Resources & Agriculture

One of the youngest and most dynamic executives in the mining industry today is Nolan Watson, 34, founder and CEO of Sandstorm Gold (TSX:SSL), a publicly traded streaming company with an approximate $860 million market capitalization.

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The B.C. government isn’t happy with the answers it’s getting from Kinder Morgan and has requested deadline extension for the next round of intervener information requests.

Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX), the world’s largest producer of the precious metal, is reportedly ready to offload its aging Golden Sunlight mine in southwestern Montana as part of a now two-year-long move to shed non-core assets and pay back debts.

Western Canada’s natural gas production will grow by about 5 billion cubic feet (bcf) a day by 2022 if at least the equivalent amount of LNG is exported.

Support for the controversial Northern Gateway project has fallen in British Columbia.

Amerigo Resources expands in Chile, turning copper mine waste into valuable concentrate

Avanti Mining (TSX-V:AVT) has received environmental approval from the federal government for its Kitsault molybdenum mining project, the miner announced June 28.

Embattled Veris Gold (TSX:VG), which was granted creditor protection from the B.C. Supreme Court in early June, is undergoing further housecleaning with the departures of a board member and a high-level executive.

First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) has shut down a mining project in Panama amidst a labour dispute with construction workers in the Central American country.