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Bay Street appears to be abuzz with optimism that mining M&A is finally going to make a comeback.

The new Québec mining tax regime was recently announced, by the Minister of Finance, Nicolas Marceau, accompanied by the Minister of Natural Resources, Martine Ouellet.

The CSA found that there was room for improvement for mining issuers to comply with disclosure requirements.

The 11th annual edition of Mining in the Courts provides a one-stop annual update on legal developments impacting the mining industry.

In recent years, the mining sector has seen an overall decline in metal prices, an increase in production and processing costs, and an ever more limited access to financing.

Despite all of the uncertainties of the global pandemic (or perhaps because of them), 2020 saw a resurgence in the mining industry.

The British Columbia Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals ("Ministry") has confirmed that the new Mineral Claims Consultation Framework ("MCCF") took effect yesterday, on March 25, 2025.

An amendment to the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act has been approved by the Senate and is currently before the House of Commons.

It is no secret that the mining sector is facing tough times. In recent boom years, mining companies took on unprecedented amounts of debt.

On April 14, 2022, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued a consultation paper (the "Consultation Paper") seeking feedback about the efficacy of certain key provisions...

This is the first in-depth review of mining issuers’ websites, but the review process will continue and likely expand to other issuers.

Recent litigation and court decisions in the mining industry.

The recent British Columbia Supreme Court decision in Yukon Zinc Corporation (Re), 2015 BCSC 836, provides some rare insight into the operation of provincial "miners lien" legislation in an insolvency context.

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. lost its application for an easement over a series of mining claims held by Canada Chrome Corporation, a subsidiary of KWG Resources Inc.

As readers may recall, the facts in Garcia v. Tahoe Resources Inc., 2015 BCSC 2045, concerned the actions of mine security personnel at the Escobal mine in Guatemala. The mine is owned by two subsidiaries of Tahoe.

Overall, the CSA found that there is substantial room for improvement for mining issuers to comply with disclosure requirements.

In Lameman v. Alberta, 2013 ABCA 148, the Alberta Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by the Crown in Right of Alberta ("Alberta") and the Attorney General of Canada ("Canada") from a decision of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench refusing to strike portions of the Statement of Claim of the Beaver Lake Cree Nation ("BLCN").