The constitutional court has previously ruled against requests to subject individual mining projects to popular approval, including a request for a community consultation over Australian company SolGold's Cascabel mine.
Teck was the top-ranked mining company on both the World and North American Index based on an in-depth analysis of economic, social and environmental performance.
Curtin is commercializing an innovative minerals exploration technique that uses sound waves to create a detailed 3D image of underground ore deposits.