ARTICLE · 22 JULY 2015

Continuous Disclosure Review Results For Fiscal 2015 Published By CSA

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The areas covered by the review include deficiencies in financial statements and MD&A as well as related party transactions among other areas.

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently published CSA Staff Notice 51-344 Continuous Disclosure Review Program Activities for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015. The notice provides stakeholders with guidance arising from the key deficiencies identified by CSA members in their continuous disclosure reviews of reporting issuers last year.

The areas covered by the review include deficiencies in financial statements and MD&A as well as related party transactions among other areas. In addition, the CSA provided guidance on mining issuers' continuous disclosure which we discussed in detail on CanadianMiningLaw.com. The following notable areas were highlighted by the CSA as being common sources of disclosure deficiencies:

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