince’s Charities Canada Seeing is Believing Tour has invited twelve Canadian Business Leaders to visit SKETCH’s new creative hub, now under construction,…
