It’s not often that a mining company gives more than it’s required to the people whose traditional territory is being exploited. Goldcorp, owners of the Eleonore mine near Oujé-Bougoumou, are trying to change that image with a $250,000 donation to […]

As the Air Inuit plane roared to life on the morning of May 25, Jewel Blackned shared the reason she was excited to be flying out to Goldcorp’s Éléonore mine site. “To see my dad,” she said. Asked whether she […]

After years of development and negotiation, a gathering of investors, workers and political leaders finally inaugurated Goldcorp’s Éléonore mine last month. Operations at the site 300 km east of Wemindji have been in full swing since April. The July 30 […]

Wemindji’s golden opportunity for the creation and operation of the Éléonore gold mine – detailed in the Opinagow Collaboration Agreement – finally became public June 19, save for the deal’s financial terms. It’s been more than four years since Goldcorp, the […]