Regulatory issues

Commentary: Proposed regulatory changes for venture issuers could cut red tape

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-16
Over the past decade, we’ve seen a push for increased rigor and disclosure in capital markets. This is a natural response to the chaos we’ve seen in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Regulators have responded to investor...

Editorial: BC Liberal win leaves miners absolutely ecstatic 

Source: Print Archives | 2013-05-15
The B.C. mining community’s heartbreak over the early exit of the Vancouver Canucks from the Stanley Cup playoffs (so fast, fans didn’t even have time to loot the downtown core) has been soothed by the surprise majority win of the...

South Africa searches for balance in mineral development 

Source: Print Archives | 2013-05-15
VANCOUVER — It has been a tumultuous year for the mining industry in South Africa, as volatile platinum markets and socio-political turmoil raise questions about how the nation’s government can develop its rich mineral reserves...

Commentary: Quebec's mining royalty proposal misses the mark 

Source: Print Archives | 2013-05-08
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...

Healthy operating cash flow in Q1, Barrick says 

Source: Print Archives | 2013-05-08
Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) has reported operating cash flow in the first quarter of 2013 at US$1.1 billion, down from US$1.4 billion in the first quarter of 2012, while net earnings totalled US$847 million, or US85¢ per share, down from...

Editorial: Tweaking the TFWP

Source: Daily News | 2013-05-01
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,...

DRC bans export of cobalt and copper concentrate 

Source: Print Archives | 2013-05-01
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grabbing headlines again in a way that many investors would prefer that it didn’t.

Editorial: Tweaking the TFWP 

Source: Print Archives | 2013-05-01
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,...

Editorial: Serving up a little Tax-Mex

Source: Daily News | 2013-04-24
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...

How Mexico reclaimed its mantle as a top mining nation 

Source: Print Archives | 2013-04-24
“There is support for mining politically, the geology is excellent, the people are incredibly friendly and the food is delicious.”

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