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On January 18, 2023, the Province of British Columbia (BC) and the Blueberry River First Nation ("BFN") signed a ground-breaking implementation agreement that provides a framework for collaboration...

In late 2016, Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan, along with three other ministers, announced that the Canadian government is moving to ban asbestos and asbestos-containing products by 2018.

Economist Don Drummond recently released a sweeping report (the "Drummond Report") on rethinking Provincial governance and Ontario’s economy.

In February 2009, the Ontario Superior Court stopped a hostile bid by Rusoro Mining Ltd. for the shares of Gold Reserve Inc. because Rusoro’s financial advisor, Endeavour Financial International Corporation, had a conflict of interest.

On April 23, 2010, the Canadian Securities Administrators published for comment proposed revisions to National Instrument 43-101 "Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects" (NI 43-101).

The most recent iteration of the Equator Principles, released in October 2020, has been adopted by 137 Equator Principles Financial Institutions (EPFIs) across 38...

On July 11, 2023, the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) announced the launch of two separate investigations into allegations that Uyghur forced labour was used in the supply chains...

Applying a standard of reasonableness, the Court dismissed ArcelorMittal's application for judicial review.

Budget 2022 marked Canada's first meaningful steps towards prioritizing critical minerals.

On June 26, 2020, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources (the Ministry) released new details regarding its Accelerated Site Closure Program (ASCP).

The Fraser Institute publishes an annual survey of mining companies that sets out world rankings of jurisdictions based on attractiveness for mining investment.

Many businesses that develop natural resources depend on compliance with statutory and regulatory regimes to acquire a secure, exploitable, interest in Crown lands.

The Supreme Court of Canada has rendered its decision in Nevsun Resources Ltd. v Araya, stating that CIL norms are directly incorporated into Canadian law and that claims such as the ones advanced in this case ...

In Flowers v Persist Oil and Gas Inc., 2025 ABKB 142,1 the Court of King's Bench of Alberta provides some important reminders to commercial landlords...

It is common practice in Quebec to consider that the registration of a hypothec against a mining claim is sufficient to render such hypothecs opposable against third parties.

A technical report that includes an economic study of a property should present clear, consistent, and defensible predictions and assumptions about future mineral production...

When registered in accordance with the Alberta Builders’ Lien Act, a builders’ lien provides security for unpaid contractors who have "improved" lands.