VANCOUVER — It has taken half a year of negotiations for Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG; US-OTC: FTMNF) to come to a financial agreement with the government of Ecuador to develop its flagship Fruta del Norte high-grade underground gold deposit, 80…
British Columbia’s mineral exploration and development industry will continue to make enormous contributions to our economic and social well-being, despite the current global downturn in commodity prices and lower investment levels. With…
Scrutiny of water-use policies and regulations, and concern that provincial governments across Canada need to better regulate industrial water use, have become more prominent in recent years, particularly after the recent droughts in B.C. and…
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) is suspending construction at its Skouries gold-copper project due to a lack of government support, and says it will halt its Olympias underground mine if the Ministry of Energy and Environment doesn’t…
Yellowknife-based Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC) is the latest Canadian miner to land in the cross hairs of activist shareholders. On Dec. 21, Toronto-based hedge fund K2 & Associates Investment Management emailed a letter…
On Dec. 11, 2015, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) re-proposed rules requiring that resource extraction issuers disclose payments made to the U.S. federal government or foreign governments for commercially developing oil,…
VANCOUVER — After 16 months of deliberation, B.C.’s chief mine inspector has concluded that Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) will not be held liable for the catastrophic failure of its Mount Polley gold and copper tailings…
The opportunities related to mining and exploration are enormous in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, but mineral exploration in these two provinces is decreasing, and our industry will need to see changes if we are to expect improvement.
With the Auditor General of Ontario Bonnie Lysyk newly releasing her Annual Report 2015, it’s been the Ontario government’s mismanagement of the province’s electricity generation system that has grabbed the biggest headlines…
Why should you care? The outcome of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference is of great interest to anybody in the energy, industrial and environmental sectors, as the international community has finally reached an agreement showing global intention…
Canadian Oil Sands (TSX: COS) management remains on the offensive in the face of a hostile takeover bid from Suncor Energy (TSX: SU; NYSE: SU) that it calls “opportunistic and exploitive.” On Dec. 1, president and CEO Ryan Kubik…
VANCOUVER — There’s been a rising tide of proxy contest activity in Canadian markets since 2008, and advisory firm Kingsdale Shareholder Services is cautioning companies that higher shareholder activism represents a “new…
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