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Battery Hill Pre‑Feasibility Study Reported Nearing Completion

The company says the study will narrow technical options and costs while further testing, permits and provincial rules will decide whether the mine can move forward.

Albertans take part in a pro separation rally outside the Alberta Legislature ahead of Monday's referendum vote, in Edmonton Saturday Oct. 17, 2026.
Political signs are posted on a rural road in Wainwright, Alberta, Canada, Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ty O'Neil)
A working group has been started to establish guidelines reguating the growing popularity of electric transportation methods, such as e-bikes and e-scooters in the Kennebecasis Valley, with potential pedestrian and public safety issues being looked at by police and town councils as more of the electronic vehicles are being driven in places like Kingshurst Park in Rothesay. PAUL HUTCHINGS/BRUNSWICK NEWS
These are European starlings that always show up late September and throughout winter in our backyard zoo.

Overview

  • Manganese X told local council it expects a pre‑feasibility study for the Battery Hill manganese project to be finished in roughly three weeks and that the study will refine design choices and cost estimates.
  • If the study is positive, the company plans demonstration‑plant testing, environmental applications and a full feasibility study before seeking financing and approvals for construction.
  • New Brunswick’s Mineral Resources Act has royal assent but is not yet in force, and the province is still writing regulations, policies and staffing plans with a target to implement the new framework by fall 2027.
  • Municipal issues are active locally: Campbellton has ordered unpermitted work stopped and moved to involve legal counsel while council named an acting mayor and acting deputy mayor until a spring byelection.
  • Public‑safety matters include a police‑watchdog probe into an Oct. 13 crash after a vehicle failed to stop for RCMP and a Kennebecasis Valley working group that has begun reviewing e‑scooter and e‑bike safety and enforcement options.