VANCOUVER — If there is one outcome to avoid in the political arena, it revolves around agitating interest groups on both sides of the issue. The Parti Québécois (PQ) managed just such a manoeuvre on May 6 when…
Though the abuses started several years ago, the importing of low-wage Chinese miners by HD Mining International to B.C. late last year and the CBC’s recent revelation on Go Public that the Royal Bank has been laying off skilled,…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grabbing headlines again in a way that many investors would prefer that it didn’t.
International mining companies happy to be invited to their usual seat of honour at the fiesta in Mexico are a little unnerved to find that this time, they’re going to be the piñata, and the Mexican government is winding up for a…
“There is support for mining politically, the geology is excellent, the people are incredibly friendly and the food is delicious.”
It wasn’t just Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) and its shareholders that took it on the chin yesterday after news that construction on the Chilean side of the Pascua-Lama project had been suspended in response to environmental and regulatory…
Gold is a wonderful symbol of indestructible beauty, but all kinds of gold investment strategies have been going down in flames this year.
New rules designed to lessen conflict between the mining sector and aboriginal communities in Ontario kicked in on April 1, but neither cash-poor juniors nor the province’s First Nations seem ready for them.
The transfer of power from the federal government to the Northwest Territories government has been going on in stages for decades as the territory’s population and economic base has steadily grown and matured. With Yellowknife established…
Colombia is one of the world’s most enigmatic mining jurisdictions. There is no denying that the country’s lost “cocaine” years have left behind lots of unrivalled, prospective ground that is ripe for modern exploration….
When more than 30,000 miners, investors and mining executives gathered at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in Toronto earlier this month, there was lots of talk about the tough time they now have in…
Kevin Thomson is a senior partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg and has acted in a number of proxy battles on behalf of both activist shareholders and target companies. Last year Davies represented Bill Ackman and his hedge fund…
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