Political risks worry investors
While most gold miners at the Denver Gold Forum last month touted their increasing dividends and “undervalued” stocks, fund managers warned that political risk is a bigger issue than many companies acknowledge.
While most gold miners at the Denver Gold Forum last month touted their increasing dividends and “undervalued” stocks, fund managers warned that political risk is a bigger issue than many companies acknowledge.
Mining companies looking to do business in an African country need to be aware of the complexities they will likely face – from securing debt financing, to political risks in complying with local anti-bribery laws.
The onset of autumn can bring out a reflective mood in people.
The provincial government of Mendoza has failed to ratify an environmental impact declaration (EID) for Coro Mining’s (COP-T) San Jorge copper-gold porphyry project in western Argentina, voting against allowing the company to build an open-pit…
The federal government has agreed to take a second look at Taseko Mines’ (TKO-T, TGB-X) gold-copper Prosperity project in central B.C., breathing new optimism into the beleaguered project.
Hollywood actors, climate experts and other opponents of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline will have 90 days to prevent the project’s final approval after the U.S. State Department ruled that the pipeline would have “no significant impact”…
Canada is home to the majority of the world’s public mining companies and the majority of mining company financings are completed in Canada. As a result, Canada has one of the most developed regulatory systems for mining companies, and its…
Canada is the home to the majority of the world’s public mining companies, and the majority of mining company financings are completed in Canada. As a result, Canada has one of the most developed regulatory systems for mining companies, and its…
Nevada mining claim owners are celebrating the recent repeal of the onerous mining claims fee that Nevada legislators enacted in February 2010 to help balance the state’s budget. In response to a Nevada district court’s ruling in late May that…
Philippine Metals (PHI-V) looks to have put an exploration permitting nightmare behind it.
For the first time since the Agreement Respecting a New Relationship Between the Cree Nation and the Government of Quebec (the Peace of the Braves) was signed in 2002, a major collaboration agreement was concluded in February 2011 between a…
Already hit by a retreat in the silver price, a leftist presidential victory, and rumblings of local discontent, Bear Creek Mining (BCM-V) was broadsided on June 25 by the Peruvian government’s decision to revoke the licence for its Santa Ana…
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