Gold & Silver Snapshot: Gold attracts seekers across Canada
There’s no doubt the gold sector is hot this year, and with Canada offering a stable jurisdiction, we’re seeing a strong uptick in gold exploration and mine development across the…
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Base & Technology Metals Snapshot: Long-forgotten cobalt takes centre stage in high-tech rush
The year 2016 may have been the year for zinc, but 2017 and 2018 appear to be the year for more obscure technology metals and minerals like cobalt, lithium, nickel…
Global copper mine output shrinks 2.4% in first 11 months of 2017: ICSG
The following is an edited release from the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) showing world copper supply and demand for the first 11 months of 2017. For more detailed information,…
Facts ‘n’ figures: Global lead, zinc production soars in first 11 months of 2017
The following is an edited release by the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) of preliminary data for world lead and zinc supply and demand during the first 11…
Do Canadian disclosure obligations apply to your mineral project?
Canadian securities laws impose a variety of disclosure obligations on companies in the mining industry that issue securities in Canada, both public and private. The key piece of legislation, National…
Commentary: Prepping for the upcoming AGM and proxy season
Every year, reporting issuers are faced with the task of tailoring the disclosure for their annual general meeting (AGM) to ever-evolving securities laws, updates to stock exchanges rules, new guidance…
Commentary: A review of executive pay in the mining sector
We provide compensation advice to the mining industry and during the recent downturn we had been encouraging our clients not to undertake comparisons of pay with their peers in the…
US Snapshot: Six juniors with active programs
With prices for gold, silver, and other metals and minerals on the upswing, the mining and exploration scene is heating up again in the U.S., particularly in traditional mining destinations…
Facts ‘n’ Figures: Gold mine production hit all-time high in 2017, WGC finds
The following is an excerpt from the World Gold Council’s new 18-page report, Gold Demand Trends Full Year 2017. View the entire report and more for free at www.gold.org. Gold…
Catherine Raw, Stephen de Jong named ‘Young Mining Professionals of the Year’
The Young Mining Professionals (YMP) — a non-profit group with chapters in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and London, U.K. — has given its Mining Professional of the Year awards for 2017…
Lithium Snapshot: Six juniors with active projects
With electric vehicle production ramping up globally, lithium explorers and developers are lined up for a year of substantial activity across the Americas, targeting both brine and hard rock deposits….
Facts ‘n’ Figures: World crude steel output soars 5.3% in 2017
The following is an edited summary of steel production trends for the year 2017 from the Brussels-based World Steel Association. For more information, visit www.worldsteel.org. World crude steel production reached…