April 30, 2023 No mining allowed in six new Indigenous reserves in Brazil Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ Da Silva issued a decree creating six new Indigenous reserves, most of them in the Amazon, and banning mining in such areas.
April 28, 2023 Brazil’s Mura people report threats amid pressure to approve Amazon potash mine Their ancestral land overlaps with an area where a Canadian company wants to build a potash mine.
April 25, 2023 EXPLAINER: Why are high gold prices bad for the Amazon rainforest? The hunt for gold has attracted wildcat prospectors who have destroyed forests.
April 11, 2023 Ecuador mining opposition holding up $1 billion of investments Ecuador has abundant mineral reserves but has lagged behind regional neighbors such as Peru and Chile in large-scale mining development.
April 3, 2023 British Columbia First Nation challenges province’s Mineral Tenure Act in court The Act permits anyone with a free miner certificate to acquire mineral claims online through an automated system in First Nations’ territories, without their consultation or consent.
March 7, 2023 Rio Tinto keeps working to build Indigenous support for Resolution mine Resolution is key to the mining giant's future as the project would produce more than 40 billion pounds of copper.
March 6, 2023 Ontario OKs Ring of Fire road review plan by First Nations The area’s most advanced project is Ring of Fire Metals’ Eagle’s Nest nickel project.
February 1, 2023 Brazil’s miners want Europe to help fight Amazon gold havoc Brazil’s formal mining sector wants importing nations to require and enforce origin control.
January 30, 2023 Brazil miner lobby seeks end to illegal mining that caused Yanomami tragedy Ibram, which represents multinational and large domestic mining firms operating in Brazil, is asking the new government to take steps to break a network that launders illegal gold.
January 21, 2023 Brazil’s Lula pledges to eliminate illegal mining, help Yanomami President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said illegal mining will be eliminated in Brazil.
Larvotto expands technical capabilities at Hillgrove antimony-gold project With ECORE, Larvotto can immediately scan drill core after drilling, providing multi-element and mineral maps and data. December 04, 2025 | 12:02 pm