• Ministerial Statement: Minister Parrott Recognizes Opening of Equinox Gold’s Valentine Gold Mine

  Source: Newfoundland & Labrador - Government Releases
  Date: 2026-10-29 16:15:13.0
  Tags: [Newfoundland and Labrador, Mining, Resources, Economy, Industry, Energy]

  Newfoundland and Labrador Minister of Energy and Mines Lloyd Parrott announced the official opening and commercial production of Equinox Gold's Valentine Gold Mine in Central Newfoundland. Equinox Gold plans to invest $436 million over the next two years for a Phase 2 expansion to double its throughput capacity, raising average annual gold production to approximately 223,000 ounces across its 320-square-kilometre property.

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• New Brunswick signs deal for Canadian firm to explore old antimony mine

  Source: New Brunswick - Regional News
  Date: 2026-10-27 16:53:35.0
  Tags: [New Brunswick, Mining, Resources, Industry, Economy]

  The New Brunswick government has signed an exclusive exploration agreement granting Toronto-based Avenir Minerals 30 months to study the potential for reopening the former Lake George antimony mine southwest of Fredericton. The historic site, which operated intermittently from 1876 to 1996, was one of North America's largest producers of antimony, a critical mineral used in flame retardants, solar panels, lead-acid batteries, infrared missiles, nuclear weapons, and night vision goggles. Avenir Minerals CEO Alden Greenhouse stated that the exploration process will involve drilling and consultations with First Nations. This initiative follows a similar exploration deal announced by the province with U.S.-based Regeneration Enterprises for an abandoned mine site in northern New Brunswick as part of the provincial Liberal government's efforts to rejuvenate the mining industry.

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• New Brunswick strikes deal to explore recovering metals from old mine waste

  Source: New Brunswick - Regional News
  Date: 2026-10-26 21:19:48.0
  Tags: [New Brunswick, Resources, Mining, Environment, Industry]

  The Government of New Brunswick has struck an agreement with U.S.-based firm Regeneration Enterprises to explore recovering valuable metals, such as copper, lead, zinc, and silver, from decades-old mining waste at the closed Nigadoo mine site near Bathurst, N.B. The site currently represents a $35 million environmental liability for the province, which the company aims to remove from the provincial balance sheet by using recovered critical minerals to fund full site restoration and environmental remediation. Regeneration Enterprises, which is working alongside the Pabineau First Nation, expects to determine the financial viability of the project within a year, with potential processing operations beginning in two to three years if regulatory approvals are secured.

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• N.W.T. industry minister makes case for new federal mining incentives

  Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
  Date: 2026-10-15 10:00:00.0
  Tags: [National, Mining, Resources, Taxation, Industry, Economy]

  Northwest Territories Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Caitlin Cleveland lobbied the federal government in Ottawa to enact two new mining incentives: a 15 per cent stackable North of 60 Mineral Exploration Tax Credit for the three northern territories, and the inclusion of zinc as an eligible mineral under the 30 per cent clean technology manufacturing investment tax credit. Cleveland and N.W.T. and Nunavut Chamber of Mines CEO Paul Hébert argued these credits are essential to counter stiff global competition and revive northern mining activity amid closing diamond mines. Proponents of the PC Silver and Pine Point mines indicated that adding zinc to the clean technology tax credit would unlock projects capable of generating 1,000 construction jobs and 600 operational positions.

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• N.W.T. is 1st to contribute drill cores for national library of mineral data

  Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
  Date: 2026-10-08 11:00:00.0
  Tags: [National, Resources, Mining, Technology, Industry]

  The Northwest Territories has become the first Canadian jurisdiction to contribute drill core samples to the new Canadian Digital Core Library, a federally backed initiative supported by $40 million in funding from Natural Resources Canada. Developed by the Creative Destruction Lab in partnership with provinces, territories, and industry, the platform aims to make geological data freely available online for high-resolution scanning and artificial intelligence analysis. Donations from mining companies Valor Gold and Rackla Metals, alongside coordination by Industry Minister Caitlin Cleveland and the Northwest Territories Geological Survey, enabled the territory to pioneer the project, with at least 250,000 metres of scanned drill core slated for upload by March 2028.

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• Mountain Province Diamonds announces exit from N.W.T.'s Gahcho Kué mine

  Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
  Date: 2026-10-01 20:24:25.0
  Tags: [National, Mining, Resources, Economy, Industry]

  Toronto-based Mountain Province Diamonds announced it is relinquishing its 49 per cent ownership share in the Gahcho Kué diamond mine in the Northwest Territories, transferring full control to De Beers Canada. The restructuring agreement releases Mountain Province from all financial obligations and liabilities related to the mine while retaining an option to regain a future ownership stake. The exit follows a material decline in global diamond prices driven by tariff-related uncertainty and Middle East conflicts, which led Mountain Province to voluntarily delist from the Toronto Stock Exchange. Gahcho Kué remains the Northwest Territories' last operating diamond mine following the earlier closures of Rio Tinto's Diavik mine and the Ekati mine, with a planned closure timeline set for 2028.

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• Atlantic business leaders call for regional policies and more natural resource development

  Source: Prince Edward Island - Regional News
  Date: 2026-09-25 21:34:13.0
  Tags: [New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Economy, Trade, Energy, Resources, Mining, Industry]

  The Atlantic Economic Panel, chaired by Don Mills and commissioned by federal Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) Minister Sean Fraser, released a strategic growth plan calling for the creation of a $1 billion Atlantic prosperity fund to help regional companies scale up. The report recommends greater regional integration, including the establishment of an independent electricity system operator across the four Atlantic provinces, the elimination of interprovincial trade barriers, coordinated immigration policies, and streamlined regulatory processes for major projects. Furthermore, the plan urges a 50 per cent expansion of the region's natural resources sector, bolstered by recent provincial policy shifts such as Nova Scotia lifting bans on fracking and uranium mining and approving five new mines.

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• Ontario Supporting New $410 Million Critical Mineral Processing Facility in Marathon

  Source: Ontario - Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
  Date: 2026-09-18 16:30:00.0
  Tags: [Ontario, Economy, Mining, Resources, Industry, Energy]

  The Ontario government is investing $11 million through the Critical Minerals Processing Fund (CMPF) delivered by Invest Ontario to support Generation Mining's $410 million copper and palladium processing complex in Marathon, Ontario. The facility is the first recipient of the CMPF and is designed to convert raw ore into materials for electrification, advanced manufacturing, and defence as part of the broader $992 million Marathon Project. Once fully operational, the project will create more than 450 permanent jobs and support 800 construction-phase jobs, helping build an end-to-end domestic critical minerals supply chain.

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• Ontario Marks First Access to Nickel Ore at the Craig Mine Onaping Depth Expansion

  Source: Ontario - Premier's Office
  Date: 2026-08-27 16:30:00.0
  Tags: [Ontario, Mining, Resources, Energy, Economy, Industry]

  Glencore Canada has achieved first access to nickel ore at its nearly $2 billion Onaping Depth Project in Greater Sudbury, a 2,600-metre-deep extension of the previously shut down Craig Mine. The project is projected to produce one million tonnes of ore per year at scale, yielding approximately 280 kilotonnes of nickel and 145 kilotonnes of copper beyond 2040, while supporting 400 full-time jobs at full production in 2027. The operation utilizes an all-electric fleet of 66 vehicles to reduce emissions and energy use, with ore being processed at Glencore's Strathcona Mill and Sudbury Smelter.

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