Recently, mining operators and investors have been playing it safe in Quebec. No business wants to be in a situation where mining taxes become an intrinsic production cost that could jeopardize a project’s profitability.
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The story “Geoscience B.C. lures stakers to North Vancouver Island” (T.N.M., June 3–9/13) incorrectly stated the mineral resource for NorthIsle Copper and Gold’s Hushamu deposit. In fact, Hushamu contains an indicated…
In 1980 the physicals led paper gold and silver higher. Now 33 years later, the paper is leading the spiraling physicals lower.It was January 1980 when silver touched US$50 an oz. and was hovering in the US$40s. Henry Jarecki was the head of…
Today, Canada’s private-sector investments account for almost half of global mining activities in developing countries, and represent about 12% of Canada’s foreign direct investment. As an extractives industry success story, Canada…
Just how slow do the wheels of justice turn in Canada? It was only a week ago that there was a resolution of the class-action lawsuits stemming from the Bre-X Minerals gold fraud, which was exposed in March 1997, and vapourized $3 billion in…
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A new report from Citi Research, a division of Citigroup Global Markets, says returns have peaked for the mining sector, and that this is the year that “the death bells ring for the commodity supercycle after its duly noted…
The following is an edited excerpt from the World Gold Council’s summary of its report, Gold Demand Trends Q1 2013. The full report can be found at www.gold.org.
In an effort to spur mineral exploration and economic development, Geoscience BC and the Island Coastal Economic Trust (ICET) have released the results of a regional geochemical sampling and reanalysis program conducted on North Vancouver…
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