Regulatory Issues


Rye Patch locks horns with Coeur d’Alene

Shares of Rye Patch Gold (RPM-V) surged 84.4% to close at 71¢ yesterday on news that the junior had scooped lapsed mining claims from a subsidiary of major Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) in the Rochester mining district of Nevada.


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. 




Workers unloading explosives at Canadian Zinc's Prairie Creek zinc project in the Northwest Territories. Photo by Canadian Zinc

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…




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…





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