The industry group requested that the federal government adopts a series of reforms to boost the mining sector.

Gold miners in Australia are set to leapfrog China next year to become the top producer.

If permitted, Pebble would be North America’s largest mine, with an estimate resource of 6.5 billion tonnes in the measured and indicated category.

The Toronto-based junior believes there is a possibility for an extension of a mineral belt from its Lost Cities - Cutucu project in Ecuador into northern Peru.

The containers had been withheld at Dar es Salaam Port for three years due a tax dispute with Barrick's former local subsidiary.

Victoria will defer until January 2021 the collection of rent and annual fees for the resource sector.