The New Brunswick government has unveiled a new mining strategy that it hopes will help revive the once-major resource sector and generate economic growth to fund government services such as health care. (Sisson Mining Ltd. )Holt said her government will introduce legislation this spring to make the regulatory approval process clearer and more predictable. Mining once represented seven per cent of the province’s economic output but has shrunk to about 0.5 per cent. The strategy outlines four main principles:A clear and consistent approval process for companies pitching mining projects. “New Brunswick is a small province, and our minerals are not down an ice road 400 kilometers away.

Source: CBC News March 03, 2026 01:06 UTC