Guyana Goldfields gets key licence
Guyana has issued its first large-scale mining licence in the gold sector since 1991 – giving Guyana Goldfields (GUY-T) the permission the company needs to build and operate its Aurora project.
Regulatory Issues
Chinese firms to invest $1.36 billion in private B.C. coal projects
Vancouver – British Columbia’s new Liberal premiere, Christy Clark, has made some bold statements to Canada’s mining sector and the rest of the world these past few weeks.
Letters to the editor: Kudos for the balance
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Perseverance is the watchword at Canadian Zinc
Since Canadian Zinc (CZN-T) bought 100% of the Prairie Creek property in the 1990s, the company has invested more than $45 million and quadrupled the mineral resource. It has also advanced the zinc-silver-lead mine in the Northwest Territories…
Commentary: Traversing the Far North’s legal landscape
Mining companies investing for the first time in Canada’s Far North may find the experience unlike any other. This holds true not only for foreign corporations, but also for companies familiar with mining in Southern Canada.
Commentary: Traversing the Far North’s legal landscape
Mining companies investing for the first time in Canada’s Far North may find the experience unlike any other. This holds true not only for foreign corporations, but also for companies familiar with mining in Southern Canada.
Argentina changes rules for miners
Future export revenues from mining operations in Argentina will have to be repatriated and converted to Argentine currency before being distributed either locally or back overseas, according to a new law. Distributing the earnings overseas will…
Bear Creek presses on in Peru
Several months have passed since Bear Creek Mining (BCM-V) made headlines for all the wrong reasons, losing its Santa Ana silver project in Peru following extended and sometimes violent protests.
Commentary: Eight reasons why Taseko’s New Prosperity will fail
Investors hoping to cash in on Taseko Mines’ second bid to develop the the New Prosperity copper-gold mine should think back a year. At that time, despite assurances from the company and its president that the original Prosperity mine proposal…
Boss Power wins $30M settlement from BC gov’t
Boss Power (BPU-V) has made $30 million from a uranium prospect without drilling a single hole.
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.
The difficulties of mining in Africa
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.