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Ontario launches multimillion-dollar U.S. ad campaign amid Trump’s tariff threat (CBC News Toronto – December 02, 2024)

 

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Campaign will run through the holidays with expanded placements in the new year

Ontario has launched a multimillion-dollar U.S. ad campaign touting economic and cultural ties between the province and its southern neighbour as Canada faces the threat of 25 per cent tariffs enacted by president-elect Donald Trump.

“For generations, this ally to the north has been by your side: Ontario, Canada, a partner connected by shared history, shared values and a shared vision for what we can achieve together,” a narrator says over new and archival video featuring shared landmarks like Niagara Falls and the Gordie Howe International Bridge.

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This educator became a ‘mining ambassador’ after visiting a northern Ontario gold mine (CBC News Sudbury – December 01, 2024)

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The Coté Gold Mine has plans to hire around 110 people in the next year

Joanne Sallay, a self-confessed “city dweller”, says she never put much thought into the mining industry until she was invited to visit IAMGOLD’s Coté Gold Mine, located between Sudbury and Timmins. Sallay is the president and CEO of Teachers on Call, a tutoring company based out of Toronto. She was part of a group of 20 educators that visited the mine.

Several groups, including the Ontario Mining Association, Mining Matters and the Canadian Ecology Centre organized the trip to promote mining as a career option for students.

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New regulation aims to boost profitability of mine waste (Timmins Daily Press – November 2024)

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Critic says scientific and technical support also needed to create inventory of potential sites

Ontario’s Ministry of Mines announced Thursday it is introducing a new regulation under the Mining Act that would make it easier to recover residual metals and minerals from mine waste that could be found at operating, closed or abandoned mine sites.

According to the ministry, there are hundreds of potential sites in Ontario that host tailings or rock waste which could be available for mineral recovery.

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The fight’s not over, say anti-nuclear First Nations – by Mike Stimpson (NWONewswatch/Northern Ontario Business – November 29, 2024)

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Onigaming chief says he received many phone calls after the NWMO selection of Ignace-Wabigoon area as nuclear waste repository site

Onigaming First Nation Chief Jeff Copenace says his Ojibwe community has reacted with strong emotions to the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s decision to build a nuclear waste facility in the Ignace-Wabigoon area of northwestern Ontario.

“My reaction is a little bit of anger, a little bit of sadness, but I’m not sure that I’m surprised,” Copenace said Nov. 28 just hours after the NWMO announced its selection of the Revell Lake site for its deep geological repository project.

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First Nation accuses Ontario of failing to consult on Timmins mine project – by Ian Ross (Northern Ontario Business – November 26, 2024)

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Taykwa Tagmou Nation wants government approvals halted on Newmont’s plans to restart Pamour gold mine

A northeastern Ontario First Nation is out to halt the restart of Newmont’s Pamour Mine, outside Timmins, claiming the provincial government has failed in its duty to consult.

Taykwa Tagamou Nation filed claim in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Nov. 20 asking the court to stay any government authorizations, permits and approvals on Newmont’s plan to recommission and return Pamour to production, 15 years after it was last mined.

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First Nations, foreign recruits bolster gold miner Agnico Eagle’s workforce – by Len Gillis (Northern Ontario Business – Novemver 18, 2024)

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Executive Andre Leite pledges to continue supporting First Nations and Indigenous business partnerships in the North

The vice-president of Canada’s largest gold mining company said there is a lot of excitement these days in the industry, but it’s not just related to the rapidly rising price of gold, which has reached record levels in recent weeks.

Andre Leite, vice-president of Agnico Eagle Mines’ Ontario operations, said his company is working hard to maintain best possible working relations with First Nations both in providing jobs and sustainability for mining operations on Indigenous lands in Northern Ontario.

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Indigenous Leaders: Community builder Jennifer Constant makes their message clear to miners – by Ian Ross (Northern Ontario Business – November 21, 2024)

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Sustainability, participation, equality earns Mattagami First Nation chief accolades as an Indigenous trailblazer

Since first being elected to Mattagami First Nation council in 2003, Jennifer Constant has never been shy about holding mining companies to account on their stated ESG principles of doing no harm.

Before consultation with First Nations became standard industry practice, the now-chief (Ogimaa Kwe) of Mattagami wouldn’t hesitate to remind junior mining companies probing for gold and minerals within their territorial lands to “come have a conversation” on their exploration plans.

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Musselwhite Mine has a new owner – by Ian Ross (Northern Ontario Business – November 18, 2024)

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Vancouver’s Orla Mining does an $850 million deal with Newmont to acquire northwestern Ontario mine

Musselwhite Mine in northwestern Ontario finally has a new owner. Denver-based Newmont is selling Musselwhite to Vancouver’s Orla Mining for up to US$850 million in total consideration.

Newmont receives cash consideration of $810 million when the deal will be finalized in the first quarter of 2025 and up to US$40 million in contingent payments based on the average spot gold price following the two years after the transaction is closed. The fly-in, fly-out underground operation is roughly 500 kilometres north of Thunder Bay.

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Sudbury companies can tap into Ontario’s gold rush, chamber told – by Hugh Kruzel (Sudbury Star – November 15, 2024)

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Agnico Eagle Mines Limited outlines its plans to develop gold mines in the province

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited is planning to spend billions developing gold mines in Ontario – a fact that should benefit mining services and supply companies based in Sudbury. That’s one of the messages Andre Leite, Ontario vice president of Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, brought to a Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce President’s Series Luncheon on Thursday.

Agnico Eagle’s business is gold production and Sudbury is the home base for Leite. His company is recognized globally for its leading environmental, social and governance practices.

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Grassroots mineral explorers cash up for exploration – by Ian Ross (Northern Ontario Business – November 13, 2024)

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Ontario Junior Exploration Program dispenses $13 million to 84 projects across province

Ontario’s mineral exploration sector fielded $13 million in provincial funding to discover and define the next generation of mines in Ontario. Provincial mines minister George Pirie announced the fifth round of funding through the Ontario Junior Exploration Program (OJEP) in his home riding of Timmins at the headquarters of NPLH Drilling on Nov. 12.

“There’s a lot of exciting projects to talk about, too many to talk about, with incredible potential,” said Pirie, whose announcement was streamed live on Facebook.

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NEWS RELEASE: Ontario Completes Building Highway Upgrades at the Gateway to the Ring of Fire (Premier’s Office – November 13, 2024)

First Nations partnering with province to unlock multi-generational economic opportunities in Northern Ontario

GREENSTONE — Today, Premier Doug Ford and Greg Rickford, Minister of Northern Development and Minister of Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation, joined regional First Nations Chiefs to mark the completion of critical highway infrastructure improvements in the Greenstone area in Northern Ontario.

These highway upgrades at the gateway to the Ring of Fire region will improve connections to the provincial highway network for First Nations in the Greenstone area while also supporting the province’s ongoing work to unlock the economic potential of Ontario’s critical minerals in partnership with First Nations.

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Dubreuilville mines help drive record quarter for Alamos Gold – by Ian Ross (Timmins Today – November 12, 2024)

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Mineral growth opportunities abound as Magino Mine is absorbed into Island Gold operations

DUBREUILVILLE – Adding the Magino open-pit mine to the Alamos Gold stable helped the Toronto gold company post a record third quarter in a number of areas.

Across its mines in Northern Ontario and Mexico, Alamos posted a record 152,000 ounces of gold, up nine per cent from the previous quarter. That’s a reflection, the company said of the performance of its pair of Dubreuilville-area gold mines, Island Gold and Magino. Last week the company posted its financial results for the quarter ending Sept. 30.

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Lithium explorer forges bond with Indigenous development corporation – by Ian Ross (Northern Ontario Business – November 6, 2024)

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Power Metals hands contract to Black Diamond Drilling to probe for high grade cesium

A Vancouver cesium and lithium exploration outfit has hired an Indigenous-owned drilling company for its latest campaign near the Quebec border. Power Metals announced it’s engaged Black Diamond Drilling Services to complete a third round of drilling at its Case Lake property, 80 kilometres east of Cochrane.

Black Diamond Drilling is a First Nation company-owned by the community of Apitipi Anicinapek Nation (ANN), formerly Wahgoshig First Nation, located near Matheson.

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Mining the Northwest: Goldshore Resources sees blue sky potential in Shebandowan area – by Ian Ross (Northern Ontario Business – November 5, 2024)

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Moss deposit, west of Thunder Bay, could have district-scale potential

Goldshore Resources believes there are more ounces to be found around its six-million ounce deposit in the Shebandowan area, west of Thunder Bay.

The Vancouver gold explorer announced in late October it has raised $13.9 million in flow-through financing that’s doing into exploration this winter to drill off targets in the vicinity where the company has sketched out a conceptual open-pit mine.

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Goodbye, Superstack: Vale set to dismantle this Sudbury landmark – by Silvia Pikal (CIM Magazine – October 31, 2024)

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At 381 metres, the Vale Base Metals—formerly Inco—Superstack, which is part of the company’s Copper Cliff smelter complex, was Canada’s tallest freestanding structure when it was completed in1972. It later lost that distinction to the CN tower, but today it still stands as the tallest chimney in the Western Hemisphere.

After Vale announced in September that work will begin to bring down the Superstack once it finishes dismantling its smaller Copperstack in 2025, people sent in stories to Vale about family members who were part of the construction for the behemoth structure. Locals who feel attached to it are asking: won’t the horizon of Sudbury, a place known to the global mining industry as Nickel City, feel empty once its iconic Superstack comes down?

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