Resources & Agriculture

Africa-focused Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) has hired BMO Capital Markets Ltd and Morgan Stanley & Co as financial advisers to conduct a strategic review of its copper projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

True Gold Mining Inc. (TSX-V:TGM) has secured financing from Franco-Nevada Corp. (TSX:FNV) and Sandstorm Gold Inc. (TSX:SSL) in an agreement to finance the Karma mining project in West Africa.

B.C.’s privacy watchdog is investigating whether the public should have been notified of the potential risks the Mount Polley mine posed prior to the tailings pond dam breach earlier this month.

The aftershocks from the Mount Polley mine disaster just keep coming for Imperial Metals (TSX:III), which is now being given an eviction notice by First Nations from an area north of Kamloops where the company is looking to develop a zinc-lead mine.

Canadian mining equities continued to show strong signs of improvement during the second quarter of the year, driven mainly by a recovery in metal prices, the latest EY’s Canadian Mining Eye published Tuesday (August 12) shows.

As medical marijuana producers operate under two sets of regulations — at least for the time being — the budding industry has been left somewhat fractured, according to David Brown.

A $746-million transmission line project meant to power Imperial Metals’ (TSX:III) Red Chris mine has gone into service, BC Hydro announced Wednesday (August 13).

Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. has signed a partnership agreement with the In-SHUCK-ch Nation for the development of six hydroelectric projects in British Columbia.

True Gold Mining Inc. has secured financing from Franco-Nevada Corporation (TSX:FNV) and Sandstorm Gold Inc. (TSX:SSL) in an agreement to finance the construction of the Karma mining project in West Africa.

Mount Polley tailings pond disaster could have negative impact on other mine proposals in the province, analyst says