Premier Clark promises certainty, efficiency in BC
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark highlighted a reduced permitting backlog and improved conditions for the mineral industry at AME BC’s Jan. 25 Roundup luncheon.
Regulatory Issues
Burkina’s gold hunt heats up
Burkina Faso has recently seen more gold mining due to its relatively stable government, favourable geology, modern mining code and attractive fiscal regime.
New law clears cyanide use in Rio Negro, Argentina
The passage of a law that allows the use of chemicals including sodium cyanide in mineral processing lifts the prospects of advancing Pan American Silver’s (PAA-T, PAS-Q) Calcatreu gold project in Argentina’s Rio Negro province.
Premier Clark promises certainty, efficiency at AME BC luncheon
Vancouver – British Columbia Premier Christy Clark highlighted a reduced backlog and improved conditions for the mineral industry at today’s AME BC Roundup luncheon.
Hecla closes Lucky Friday for one year
Mining analyst Chris Lichtenheldt of UBS Investment Research has cut his 12-month target price on Hecla Mining (HL-N) to US$8 per share from his earlier forecast of US$9.85 per share, after the silver miner announced it has been forced to close…
New royalties rattle Gabriel investors
Investors in Gabriel Resources (GBU-T) were hit by post-holiday blues after the Romanian government announced that it would be doubling royalties on gold production in the country.
Commentary: Diversifying Canada’s energy markets and streamlining the regulatory process
Canada is on the edge of a historic choice: to diversify our energy markets away from our traditional trading partner in the U.S., or to continue with the status quo.
Commentary: Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver on diversifying energy markets and streamlining regulatory processes
Canada is on the edge of an historic choice: to diversify our energy markets away from our traditional trading partner in the United States or to continue with the status quo.
Africa’s improving legislative environment
Today more than ever before, there is a growing emphasis across many African countries on accountability and transparency concerning their natural resources. Alongside this, however, is the unpredictable and growing trend of resource…
Commentary: Hide from resource nationalism at your peril
Brian Menell, heir to the South Africa-based Anglovaal mining fortune and a speaker of the Mines and Money conference here in December, states the obvious when he says increased government intervention in the mining industry is not generally…
Afghanistan’s push to develop its mineral resources
As Western powers prepare to fully withdraw their troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, Afghanistan’s Minister of Mines, His Excellency Wahidullah Shahrani, is preparing for a very different kind of deployment.
U.K. fraud office looks into Eurasian Natural Resources
London, U.K. – The Serious Fraud Office (SFO), an independent department of the British government that investigates and prosecutes serious or complex financial fraud and corruption, is looking into allegations of unlawful activity at Eurasian…