Like several Canadian lawyers, Stikeman Elliott LLP holds a variety of seminars on mining law throughout the PDAC convention. Stikeman’s collection of rapid-fire, “7-minute mining” seminars on Monday morning included a short presentation around the status of flow-through shares. A company ordinarily writes off its very own business expenses. Junior exploration information mill risky ventures which are likely years away ...

In the name of the environment, governments across Canada are effectively blocking pipeline infrastructure, coal production, fracking, LNG plants and more, through endless process requirements or outright bans. Much of these regulatory restrictions limit manufacture of natural resources with significant regional income losses specifically for British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and 2 Atlantic provinces. But why stop at reining in upstream ...

OTTAWA – The pace of housing starts in Canada for February acquired, boosted with a jump in multiple-unit homes for example condominiums, apartments and townhouses. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the seasonally adjusted annual pace for housing starts in February increased to 212,594 units, up from 165,071 in January. Economists had expected an annual pace of 180,000, based on ...

Mining has for a long time served because the anchor of Canada’s junior stock exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange. Lundin's leap of faith in huge Ecuador gold mine paying off as country turns a corner But as pretty much everyone knows, this isn’t the best time for you to be a junior miner looking for exploration capital. Small wonder, then, ...

Bank of Montreal awarded Chief Executive Officer William Downe $10.Two million in compensation for fiscal 2015, a couple.1 percent increase from the year earlier. Downe, 63, received $1.88 million in salary, $8.27 million in shares, stock options and incentives, plus $16,625 in other compensation for that year ended Oct. 31, the Toronto-based lender said Tuesday in a regulatory filing. He ...

TORONTO ? Veteran analysts in the world’s largest mining convention said Tuesday the commodity bear market may be near its end. The comments were made throughout a panel at the 2016 PDAC conference. Several analysts noted that there are bullish signs accumulating on the market, together with a dearth of new projects, signs of tighter supply and the very cheap ...