The company submitted the final provincial environmental impact statement to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment for the uranium project.

Full production rates at the operation were resumed on August 11, the company said.

The Vancouver-based miner has been entertaining a variety of bids for its metallurgical coal business since late April after an earlier restructuring plan failed.

The Australian company aims to become one of the world’s lowest cost producers of lithium hydroxide, and says it is the most strategically located to serve the North American EV supply chain.

The company says that the mineral exploration program at the heart of CORE's allegations was conducted by a joint venture, in which the company was a funding partner.

The presence of near-surface gold mineralization is further confirmed with diamond drilling over a strike length of 150 metres.

The Indian steelmaker is in discussions with banks over potential financing for the acquisition.

Canadian officials ordered the evacuation of Yellowknife and several smaller communities on Wednesday.