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On July 19, 2012, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the "CSA") released CSA Staff Notice 51-337 – Continuous Disclosure Review Program Activities for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 (the "Notice ") which summarized the results of the CSA’s continuous disclosure review program (the "CDR Program") for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012.

The CSA found that only 18% of the investor presentations reviewed substantially complied with NI 43-101.

When contemplating any merger or acquisition, a diligence review is one of the preliminary steps an acquiring company takes to fully understand what they are purchasing beyond the underlying asset.

The SEC has adopted final rules requiring mining, oil and natural gas companies that are required to file an annual report with the SEC to provide detailed disclosure of payments they make to governments.

Nacho Nyak Dun, theTr’ondek Hwech’in (two First Nations), the Canadian Park sand Wilderness Society and the Yukon Conservation Society are suing the Yukon government over the land use plan for the Peel River watershed on the basis that it violates land claims agreements signed by the First Nations.

On February 13, 2013, a notice was published in the Gazette officielle du Québec by the Minister of Natural Resources, Martine Ouellet, announcing amendments to the Regulation respecting mineral substances other than petroleum, natural gas and brine.

Several hostile take-over bids making headlines across Canada have taken place this year.

The SEC has announced that it plans to modernize its mining disclosure rules and reduce regulatory conflict for international mining companies by better aligning its disclosure regime...

On December 18, 2018, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) approved a settlement with Katanga Mining Ltd. (Katanga) in relation to misleading disclosure.

A discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of incorporating in the mining industry.

The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has issued new rules which create a "traffic light" process in response to earthquakes believed to have been caused by hydraulic fracturing.

Effective June 1, 2020, the Government of Alberta is rescinding A Coal Development Policy for Alberta, also known as the 1976 Coal Policy.

This British Columbia Court of Appeal decision involves the contractual interpretation of the phrase "exploration expenditures" within an option agreement.

Australia has announced that it is to join Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, the Republic of Colombia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States as a government participant in the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights.

In 2021, Canada pushed into the CSM space. In March 2021, the Federal Government released a list of 31 minerals it considers vital to sustainable economic success.

This decision illustrates the importance of ensuring that all essential terms of a settlement offer are agreed upon by all parties to an action.

BCAMTA opened its office in Terrace to guide and support aboriginal people towards gaining employment in the mining and exploration industry.

The Northwest Territories (NWT) in Canada's north have released for public comment proposed Hydraulic Fracturing Filing Regulations under the NWT's Oil and Gas Operations Act.