Commentary: Canada’s first finding of aboriginal title – Tsilhqot’in Nation v. BC
On June 26, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) granted the appeal of the Tsilhqot’in Nation, confirming their aboriginal title over tracts of Crown land in B.C.
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Editorial: Barclays fined again, this time over gold
For gold bugs, a less pithy corollary of Joseph Heller’s dictum “just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you,” could be: Just because you imagine gold-price suppression in every corner of the gold…
Site visit: Ginguro tests Pardo’s paleo-placer potential
SUDBURY, ONTARIO — The Sudbury region has served up more than its fair share of intriguing economic geology over the years, and now Sudbury-based junior Ginguro Exploration (TSXV: GEG) is adding another geological puzzle to the mix in the…
PM Harper, BC’s Bennett on rejection of Taseko’s New Prosperity
VANCOUVER — There haven’t been many modern permitting processes in Canada that have cast as large a shadow as the federal government’s recent rejection on environmental grounds of Taseko Mines’ (TSX: TKO; NYSE-MKT:…
Editorial: Heenan Bleak-ey
Weep, weep for Canada’s corporate lawyers.
Editorial: Silvercorp’s short-seller headache
The murky and often frivolous world of financial blogs showed its serious side in mid-December.
Commentary: Restructuring alternatives for Canadian companies
As terms such as “proposal”, “CCAA” and “bankruptcy” are mentioned frequently in Canadian business news these days, it’s important to understand what they actually mean, and when and how they may be of…
Editorial: KWG-Cliffs ruling – No appeasement on the easement
One of the more significant events for Ontario mineral explorers in September took place in the halls of the province’s bureaucracy, with Cliffs Natural Resources losing its application for easement (surface access right-of-way) across…
Commentary: Canada’s first foreign anti-corruption trial – Lessons from R. v. Karigar
Canadian companies have become increasingly aware of potential liability under the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA), which makes it an offence to “directly or indirectly give, offer or agree to give or offer an advantage…
Commentary: Guatemalans’ lawsuit against Hudbay in Canada
On July 22, 2013, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled in Choc v. Hudbay Minerals Inc. that three separate lawsuits brought by indigenous Guatemalans against Canadian mining company Hudbay Minerals and other defendants, can go forward in…
Strateco appears out of luck at Matoush
Any chance that Strateco Resources (TSX: RSC; US-OTC: SRSIF) had in advancing its Matoush uranium project in northern Quebec’s Otish Mountains after the provincial government temporarily banned uranium development in late March has been…
Bob Rae on the Ring of Fire
Talks between First Nations and the Ontario government regarding development in the remote Ring of Fire area are set to start soon, now that both sides have appointed lead negotiators.