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AI Executive Brief: Las Cristinas -Venezuela’s Largest Undeveloped Gold Deposit
Executive Overview The Las Cristinas gold project in Venezuela is a significant case at the intersection of natural resource investment, sovereign risk, and international arbitration. Initially considered a premier undeveloped gold asset, its value was realized not through mining, but through legal enforcement against state-owned assets abroad. Crystallex International is central to this transformation. After
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Philippines’ Water Risks in Mining Reveal a Global Problem
*This article was written by Edison Mating who is a Philippine-based mining engineer. The mining industry consumes large volumes of water and by far is the most significant environmental consideration in mining. As mines go deeper, more water is released from aquifers leading to potential contamination. As more ore is processed and shipped at and
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Inflation Hits Miners, Exposure to Oil to Blame
*This article originally appeared on CostMine and was published in the Northern Miner. According to new research from CostMine, it has never been more expensive to operate or build a mine. However, not all costs are rising equally. Michael Sinden, Vice President of Metals & Mining Research at CostMine, presented inflation data at the 2022 Canadian Mining
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Canada Announces $10 Billion for Innovation…but where will it go?
The Canadian government recently announced $10 billion in tax credits for clean technology, mining project approval improvements, innovation research and industry training announced in the federal government’s Fall 2022 economic update. Ottawa has created $6.7 billion in tax credits over five years for up to 30% of investments in clean technologies such as battery storage,
