Commentary: Seabed mining still lacks ground rules
As the natural resources available on land become less and our need for them grows, exploration activities move offshore.
Regulatory Issues
Eco Oro’s Angostura unaffected by park limits
Eco Oro Minerals (EOM-T) has moved one step closer in advancing the Angostura gold-silver project in northeastern Colombia, after noting the deposit sits largely outside of the recently approved regional park boundaries, causing its shares…
Commentary: Seabed mining still lacks ground rules
As the natural resources available on land become less and our need for them grows, exploration activities move offshore.
Felderhof’s Letter to the Editor: No technical reports showed Busang gold was alluvial
I wish to point out one error which somehow crept into “Felderhof’s new life after Bre-X” (TNM, Dec. 31/12–Jan. 6/13). This concerns the comment in brackets: “using gravity concentrate and not alluvial gold,…
SEC approves first copper-backed ETF
After a two-year regulatory battle, J.P. Morgan Chase (JPM-N) has won approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch an investment vehicle that tracks the price of copper.
Rubicon prepares to defend Phoenix in court
The Wabauskang First Nation is getting more forceful in opposing Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-X) and its Phoenix gold project in Red Lake, Ont.
Rubicon prepares to defend Phoenix in court
The Wabauskang First Nation (WFN) is coming after Rubicon Minerals (RMX-T, RBY-N) in a bid to get the government to listen.
John Felderhof’s new life after Bre-X
John Felderhof looks much thinner than when we first met at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in 2010.
Groia ground down but defiant after Felderhof’s Bre-X trial
Early in 2012, the Law Society of Upper Canada convicted Toronto securities lawyer Joe Groia of “incivility” during his defense of John Felderhof against quasi-criminal charges laid by the Ontario Securities Commission of insider…
A look at compensation for mining execs, boards
The following is a summary of the Mining Industry 2012 Executive and Board Remuneration report, conducted Bedford Consulting Group and Global Governance Advisors. The report covers remuneration practices among more than 230 mining organizations…
Canaccord reflects on juniors
In its last issue of the year, Canaccord Genuity’s Junior Mining Weekly takes a look back at 2012 and offers predictions for what lies ahead in 2013.
HD Mining bulk samples controversy in BC
HD Mining wants to develop an underground coal mine in northern B.C. The resource on its property is as good as it gets in the coal world — high-quality metallurgical coal, the kind used to make steel — and there’s enough of…