Editorial: Silvercorp’s short-seller headache
The murky and often frivolous world of financial blogs showed its serious side in mid-December.
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Commentary: Restructuring alternatives for Canadian companies
As terms such as “proposal”, “CCAA” and “bankruptcy” are mentioned frequently in Canadian business news these days, it’s important to understand what they actually mean, and when and how they may be of…
Editorial: KWG-Cliffs ruling – No appeasement on the easement
One of the more significant events for Ontario mineral explorers in September took place in the halls of the province’s bureaucracy, with Cliffs Natural Resources losing its application for easement (surface access right-of-way) across…
Commentary: Canada’s first foreign anti-corruption trial – Lessons from R. v. Karigar
Canadian companies have become increasingly aware of potential liability under the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA), which makes it an offence to “directly or indirectly give, offer or agree to give or offer an advantage…
Commentary: Guatemalans’ lawsuit against Hudbay in Canada
On July 22, 2013, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled in Choc v. Hudbay Minerals Inc. that three separate lawsuits brought by indigenous Guatemalans against Canadian mining company Hudbay Minerals and other defendants, can go forward in…
Strateco appears out of luck at Matoush
Any chance that Strateco Resources (TSX: RSC; US-OTC: SRSIF) had in advancing its Matoush uranium project in northern Quebec’s Otish Mountains after the provincial government temporarily banned uranium development in late March has been…
Bob Rae on the Ring of Fire
Talks between First Nations and the Ontario government regarding development in the remote Ring of Fire area are set to start soon, now that both sides have appointed lead negotiators.
Letter to the editor: Land title issue overblown
Your recent articles on the New Prosperity project contain some significant errors concerning aboriginal rights and title and their potential effect on the federal review panel process.
Rye Patch settles claim dispute with Coeur Mining
VANCOUVER — It took nearly two years, but Vancouver-based junior Rye Patch Gold (RPM-V) has finally reached a legal settlement with U.S.-based silver producer Coeur Mining (CDM-T, CDE-N) over ownership of 400 unpatented mining claims that…
Ned Goodman’s rebellion won’t take Formation
VANCOUVER — Shareholders and a Supreme Court judge stymied an attempt by 17% shareholder Dundee (DC-T) to install new management and block an asset sale at Formation Metals (FCO-T), after a disagreement over how the cobalt-focused company…
Editorial: Dousing the Ring of Fire
One of the surprises of the year that in some ways isn’t such a big shocker is Cliffs Natural Resources’ announcement this past week that it is suspending work at its $3.3-billion Black Thor chromite project in northern…
Editorial: Fruitless del Norte
Kinross Gold’s abandonment of the Fruta del Norte gold project in the face of an obstinate Ecuadorian government is a sad end to what could have been a wonderful, mutually beneficially relationship between Canadian miners and their…