Junior Mining: OSC Issues Guidance On MD&A Disclosure

On February 6, 2014, the Ontario Securities Commission ("OSC") released OSC Staff Notice 51-722 Report on a Review of Mining Issuers' Management's Discussion and Analysis Guidance (the "Report"). The Report summarizes the results of a review conducted by the OSC of the annual and interim Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) filed by 100 mining companies with market capitalization of less than $100 million (the "Review") and is designed to serve as a tool to assist small mining companies to navigate regulatory requirements.

The Review focused on: 

• venture issuer disclosure;
• discussion of operations;
• liquidity and capital resources disclosure;
• disclosure of transactions between related parties;